Start: 2024-11-27 15:00

End: 2024-11-27 16:00

The Library will hold “Data Days 2024”. On this occasion, the research community will be offered online lecture on scientific research data managemen:

“Making Qualitative Data Reusable" (intended for researchers in social sciences). 

Date: 27 November 2024, at 3 p.m.
The speaker: Dr. Ricarda Braukmann (DANS, the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data)

Registration: here

The lecture will take place on MS Teams and will be in English.

Abstract: In this session, we focus on qualitative data and the steps researchers can take to make qualitative data more reusable. Ricarda Braukmann will present a guidebook which summarises the challenges of making qualitative data reusable and provides guidance on how reusability can be improved at all stages of the research data life cycle. The guidebook also includes a decision tree outlining different options for reuse to help researchers evaluate how reuse can be best achieved for their particular project. There will be time for questions and discussions after the presentation.

About the speaker: Dr. Ricarda Braukmann is Data Station Manager Social Sciences at DANS – the Dutch national centre of expertise and repository for research data. Her work focuses on the promotion of reusable data and Open Science practices. She is involved in (inter)national research infrastructure projects including the Consortium of European Social Sciences Data Archives (CESSDA) who support good Research Data Management practices in the social sciences domain.

More information: here

Start: 2024-11-26 15:00

End: 2024-11-26 16:00

The Library will hold “Data Days 2024”. On this occasion, the research community will be offered online lecture on scientific research data managemen:

“FAIR Principles to Enhance Research Transparency and Impact: From Fundamentals to Practice“ (intended for researchers in physical sciences). 

Date: 26 November 2024, at 3 p.m.
The speaker: Dr. Mirco Panighel (University of Luxembourg, Department of Physics and Materials Science)

Registration: here

The lecture will take place on MS Teams and will be in English.

Abstract: The advantages of Open Science practices are increasingly recognized within the scientific community, particularly in terms of enhancing the accessibility and impact of research results. This presentation will first introduce the foundational concepts of FAIR principles – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable – and their role in Open science, demonstrating how they promote the transparency and reproducibility of scientific results. In the second part we will present a case study on the practical implementation of FAIR principles in the field of material science, illustrating both the benefits and the challenges of their adoption.

About the speaker: Dr. Mirco Panighel is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physics and Materials Science of the University of Luxembourg. He obtained his Master in Condensed Matter Physics in 2011 and a PhD in Nanotechnology in 2015 from the University of Trieste, Italy. He completed a two-year postdoctoral position at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology in Spain and, from 2017 to 2024, at the Italian National Research Council in Italy. His experimental research focuses on the growth and atomic-scale characterization of material surfaces. Currently he is investigating new materials for photovoltaic applications through advanced microscopy and spectroscopy techniques. In recent years, he has been involved in coordinating the implementation of scientific data management and FAIR practices, both at the laboratory and infrastructural level.

More information: here

Start: 2024-10-17 17:00

End: 2024-12-31 17:00

Start: 2024-10-17 09:00

End: 2025-01-31 17:00

Start: 2024-06-26 17:00

End: 2024-10-10 17:00

On 26 June at 5 p.m. VU Library opens the exhibition When I Am Singing, that’s when I Feel Happy at Franciszek Smuglewicz Hall. An exhibition is dedicated to the centenary of the Lithuanian Song Celebration. A century ago, on 23–25 August 1924, the first Song Celebration of the entire Lithuania took place in Kaunas. To mark the occasion and to highlight the significance of the event, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania has declared the year 2024 as the year dedicated to the Song Celebration. From 29 June to 6 July of this year, the jubilee Lithuania’s Song Celebration Kad giria žaliuotų [May the Green Forest Grow] will be held in Vilnius. More information here>>

Start: 2024-04-25 17:00

End: 2024-04-25 18:30

On 25 April, at 5 p.m. in Franciszek Smuglewicz Hall, the Library will be opening an exhibition dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of Lithuania’s entry into the North Atlantic Treaty and the European Union. Documents from the 16^th to the 20^th century that are associated with the capitals of both the European Union (including candidate countries) and the NATO members (41 states) were selected in the book storages and put on display in an exhibition.

