Faculty of Communication

Sukurta: 27 August 2013

kf9 Saulėtekio, LT-01222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6101, fax 236 6104
E-mail:
http://www.kf.vu.lt

Dean – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrius Vaišnys

STAFF

59 teachers (42 holding research degree), 25 doctoral students.

 

RESEARCH AREAS 

Information and Communication in Traditional and Network Society
Generating and Communicating Heritage

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2015 

D. Donauskaitė. Media’s role in poverty reduction policy: case of Lithuania’s Internet dailies during economic crisis of 2008.

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2015

SHARP Regional International Book Science conference The Minority Book: Historical Expierences and Modern Expressions in the Global World. 

International conference Interaction of Media and Politics in the Baltic States.

National conference Information and Communication Expressions of Theory and Practice’ 2015.

National conference Readings of V. Birziska 2015.

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2015

Informacijos mokslai (Information Sciences), Vilnius University. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2015; vol. 71. 134 p.

Gudinavičius, A.; Šuminas, A.; Macevičiūtė, E. 2015. E-book publishing in Lithuania: the publishers’ perspective. Information Research. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. Vol. 20, no. 2 [last accessed on June 19, 2015], paper no. 672. Availabale from: http://www.informationr.net/ir/20-2/paper672.html

Knygotyra (Book Science). Vilnius University. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2015, vol. 64. 346 p.; vol. 65. 370 p.

DEPARTMENT OF MUSEOLOGY

9 Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 219 32 90
Fax 236 6104
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Rimvydas Laužikas

STAFF

Professor: Dr. R. Laužikas.
Associate professors: Dr. J. Blažiūnas (part-time), Dr. N. Keršytė (part-time), Dr. A. Puškorius, Dr. Rita Repšienė (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr. Ž. Būčys (part-time), M. Kelpša (part-time), I.Vosyliūtė (part-time).
Research fellow: Dr. V. Vaitkevičius (part-time).
Doctoral students: T. Božerocki, D. Armakauskaitė, N. Charapan, M. Kelpša, N. Latvytė-Gustaitienė. I. Vosyliūtė, T. Žižiūnas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Theoretical museoloy
History of museums and museology in Lithuania
Digitization of cultural heritage
Information and communication of cultural heritage
Preservation and conservation of movable heritage

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

The Social Role of the Production and Communication of Museality in a Changing World. Prof. P. van Mensch, Prof. Dr. R. Laužikas. 2013–2017.

Aim of the project was to investigate: the production of museality as a form of social capital in a participatory culture; the interaction between the professional museological infrastructure and its stakeholders in the process of musealisation and the role of heritage in cultural dialogue and social communication in a globalizing world.

Main publications:

Laužikas, R. 2015. Church orientations in Central and Eastern Europe. In Clive, L.N. (ed.). Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy. Ruggles. New York: Springer New York, p. 1727–1732.

Mensch, V., Abraham, P. J., Šuminas, A., Gudinavičius, A. 2015. Lithuanian user perceptions of museum websites. Museologica Brunensia. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 4–7.

International Research Projects

LoCloud (Local Content in the Europeana Cloud). Funded under the European Commission’s ICT Policy Support Programme. 2013–2016.

Main scientific results in 2015 (Department of Museology as a partner): creating know-how and applied knowledge in fields of Cloud Computing usage for small and medium-sized institutions; interoperability of historical geography in heritage information systems and creating historical place names and controlled vocabularies micro services for small and medium-sized institutions.

European Food and Drink. Funded under the European Commission’s ICT Policy Support Programme. 2013–2016.

