On 12 November, the Kaunas University of Technology Library welcomed information systems and library specialists from Ukraine: from the Yaroslav Mudryi National Library, the National Historical Library of Ukraine, the Korolenko Kharkiv State Scientific Library and the Odessa National Scientific Library. Our Ukrainian colleagues wanted to learn about the activities of Lithuanian academic libraries, cataloguing practices and the country’s experience in creating and developing library information systems and library services.
Dr Gintarė Tautkevičienė, Director of the KTU Library, provided the Ukrainian delegates with an overview of the university, the library and the services it offers. She presented the library’s role in the processes of study, research and innovation, the development of information literacy, integrated training for students, the development of electronic resources, scientific communication and open science initiatives, and more. The discussion also covered the changing needs of the academic community and the impact of technology and artificial intelligence on library services.
Library specialists introduced the guests to the library’s spaces, the ‘ALMA’ information system and its support, publication cataloguing processes, the management of digital resources, scientific information services, the registration of research output in the eLABa repository, and collections of rare and digitised documents, amongst other topics. They also discussed issues relating to information system administration and service development that library specialists encounter in their everyday work.
Antanas Štreimikis, Head of the Library Information Systems Section within the Department of Information Systems, and Linas Salelionis, Senior Programmer in the same section, introduced the guests to the KTU Research Information System (KTU CRIS), the Lithuanian Social Sciences and Humanities Data Archive (LiDA) and the KTU OJS platform for publishing academic journals. The presentations covered topics such as open science, research data management, the dissemination of academic output and the interoperability of international systems.
During the meeting, guests were also introduced to the Lithuanian Academic Electronic Library (eLABa), which brings together the country’s academic and higher education institutions within a shared infrastructure for library services and scientific information. The guests were introduced to eLABa’s operating model, virtual library solutions, the activities of institutional repositories, and access to scientific information resources.
The visit provided a valuable opportunity to share professional experience, discuss the services provided by libraries, and strengthen international cooperation.
A few moments from the visit
