CONCLUSIONS

During the Debates/Conclusions session of the Conference, the participants agreed on the following items:

1. Establishment of the Association of Balkan Librarians and Libraries—ABLL). This association does not overlap with the mission, goals and objectives of the Association of the National Libraries of the Balkans, etablished at the 2nd Conference of Librarians of the Balkan Countries.

2. The Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs will assume responsibility to register ---the Association.

3. Hermina G.B. Anghelescu was appointed General Commissionary of ABLL in charge of drafting the statute of the Association that will be discussed on the Balkan Librarians listserv () as well as during the 4th Conference of Librarians of the Balkan Countries.

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Dear Colleagues:
As you know, the 3rd Conference of Librarians in Balkan Countries was held
in Sinaia (Romania), 31 October-2 November 2002. Attached is a document
containing the conclusions agreed upon by the participants during thefinal
session. Please let me know if you encounter difficulties in opening
thedocument.

Please note that Romania will host the following conference, scheduled for
28-31 July 2003. We would appreciate your letting librarians from other
countries in the region know about this event whenever you meet them on
various occasions such as conferences, symposia, workshops.
Thank you!
Hermina G.B. Anghelescu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Library & Information Science Program
Wayne State University
106 Kresge Library
Detroit

Issues that have not been discussed but need attention for the 4th Conference of Librarians of the Balkan Countries:

1. Promotion of ABLL and of the series of conferences of the Librarians of the Balkan Countries throughout the Balkans, in all Balkan countries through library-related listservs and direct contact with librarians in these countries.

2. Mailing the invitations for the 4th Conference of Librarians of the Balkan Countries. Mr. Florin Rotaru, State Secretary at the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs will contact his counterparts in all Balkan countries.

3. Call for papers with 15 March 2003 as deadline for submission of full papers in English (in narrative form, not just the outline). The theme of the 2003 conference will be: Digital Libraries: Electronic Collections and Resource Sharing. These papers will also be included in the volume of Proceedings to be edited by Hermina G.B. Anghelescu. Therefore the volume of Proceedings will be a cumulative work, including papers from both the 3rd and the 4th Conference of Librarians of the Balkan Countries.