Vilnius University Library

Vilniaus Universiteto biblioteka

The library of the University of Vilnius ( Vilniaus Universiteto lit. biblioteka, VUB ) is the oldest academic library in Lithuania. It was founded in 1570 by Jesuits and is thus nine years older than the University of Vilnius. The library now has about 5.4 million items to 166 running kilometers of shelves. 28,420 registered readers are served by 195 employees. The library is visited by over 10,000 tourists.

  • 2.1 Information Center for Humanities
  • 2.2 Lesesääle
  • 2.3 Center for Science Communication

History

At the request of the Vilna Archbishop Valerian Protasewicz (1505-1579) came to Vilna in 1569 Jesuits and founded with the financial support of the Archdiocese on July 17, 1570 a Jesuit college with an attached library.

Librarians

The following is a list of university librarians since its inception:

  • Jonas Hėjus (1570-575)
  • Laurynas Rydzevskis (1756-1757)
  • Stanislovas Rostovskis (1765-1765)
  • Juozas Pažovskis (1778-1787)
  • Tadeušas Mackievičius (1787-1792)
  • Rapolas Litvinskis (1792-1799)
  • Augustinas Tomaševskis (1805 ), Adjunct
  • Fransua de la Žumeljė (1807 ), Adjunct
  • Gotfrydas Ernestas Grodekas (1804-1825)
  • Liudvikas Sobolevskis (1826-1830)
  • Pavelas Kukolnikas (1830-1832)
  • Aleksejus Vladimirovas (1866-1869)
  • Jakovas Golovackis (1871-1888)
  • July Janas Kračkovskis (1888-1902)
  • Flavianas Dobrianskis (1902-1913)
  • Dmitrijus Daugėla (1913-1915)
  • Eduardas Volteris (1919)
  • Steponas Henrikas Rygielis (1924-1929)
  • Adomas Gracijonas Lysakovskis (1930-1939)
  • Vaclovas Biržiška (1940-1941)
  • Elena Eimaitytė - Kačinskienė (1941-1943)
  • Juozas Baldžius (1944-1946)
  • Marija Burokienė (1946-1948)
  • Levas Vladimirovas (1948-1964)
  • Stasė Vaidinauskaitė - Vaškelienė (1964-1968)
  • Jurgis Tornau (1968-1985)
  • Birutė Butkevičienė (1985-2006)
  • Audronė Glosienė (2006-2009)
  • Irena Krivienė (since March 2009)

Facilities

Information Center for Humanities

The Information Centre for Humanities ( Humanistikos informacijos centras ( HIC) ) and the reading room for Lituanistik were refurbished and opened on September 7, 2007. The HIC has 32 ​​jobs, 27 of which are equipped with computers. These are located in four reading rooms: Silver room for magazines, modern literature ( library ); Oranges reading room, a room for group work; Nußlesesaal the IT laboratory; and the Green Room - a reading room for periodicity.

Lesesääle

The glory room of the library is the former refectory on the ground floor of the library.

White Reading Room

General Reading Room

Professor Reading Room

Center for Science Communication

The Centre for Science Communication ( Mokslinės komunikacijos ir informacijos centras, MKIC ) is planned as a modern library. This new building is still at the design stage.

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