IT'S TIME TO PLAN NOW FOR A TRIP OF A LIFETIME!   JOIN US THIS SUMMER
FOR A ONE OF A KIND TOUR OF MOSCOW AND ST. PETERSBURG.

Soviet Secrets, Russian Revelations: An Inside View of Information and
Access in the New Russia July 15 - 26, 2005

The University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information
Science (GSLIS) and the Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign
Literature invite you to join us on a unique historical and educational
exploration of Moscow and St. Petersburg this summer.

As a participant in this small group (maximum 25) study tour, you will
visit different kinds of libraries, museums, archives, and other
cultural institutions to see how Russians are dealing with the
challenges of providing access to information and preservation of
cultural treasures 14 years after the end of the Soviet era. You will
meet librarians, educators, legislators,and people in other relevant
professions who will share with you their concerns and strategies for
working in settings where, a short time ago, information was controlled
completely by the state, and cultural institutions played a very
different role in society.

The tour will be led by Marianna Tax Choldin, founding director of the
University of Illinois  Mortenson Center for International Library
Programs and distinguished scholar of censorship and freedom of
information in Russia, the Soviet Union and the post-Communist world.
Her contributions as a scholar who has studied these issues in Russia
for many years "from the outside" will be enhanced by those of Russian
colleagues who will speak about the issues "from the inside."

Suggested Audience: Everyone is welcome. This tour will be of particular
interest to individuals concerned with information access issues and the
preservation of cultural heritage institutions in Russia today.

For additional information:
http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/gslis/degrees/Russia.htm
or contact Marianne Steadley, [log in to unmask], 217.244.2751

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