Main scientific results in 2015 (Department of Museology as a partner): providing digital content related to the Lithuanian food culture, national food and beverage production traditions, dining customs, as well as most characteristic recipes that represent the region; contributions in development of commercial applications and participation in the ‘Learning Track’ to review the effectiveness, viability and impact of different models of delivery and revenue-sharing; contribution to the modeling of end-user requirements and behaviours.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Reinvardt Academy, Amsterdam School of Arts, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
2Culture Associates, London (United Kingdom)
Collection Trust, London (United Kingdom)
University of York, York (United Kingdom)
Cyprus Institute, Nicosia (Cyprus) 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. N. Keršytė –

Prof. Dr. R. Laužikas –

Prof. Dr. P. van Mensch –

Dr. V. Vaitkevičius –

INSTITUTE OF BOOK AND DOCUMENTATION SCIENCE

9 Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6111, 236 6112, 236 6116
Fax: 203 6104

E-mail:

Head - Prof. Dr. Aušra Navickienė

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas (part-time), Dr. O. Janonis (affiliated), Dr. E. Macevičiūtė (part-time), Dr. R. Misiūnas, Dr. A. Navickienė.
Associate professors: Dr. N. Bliūdžiuvienė (part-time), Dr. A. Braziūnienė, Dr. A. Gudinavičius.
Lecturers: D. Baliūnas (part-time), Dr. Laura Brochet (part-time), Dr. R. Cicėnienė (part-time), M. Dautartienė (part-time), D. Kontrimavičienė (part-time), Dr. I. Liepaitė (part-time), Dr. D. Lukšaitė (part-time), Dr. T. Petreikis.
Research fellows: Dr. A. Braziūnienė (part-time),
Doctoral students: F.Brasaitė, I. Kažuro, K. Tolkačevskis, A. Urbanavičiūtė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Media publishing and advertising, digital publishing, e-reading
History, theory and methodology of book science
History, theory and methodology of archivistic and documentation science
Manuscript and printed heritage

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

Fundamental and Applied Research of Documentary Media. Prof. Dr. A. Navickienė. 2011–2015.

The aim of the project was to analyse traditional and digital media, their role and pecularities in traditional and network societies. Main research results in 2015 were 14 articles, published in  Lithuanian and international scholarly journals: Information research (referred in data base of Thomson Reuters Web of Science), Libellarium,  volumes of Knygotyra (Book Science), and publication of 19th century science history source ‒ Lelewel, J. Dvejetas bibliografinių knygų (Two books on Bibliography). Vol. 2. Inter-institutional scholarly contacts were intensively developed while preparing research publications and organizing the SHARP regional international Book Science conference The Minority Book: Historical Experiences and Modern Expressions in the Global World.

Main publications:

Gudinavičius, A., Šuminas, A., Macevičiūtė, E. 2015. E-book Publishing in Lithuania: the Publisher’s Perspective. Information Research. Sheffield: University of Sheffield. Vol. 20, no. 2, paper no. 672. Available from: http://www.informationr.net/ir/20-2/paper672.html

Lelewelis, J. Dvejetas bibliografinių knygų. T. 2 : Antrosios bibliografinės knygos. Joachimas Lelewelis. (prepared by Alma Braziūnienė; translated from Polish by Aldona Baliulienė; [Kaunas, D., Braziūnienė, A., Navickienė, A. (eds.)]; comment by Vidas Račius. 2015. Vilnius: Versus Aureus, 448 p.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Support for the scientifc event: The Minority Book: Historical Experiences and Modern Expressions in the Global World (Vilnius, 24–25 September) (Nr. MOR-18/2015). Prof. Dr. A. Navickienė. 2015.

The International Book Science conference together with the Lithuanian Academy of Science, The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) and The Nordic–Baltic–Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading (HIBOLIRE) was organized on 24–25 of September 2015 and research articles based on the conferences presentations will be published in the special volume of a scholarly journal Knygotyra (Book Science) of the year 2016.

Research Council of Lithuania. The National Lithuanian Studies Development Programme for 2009 –2015. Prof. Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas. 2013–2015.

The research results dissemination project Publishing of Vilnius University Research Journal Knygotyra (Book Science) (Nr. LIT-7-41).

The aim of the project was to ensure uninterrupted publishing of the journal Knygotyra (Book Science) and its functioning in the space of social sciences and humanities. In the year 2015 two volumes 64 and 65 of Knygotyra (Book Science) were published.

