The All-Russian Library Congress - 2016 was held in Kaliningrad

Abstract

There is presented an overview of the work of the All-Russian Library Congress: the 21st Annual Conference of the Russian Library Association, held in Kaliningrad and in the cities of Kaliningrad region. There were adopted “The Development Priorities of the Russian Library Association for 2016-2020” and Resolution of the Congress. Vladimir R. Firsov, President of RLA, presented the Report on the activities of the Russian Library Association in 2015-2016. There were conducted workshops, round tables and 17th Exhibition on publishing production, new information technologies, products and services. There were outlined the development vectors of RLA for the future years and approved the results of elections to the Board of the Russian Library Association. The official ceremony of “Dedication to Profession” and awarding of the RLA Medal “For Contribution to the Development of Libraries” and Commemorative Medal of the Year of Literature took place. Krasnoyarsk received the status of “Library Capital - 2017”.