Please note that the procedure for issuing documents and providing services at the Heritage Collections and Research Department’s Rare Books, Manuscripts reading rooms and Graphic Arts Cabinet will be changed from 12 February of this year.
New changes in the procedure:
In order to work with the documents, the supportive collection, the description and registry of the archival units or the card catalogue, no later than 3 working days in advance, users must reserve a working space in the reading room and place a request for the needed documents. A reservation is made through the contacts (phone, email) provided on the Library’s website or in person in the Manuscripts, Rare Books reading rooms and Graphic Arts Cabinet. The advanced reservation is not necessary for the members of Vilnius University academic staff.
Only registered users of the Library, who have a permission to work with the documents, after reserving a working space, placing a request for the needed documents, submitting a user card or a document confirming their personal identity and filling in a User’s Request once per calendar year have a right to use the documents.
While making a reservation, external users (non-members of Vilnius University academic community) must submit a recommendation and (or) motivation letter either from the sending institution or a research supervisor confirming both the research work and its purpose and (or) a free-form document justifying the reason of the visit. A permit for work with the documents is issued for a calendar year.
For more information on the provision of services at the Heritage Collections and Research Department’s reading rooms look at:
Rules of work with manuscripts and user service
Rules of work with rare books and user service
Rules of work with pieces of graphic arts and user service
From 12 February working hours will change in the following reading rooms: Manuscripts and Rare Books reading rooms will be open Mondays–Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Graphic Arts Cabinet will be working as usual: Mondays–Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. / Fridays from 9 a.m. to 3.45 p.m.
2024-02-02