The exhibition will invite visitors to become tourists and take a journey around the European states this time not by bus or by plane but with the help of manuscripts, books, maps, plans of cities, photos and other documents that reveal the rich historical past of the countries. During the opening, VU historian, associate professor Dr Tomas Čelkis will talk about the impressions of travellers who came to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the 16^th – 18^th century.

More about the exhibition please read here >>

Date: 25 April 2024–14 June 2024 / 15 October 2024–31 January 2025.

Opening: on 25 April 5 p.m. Entrance is free.

Location: VU Library, Franciszek Smuglewicz Hall (Universiteto str. 3, ground floor). 

Start: 2023-11-21 15:00

End: 2023-11-21 16:30

Open science is a topic that is gaining more and more attention in the international community. Vilnius University supports and promotes the application of the open science principles documenting its position in the Vilnius University Open Science Policy (text in Lithuanian) approved by the Senate of the University on 22 February 2022. In order to turn the ideas expressed by the Open Science Policy document into deeds, on 6 June this year, the Rector of the University approved an Open Science Policy implementation plan (text in Lithuanian).

In response to the University's expressed support for Open Science and in order to stimulate discussions about the principles underlying Open Science and their influence on academic practices, Vilnius University Library invites the University community to presentations touching on various aspects of Open Science delivered by internationally renowned experts.

This year, we invite you to a lecture by Dr. Louise Bezuidenhout from Leiden University Centre for Science and Technology Studies under the title Ethics and Open Science: How does it all fit together? that will touch not only on Open Science, but also on another important topic of academic ethics:

The Open Science movement is rapidly gaining prominence in discussions about responsible research. It is associated with a range of different activities, as well as an evolving number of research technologies. However, in addition to being a practical movement, Open Science is also changing how we think of ourselves as responsible researchers, and how we communicate with our fellow researchers and the general public. In this lecture I will look at the values underpinning the Open Science movement, and how they relate to more familiar topics such as research misconduct, research integrity and transparency. I will show how Open Science builds on these movements and fosters responsible research in an increasingly digital age.

About the speaker: Louise Bezuidenhout is a social science researcher who specializes on issues relating to Open Science, data sharing and access. Her research is broadly oriented around themes such as justice and access, inclusion and marginalization and equity. Much of her work to date has concentrated on identifying ways to improve the inclusion of low/middle-income country researchers into the Open Science landscape. This work has involved embedded ethnographies, interviews and surveys in a number of countries in Africa, Europe and North America.

Dr Bezuidenhout holds PhDs in cell biology (University of Cape Town, RSA) and sociology (University of Exeter, UK). She has had postdoctoral research posts at the Universities of Exeter (UK), Notre Dame (USA), Oxford (UK) and Cape Town (RSA). She has also held lectureships at University College London (UK), University of the Witwatersrand (RSA) and the University of Oxford (UK). Dr Bezuidenhout currently works for the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University as a senior researcher.

Date and time of the lecture: 21 November 2023, 3 to 4 p.m.

The duration of the lecture will be 1 hour.

Registration: https://forms.office.com/e/G0g5dbmnBR  

The lecture will be held remotely in English with live captions.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr Ginte Medzvieckaite at 

Start: 2023-10-12 17:00

End: 2024-03-01 17:00

In Lithuania the year 2023 has been declared the year of St. Josaphat. On 12 October at 5 p.m., an exhibition of old documents “Burning for Love of God and Serving God – 400 Years for St. Josaphat's Martyrdom” will be launched at Vilnius University Library to mark the occasion. A unique exhibit– recreated ecclesiastical vestment of St. Josaphat – will be presented to the public during the opening event. More information >>