Main publications:

Knygotyra (Book Science). Vilnius University. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2015, Vol. 64. 346 p.

Knygotyra (Book Science). Vilnius University. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2015, Vol. 65. 370 p.

International Research Projects

COST Action IS1404 E-READ. Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitization. 2014–2018. Dr. A. Mangen (University of Stavanger, Norway).

The goal of this Action is to improve scientific understanding of the implications of digitization, hence helping individuals, disciplines, societies and sectors across Europe to cope optimally with the effects. Based on a multidimensional, integrative model of reading, and combining paradigms from experimental sciences with perspectives from the humanities, the Action develops new research paradigms and metrics for assessing the impact of digitization on reading.

Researchers of the institute took part at the Action Management Committee, developed research of digital media, as well as submitted a project to the Research Council of Lithuania.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

University of Latvia (Latvia)
University of Stavanger, (Norway)
University of Tallinn (Estonia)
University of Wroclaw (Poland)
University of Zadar (Croatia)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. N. Bliūdžiuvienė –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Braziūnienė –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Gudinavičius –

  • member of the Organizing Committee of international Book Science conference Minority Book: Historical Experiences and Modern Expressions in the Global World, http://www.ibsc.kf.vu.lt/;
  • member of the Programme Committee of international conference Scale, Openness and Trust: New Avenues for Electronic Publishing in the Age of Infinite Collections and Citizen Science. 19th International Conference on Electronic Publishing (Elpub2015). University of Malta,  http://www.easyconferences.eu/elpub2015/;
  • Management Committee Substitute Member of ISCH COST Action IS1404 Evolution of reading in the age of digitisation (E-READ), http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/isch/IS1404?management.

Dr. R. Cicėnienė –

  • board member of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences journal Lietuvos mokslų akademijos Vrublevskių biblioteka;
  • board member of the Consortium of the Lithuanian Academic Libraries for the Maintenance and Development of an Information Infrastructure for Scientific and Studies, http://www.labt.lt/Konsorciumas/;
  • member of the Organizing Committee of international Book Science conference Minority Book: Historical Experiences and Modern Expressions in the Global World, http://www.ibsc.kf.vu.lt/;
  • member of the Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading (HIBOLIRE), https://hibolire.wordpress.com/members/;
  • member of National Committee of UNESCO Memory of the World programme.

Prof. Dr. O. Janonis –

Prof. Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas –

Dr. I. Liepaitė –

  • member of the Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading (HIBOLIRE), https://hibolire.wordpress.com/members/;
  • member of the Organizing Committee of International Book Science conference Minority Book: Historical Experiences and Modern Expressions in the Global World, http://www.ibsc.kf.vu.lt/.

Prof. Dr. E. Macevičiūtė –

Prof. Dr. R. Misiūnas –

  • member of the Organizing and Programme Committees of International Book Science conference Minority Book: Historical Experiences and Modern Expressions in the Global World, http://www.ibsc.kf.vu.lt.

Prof. Dr. A. Navickienė –

  • deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Knygotyra (Book Science), http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/knygotyra;
  • member of Steering Committee of the Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading (HIBOLIRE), https://hibolire.wordpress.com/members/;
  • member of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP), http://www.sharpweb.org/;
  • chairman of the Organizing and Programme Committees of International Book Science conference Minority Book: Historical Experiences and Modern Expressions in the Global World, http://www.ibsc.kf.vu.lt;
  • member of the board for analysing actual question of cultural heritage of the Department of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania.
  • Regional Liaison Officer to the Baltic Region of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP).

Dr. T. Petreikis ­–

INSTITUTE OF CREATIVE MEDIA

9 Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6113
Fax. 236 6104
E-mail:

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Renata Šukaitytė (On maternity leave)

Acting Director – Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Bitinaitė- Širvinskienė

STAFF

Associate proffesors: Dr. R. Bitinaitė- Širvinskienė, Dr. K. Kirtiklis, Dr. M. Petrikas, Dr. T. Petrikis, Dr. R. Šukaitytė.
Lecturers: K. Klimka, R. Kregždaitė, V. Pauliukaitis.
Doctoral students: A. Dabrovolskas, R. Stonytė, M. Meilutytė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Lithuanian and European cinema
Visual culture and media

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

Interdisciplinary Research of Lithuanian and Global Cinema and Visual Culture. Assoc. Prof. Dr. R.Šukaitytė. 2014–2018.

