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CorFor-2025: “Digital Transformation of Libraries: Hopes and Reality”

Maia Dzhailkanova, Head of the Scientific Library of the International Higher School of Medicine took part in the XXIII All-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference and Exhibition “Corporate Library Systems: Technologies and Innovations” - CorFor-2025 (https://arbicon.ru/conference/arbicon2025), which took place from June 23 to 29 in St. Petersburg and the Republic of Karelia (Russian Federation).

The organizers of the conference were:

- Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation;

- Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia;

- Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU);

- Russian Library Association (RBA);

- Associated Regional Library Consortia (ARBICON).

The conference was attended by more than 750 librarians and specialists from Belarus, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Uzbekistan.

In 2025 the theme of the conference was “Digital Transformation of Libraries: Hopes and Reality”, during which 45 reports of leading specialists and experts on topical issues of development of university, public and departmental libraries were presented in the format of expert panels and discussions, strategic sessions, thematic sections:

- Expert panel “From the instruction of the President of the Russian Federation to the realization of the Concept of the federal project ”Development of scientific and technical libraries";

- Section “More than a Library...”;

- Strategic session “Vectors of Russian Discovery Systems Development: What Users Really Need”;

- Section “Online resources, databases and services - to catch up and keep the reader!”;

- Section “Digital Libraries, Repositories, Sites and Applications”;

- Section “New Library Environment: Developing vs Breaking Traditions”;

- Round table “Practical application of SuperStat and FEDURUS project services in libraries”;

- Expert discussion “Collection and new normative documents: monitoring the situation, adapting to practice”.

The participants from Kyrgyzstan familiarized themselves with the work and innovations of the Information and Library Complex of St. Petersburg Peter the Great Polytechnic University, the Central City Public Library named after V.V. Mayakovsky, the Scientific Library of St. Petersburg, the Scientific Library of St. Peter the Great. Mayakovsky, Scientific Library of the Russian Academy of Arts.

The program of the library forum “CorFor - 2025” was interesting and rich with reports and discussions on topical issues, presentations at round tables and exhibitions were useful for further use and exchange of experience on the work of libraries in modern conditions. At the end of the conference all participants received certificates.

More detailed information about the conference, photo and video materials can be found at: (https://arbicon.ru/conference/arbicon2025)