From: IvankaHOME <ivanka.stricevic@zg.t-com.hr>
Date: Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:44 PM
Subject: [IFLA-L] World Book Summit in Slovenia
To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr
Cc: Tilka Jamnik <tilka.jamnik@lj.sik.si>
A Reminder
World Book Summit: BOOK: THE BEARER OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Between April 2010 and April 2011 Ljubljana is the World Book Capital and the World Book Summit, on March 31st and April 2nd 2011, will be the final event of the large program prepared by the Ljubljana City authorities.
Call for abstracts, registration and all other information on: http://www.wbs2011.si/home
January 31, 2011 Early-Bird Fee
The aim of the World Book Summit is to bring together book professionals such as publishers, bookseller and librarians, policy makers in the field of culture, and academics that deal either with publishing studies or book history.
The main topics of discussion will be the relationship between electronic and printed books, the role of Google in book business, the changed business models in publishing and bookselling and their impact on the quality of supplied information, state support policies on changing the book environment, the role of “linear” reading in digital environment, and the (i)rationality of the claim that the information wants to be free. Additionally, as the event is taking place in one of the smallest European book cultures (at least according to the number of native speakers), the role of translation in small cultures and the impact of globalization and digitization on the preservation of small languages will be especially stressed.
The event is taking place under the sponsorship of UNESCO supported by International Publishers’ Association (IPA), Federation of European Publishers (FEP), International Booksellers Federation (IBF) and International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA).
Ljubljana, January 18th 2011
President of the Organizing Committee
Mitja Zupancic
