KNOWLEDGE GOVERNANCE – LIBRARY LEGISLATION:

  • Human rights;
  • Intellectual property - Copyright;
  • Free and open access;
  • Archiving etc.

POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LANDSCAPE IN LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT:

  • Influences of the environment upon the library and the reverse.

KNOWLEDGE AND LIBRARY MANAGEMENT

  • Library management;
  • Information management;
  • Processing bibliographic information;
  • Organizing bibliographic information;
  • Importance and implications of statistics in the future of the libraries;
  • Modern methods for resource planning and enhancing;
  • Library automation etc.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN LIBRARIES:

  • Web services;
  • Multi-media services;
  • Documents digitization;
  • Information architecture;
  • Database management and software implementation etc.

HISTORY OF INFORMATION:

  • History of the book;
  • History of printing;
  • History of the libraries;
  • Museums;
  • Archives etc.

COLLECTION ENHANCEMENT AND CONSERVATION:

  • Digital collection development;
  • Selection;
  • Preservation;
  • Maintenance and archiving of digital documents etc.

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN LIBRARY:

  • Curricula;
  • Education and research projects;
  • Education software;
  • Education within Library - social, psychological,pedagogic and cultural aspects;
  • Professional ethics;
  • Culture and civilization etc.