Alexey Smirnov, head of the Department of Information Technologies in the Kirillo-Belozersky museum-reserve, participated in the Regional Subject Training “New Information and Communication Technologies in Museum Development” that was held in the State Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg) from November 15 to 18. This event was organized by the UNESCO and the International Council of Museums (ICOM) of Russia.
Welcome speeches of Mikhail Piotrovsky, director general of the State Hermitage Museum, Afanasy Gnedovsky, executive director of the ICOM, and Lyubava Moreva, program specialist of the culture sector in the UNESCO Moscow Office, opened the seminar.
A number of lectures and practical trainings were held at the special session of the event. They were about development of museum legislation, copyright law and property right of the museums, increase of availability of museum collections, use of modern technologies in the museum activity.
A round table discussion opened the expert meeting of museum employees from the CIS countries about the topical issues of museology and museum management in the 21st century. The most qualified specialists of St. Petersburg, representatives of the museums from Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Republic of Moldova, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan and Ukraine took part in it. They gave reports about the status and the role of museums in the new social and economic conditions, modern tendencies of museum management, training of personnel. They had time for discussion after each report.
The Final Document was discussed at the end of the event.
