The Basilians of the Lithuanian Province between the years of 1617 to 1839
The exact title of the project: Bazylianie prowincji Litewskiej w latach 1617–1839 (The Basilians of the Lithuanian Province between the years of 1617 to 1839)
Objective of the project: to carry out the research of the Basilians (OSBM) in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the establishment of the Lithuanian Province to its suppression in the territories under the Russian rule in 1839.
Outcome: while undertaking the project, to establish the development of the Basilian institutions’ network; to recreate the milieu of both the founders of the Basilians and the Basilians themselves, including the investigation and establishment of the monks’ birth places and social origins, their education and further religious career; in various aspects to recreate the activities of this religious order in the fields of pastoral care and education.
Implementation period: from 7 July 2021 to 6 July 2025
Financing: The project has received funding from the National Science Centre, Poland (Narodowe Centrum Nauki, NCN), agreement No. 2020/39/B/HS3/01232
Head of the project: Dr hab. Dorota Wereda, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities
Representative of the project at Vilnius University Library: Dr Ina Kažuro
Contacts: Dr Ina Kažuro, phone: +370 5 268 72 00, email:
Project website: “Projekt “Bazylianie prowincji Litewskiej w latach 1617-1839"
The Research of the Old Vilnius University's (1579–1773) Dissertations and the Creation of the Database
The exact title of the project: The Research of the Old Vilnius University's (1579–1773) Dissertations and the Creation of the Database (VUDis)
The objective of the project: to carry out the research and present to the public dissertations that were printed by the University Press in 1579–1773 and are kept at VU Library; to create their digital collection supplied with exhaustive metadata alongside with digital images of selected documents, annotations and an advanced search option.
Outcome: No less than 60 dissertations of various volumes that were printed by Vilnius Academy Press from 1579 to 1773 will be digitised during the project; a separate collection will be formed in VU Library's Digital Collections. Three scientific articles will be written and a scientific seminar will be held in order to include dissertations of Vilnius University into scientific exchange. A virtual exhibition based on the most interesting documents identified during the project will ensure dissemination of the digitised materials on a larger scale.
Implementation period: from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2023
Financing: The project has received funding from the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT), agreement No S-LIP-21-17. The project was funded at €52,606.00.
The head of the project: Dr. Ina Kažuro
World Digital Library
Exact project title: World Digital Library – WDL.
Project goal: free distribution of cultural heritage objects from all over the world on the Internet.
Results: digitised cultural heritage objects – documents from all over the world that the user can access via single web address. Vilnius University Library submitted digitised copies of manuscript court books of GDL to World Digital Library.
Timeline of realisation: the project is ongoing since 2009 and is not finished – new digital content can still be submitted.
Project manager: the project is managed by the United States Library of Congress.
Contacts: Elona Malaiškienė, phone: (+370 5) 268 7141, e-mail:
EODOPEN: eBooks-On-Demand-Network Opening Publications for European Netizens
The exact title of the project: EODOPEN: eBooks-On-Demand-Network Opening Publications for European Netizens
The objective of the project
Libraries all over Europe face the difficulty of managing a large amount of text materials from the 20th and 21st centuries which have not yet been digitised due to copyright. These materials are not accessible to the general public and reside unused in library stacks as they are often out-of-print or have never even been in-print, while reprints or facsimiles are unavailable.
Throughout the EODOPEN project, 15 libraries from 11 countries will focus on bringing these digitally unavailable works to the public by digitising them and making them accessible at a Pan-European level, while fully respecting current copyright laws.
The outcome
15,000 documents and literary creations from the 20th and 21st centuries have been digitised and opened to European netizens.
Implementation period
1 November 2019 – 31 October 2024
Financing
The total value of the project: EUR 3,961,774 (50 %)
EU support for the project: EUR 1,980,887
Head of the project:
Dr Silvia Gstrein
Department of Digital Services
Innsbruck University Library
Project partners:
University of Innsbruck (Austria), University of Tartu (Estonia), National and University Library (Slovenia), Moravian Library (Czech Republic), University of Greifswald (Germany), National Library of Estonia (Estonia), Nicolaus Copernicus University of Toruń (Poland), University of Regensburg (Germany), Olomouc Research Library (Czech Republic), National Library of Portugal (Portugal), National Library of Sweden (Sweden), Vilnius University Library (Lithuania), Slovak Scientific and Technical Information Centre (Slovakia), Library of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic), National Széchényi Library (Hungary).
Head of the project at VU Library:
Dr Žibutė Petrauskienė
Contacts:
Head of the project at VU Library:
Dr Žibutė Petrauskienė, , +370 5 219 5090
Press representative:
Donatas Jarutis, , +370 5 268 7110
Official website of the project: http://eodopen.eu/