Start: 2023-09-18 17:00

End: 2023-10-09 21:00

The Embassy of Ireland, in cooperation with Vilnius University Library, invites to the exhibition “Into Europe: Ireland and the EU 1973 – 2023” celebrating the 50 year anniversary of Ireland’s membership of the European Union. The exhibition will be open from 18 September to 9 October at VU Library’s Communication Corner, Universiteto str. 3, Vilnius. More information>>

Start: 2023-09-26 19:00

End: 2023-09-26 20:30

This year, Scholarly Communication and Information Centre (SCIC), a division of Vilnius University Library in Saulėtekis beloved by students, is celebrating its 10^th anniversary. Since the very opening, it has become a place where one can have a great and productive time, deepen knowledge, look for answers to important questions or simply have fun with friends. Therefore, on this occasion, the Library is inviting its visitors for a friendly meeting, a short films event on 26 September at 7 PM. The program titled Short Films. Youngster’s Diaries includes five Lithuanian movies that reveal various challenges, internal strengths, fears and desires of a young man as well as the strive for independence and the search for a close one. 

More about an event>>

Start: 2023-06-19 08:00

End: 2023-08-31 17:00

The exhibition is on display at the Gallery of VU Central Library (Universiteto g. 3, 2nd floor) until 31 August 2023.

Daliutė Ivanauskaitė (born in 1958) works in the field of printmaking, small graphics, ex-libris, calligraphy, has created a book of works of art and graphic design, curator of exhibitions and compiler of catalogues. In 1977, she graduated from J. Naujalis Secondary Art School in Kaunas, 1983. – VDI (now Vilnius Academy of Arts), graphics specialty, and since 1984 she participates in exhibitions. The artist is a participant in many international graphics exhibitions: she has participated in more than thirty countries of the world, about a hundred international and group exhibitions, and has organized over twenty personal exhibitions in Lithuania, USA, Germany, Scotland, Spain.

Awarded at international graphics exhibitions: 2019 – Prize winner of the 39th Mini Print International of Cadaques, Spain; in 2012 – 1st Grand Prize Raimundo Cela, Sobral, Brazil; 2012 – diploma at the international ex-libris exhibition dedicated to Donelaitis’ 300th birth anniversary, Vilnius. More information>>

Start: 2023-01-30 11:00

End: 2023-02-28 22:00

Thousands of rock paintings which, being pieces of art, are also indispensable historical evidences of the livelihood, rituals, customs, beliefs and faiths of the primordial times, created by artists of those epochs, are also found in the vastness of Mongolia. The rock art demonstrates surprising facts that the tribal seals representing ownership relations of 20000 years back are still found in usage as brands on the Mongolian horses today while the style of outfits and accessories of 5000 years ago are still in our clothing. Moreover, it is miraculous that depictions and facilities reminding the burial culture that existed in the Mongolian steppes 5000 years ago are also discovered on the territories of France and Switzerland.

The exhibition is on display in the Gallery of VU Central Library (Universiteto g. 3, 3rd floor) until 28 February 2023. Photos taken by Mr. B.Bayar in Bayan-Ulgii, Gobi-Altai, Umnugobi, Sukhbaatar, Khentii and Arkhangai aimags.

Start: 2022-11-29 17:00

End: 2022-11-29 18:15

Vilnius University Library and Elsevier invite you to an event for junior researchers. The online training "Elsevier Author Workshop. How to write and publish a scientific article?" will be held on November 29, 15:00-16:15 on the Zoom platform.  

Click to register: here

More information>>

Start: 2022-09-22 12:00

End: 2022-10-15 23:00

Start: 2022-11-21 11:00

End: 2023-04-30 23:00

This year marks 500 years since the establishment of the first printing house of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the printing of Francysk Skaryna’s Little Travel Book which was the first printed book in the country. While marking this occasion, Vilnius University Library will launch the Inspired by Skaryna: 500 Years of Vilnius Printings exhibition on 21 September at 5 p.m. in Franciszek Smuglewicz Hall. The exhibition will present the first printing houses of Vilnius and the books printed in them, thus showing the trajectory of Vilnius printing from Skaryna till the end of the 18^th century. 

