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THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL “MONTENEGRO – LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS, LAM 2019” CONFERENCE HELD AT NLM

The second international “MONTENEGRO - Libraries, Archives and Museums, LAM 2019” Conference was held at the National Library of Montenegro “Đurđe Crnojević” in Cetinje on May 16 and 17.

Aleksandar Kašćelan, Mayor of the Capital of Cetinje, Aleksandar Dajković, Director General of the Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Bogić Rakočević, Director of the Library spoke at the opening.

The conference was attended by 100 participants from Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Germany. Forty expert papers were presented by 57 participants: 45 librarians, four archivists and eight museologists.

Eminent experts held four lectures: Dr. Adam Sofronijević from the University Library “Svetozar Marković” in Belgrade, Dr. Hartmut Janczikowski from Hamburg, dr. sc. Sofia Klarin Zadravec from the National and University Library in Zagreb, and M. Sci Azra Bečević - Šarenkapa from the National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.

The themes of creative works were diverse and dedicated to services in all cultural institutions, regardless of type, ranging from traditional to completely modern heritage establishments.

The presentations of the participants show the theoretical and practical principles of innovative services, as well as examples of good practice. The need for continuous improvement of cultural workers, as well as need for following the international guidelines and standards in providing library, archival and museum services, is emphasized, but also the obligation of today's cultural institutions to position themselves as cultural, educational and social centers of the community, which will successfully cooperate with all other institutions in the environment, all with the aim of providing quality services, but also preserving their image.

The most discussed topic was digitization and participants of the Conference agreed that it is necessary to work on the forming a national strategy for the digitization of cultural heritage.

Priorities in further work and cooperation, through examples of good practices in Montenegro and the region, are the use of joint, already proven ideas and projects, through which we can do a lot for cultural heritage.

The project coordinator is Dragana Marković, library consultant, and it was financially supported by the Ministry of Culture of Montenegro within the Program for the Protection and Preservation of Cultural Heritage for 2019.