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Taking over from Thomas H. Hahn (president, 1997-2000) and Benedicte Vaerman (secretary-treasurer, 1997-2000) are

Meri Trifonenko (President, 2000-2003)
Head - Oriental Center, Russian State Library (the former Lenin State Library)
Office address: 6/8, Mokhovaya Street, Moscow 103009, Russia
Tel.: (095) 2028852
Fax: (095) 2029187
E-Mail: oricen@mail.ru
Home-page: http://www.orient.ru/eng/org/oricen/index.htm

Education and CV:
1966-1972 Odessa University, MS in Russian Philology
1975-1976 Higher Library Courses at the Russian State Library, Diploma
1987-1989 Korean Language Courses at the Russian State Library, Diploma Professional Career
1993 - Up till now - Head of the Oriental Center, Russian State Library, Moscow.
1974 - 1992 - Chief Librarian at the Oriental Dept., Russian State Library, Moscow.
1995 - nowadays - President of the UNESCO Moscow region Club
1999 - nowadays - Member of the Coordinating Committee of the Russian Orientalists' Society
Current Projects:
1. Automation of the OCRSL.
2. Publication of the 2nd volume of the "Catalogue of the Japanese Early printed books in RSL and Moscow museums" (in Japanese, Russian and English).
3. Preparation of the printed Catalogue of the Baron David Gunzburg collection (in Hebrew).
4. Paleographic research and scanning of Tora manuscripts (together with the Institute of Near Eastern Paleography, N.Y.).

Sergei Aleksandrovitch Kazantsev (Secretary, 2000-2003)
Deputy Head - Oriental Center, Russian State Library (the former Lenin State Library)
Office address: 6/8, Mokhovaya Street, Moscow 103009, Russia
Tel.: (095) 202-8812
Fax: (095) 202-9187
E-Mail: oricen@dialup.ptt.ru
Home-page: http://www.orient.ru/eng/org/oricen/index.htm

CV:
1987 - 1992 Librarian, Senior Librarian, Senior Editor, Chief Librarian of the Oriental Division, Cataloguing Dept., Russian State Library
1993-1995 Member of the UNESCO Expert Commission for the Modernization of the Russian State Library
1993 - nowadays Deputy Head of the Oriental Center, Russian State Library
EDUCATION:
Moscow State Institute of International Affairs (MGIMO) BA
1984 First Class Honors in Political Science MSc
1986 Asian Politics and History - Moscow, State Institute of International Affairs (MGIMO) - Diploma
1989 Information Services Higher Library Courses at the Russian State - Library Diploma
1991 Arabic Language - Arabic Language Courses at the Russian State - Library Diploma
1993 Personnel Management Refresher Training Courses in Personnel Management at the Russian State Library
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:
English (free), Persian (free), Arabic (with dictionary)
PUBLICATIONS
Two publications on Chinese block-books and Hebrew incunabula at the Russian State Library.
Current Projects:
1. Automation of the OCRSL.
2. Publication of the 2nd volume of the "Catalogue of the Japanese Early printed books in RSL and Moscow museums" (in Japanese, Russian and English).
3. Preparation of the printed Catalogue of the Baron David Gunzburg collection (in Hebrew).
4. Paleographic research and scanning of Tora manuscripts (together with the Institute of Near Eastern Paleography, N.Y.).


Thomas H. Hahn (Treasurer and IAOL webmaster, 2000-2003)
Head - East Asian Collection
Unversity of Madison - Wisconsin
412A Memorial Library
728 State Street
Madison, WI 53706, USA
e-mail: thahn@library.wisc.edu
Homepage: http://www.library.wisc.edu/guides/EastAsia/

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Last update: Sept. 13, 2000