The exhibition will be on display until 21^st November in Franciszek Smuglewicz Hall of Vilnius University Library (Universiteto str. 3, I floor). Extended until April 30, 2023. 

Start: 2022-08-31 20:30

End: 2022-08-31 22:00

VU Contact Fair will be bustling in the Grand Courtyard on 31 August 5.30-7 pm, dedicated to the integration of first-year students. At this event, you will be able to find representatives of the VU Library who will answer all questions about our services, exhibitions and events held here, and will also reveal where to find the most comfortable and convenient workplace in the library.

More information please find here. 

Start: 2022-09-09 13:00

Guided tours will be organised for students in the Central Palace of the VU Library, which is still working in authentic 16th-century buildings. Together with all the buildings and courtyards of the University, these spaces form an architectural ensemble of the Old Town of Vilnius, which is visited daily by the members of the university community as well as by tourists from all over the world. VU Library visitors will not remain indifferent to the interiors of the historic halls, their decorations, and extraordinary stories about the life of the Jesuits who founded the University centuries ago.

During the tours, the guides will invite the freshers to the impressive J. Lelewel Reading Room, P. Smuglewicz Hall, and the White Hall. Once upon a time, the latter functioned as an Astronomical Observatory. After climbing the tower located in this hall, it will be possible to admire the views of the city from it.

The guided tours will take place on 9 September. Registration:

9 September at 10 am (in English). Registration

9 September at 11 am (in Lithuanian). Registration

9 September at 2 pm (in Lithuanian). Registration

Duration: 1 hour

If you have registered but would like to cancel your registration, please call us on 8 5 268 7103.

The guided tours for freshers are free.

Start: 2022-04-19 12:00

End: 2022-08-30 23:00

Start: 2022-05-25 18:30

End: 2022-06-15 23:00

We welcome you to the exhibition opening on 25 May at 3:30 PM at the Vilnius University Library.

The exhibition will remain open from 25 May to 15 June 2022.

An exhibition “Art between the walls” features the artworks made by migrants living in the detention camps in Lithuania. This exhibition allows us to meet those who have become hostages to the migrant crisis that started in the summer 2021, and to see the creative, thoughtful and full of feelings individual behind the term ‘migrant’.

Art is one of the few ways for these people to cope with the difficult everyday life in the camps and tell their stories. Art is the only expression of their freedom.

This social exhibition seeks to draw the society’s attention to the migrants, their personal stories and different experiences, so that we get to see those who often remain unseen and who are still trapped behind the walls, even though they have been in Lithuania right by our side for already nine months.

The exhibition presents 10 artists from Iraq, Turkey and the Republic of the Congo. A short presentation of each of them will be available in Lithuanian and English.

Start: 2022-05-26 19:00

End: 2022-05-26 20:30

The Italian Embassy in cooperation with Vilnius University Library invites you to the presentation of the film “The Earth Is Blue as an Orange” which will take place on 26 May (Thursday) at 4 pm at MKIC Conference Hall, Saulėtekio al. 5, Vilnius 10221, Lithuania.

The documentary was awarded for the best director at the famous film festival “Sundance” (USA).
The film reveals the daily life of a family living on the front line in Donbas, Ukraine. While the external world is in chaos and bomb explosions can be heard, a single mother Anna and her four children are able to save their home even in a war zone. And their home is a peaceful haven full of life and light. Passion for cinema inspires the family to film, edit and present a film inspired by their own life during the war. Anna and her children are transforming their trauma into creativity as it is the only way to remain human.

The film which has won many international awards was produced by the famous Lithuanian film director Giedrė Žickytė (“Šuolis”) and the studio “Moonmakers” founded by her.

The film is in Ukrainian, Russian and with English subtitles.