Main publications:

Šukaitytė, R. 2015. Desires and memories of a small man: the documentaries of Lithuanian filmmaker Audrius Stonys. In Blankenship, J., Nagl, T. (eds.) European Visions: Small Cinemas in Transition. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, p. 317–333.

Šukaitytė, R. 2015. Lithuania Redirected: the New Connections, Businesses and Lifestyles on the National Screen. In Gott, M. and Herzog, T. (eds.) East West and Center. Reframing Post-1989 European Cinema. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, p. 175–190.

Petrikas, M. 2015. Centripetal force of locus: dilemmas of nomadism in contemporary Lithuanian artistic practices. Nordic Theatre Studies. Stockholm: Föreningen Nordiska Teaterforskare (Association of Nordic Theatre Scholars), vol. 27, no. 1, p. 57–64.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Popular Culture in Interwar Lithuania: Quantities and Performers (Nr. LIT-9-12). Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Petrikas. 2015.

The research project aims at reconstructing the field of popular performance in the Interwar Lithuania. By collecting the empirical data on income taxation the Project for the first time will establish a pattern of dissemination of popular performance products, will indicate the most prominent and popular performers as well as the place Lithuania had at the crossroads of trends in global popular culture before World War II.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Institute of Literary Theory, Theatre and Audiovisual Art of University of Lodz (Poland)

School of Journalism and Digital Communication of University of Central Lancashire (UK)

Baltic Film and Media School of Tallinn University (Estonia),

Faculty of Humanities of University of Latvia (Latvia)

Research Laboratory Passages XX-XXI of Lumière University Lyon 2 (France)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Šukaitytė –

Assoc. Prof.  Dr. M. Petrikas –

Assoc. Prof  Dr. R. Bitinaitė-Širvinskienė –

INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

9 Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6119
Fax: 236 6104

E-mail:

Head - Prof. Dr. Zenona Atkočiūnienė

STAFF

Professor: Dr. Z. Atkočiūnienė.
Associate proffesors: Dr. P. Abarius, Dr. A. Budrevičius, Dr. B. Grebliauskienė, Dr. E. Janiūnienė, Dr. R. Matkevičienė, Dr. A. Mikalauskienė.
Lecturers: Dr. I. Girnienė, Dr. M. Grigaliūnas, Dr. L. Markevičiūtė, Dr. R. Pranaitis, Dr. S. Preidys, Dr. D. Siudikienė, Dr. L. Stundžė, J. Gribovskis, A. Kasparavičius, K. Petrauskis, G. Plepytė-Davidavičienė, R. Valančius.
Doctoral students: J. Gribovskis, E. Nabažaitė, K. Jakutytė-Ancienė, L. Tamutienė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Fundamental research on communication and information theory, information interaction in society and knowledge society

Efficiency of human communication processes and the impact of information technologies on the change of knowledge society

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

Analysis of Changes in Knowledge Society. Prof. Dr. Z. Atkočiūnienė. 2012–2016.

The purpose of the research was to examine the efficiency of human communication processes and the impact of information technologies on the change of knowledge society. The theme of the research was pursued by carrying out theoretical and applied research on organisational communication, public relations, mass media, information and knowledge management, information and communication law and information technologies. In 2015 national scientific conference Information and Communication Expressions of Theory and Practice 2015 was organised under research goals.

Main publications:

Girnienė, I., Atkočiūnienė, Z. O. 2015. Impact of Knowledge Management Processes on the Creation of Innovations: Case Study. ECKM 2015. Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Knowledge Management. Book Series: Proceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management. Kidmore End: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, p.321–329.

Stundžė, L. 2014. Formalioji lyčių studijų mokslo komunikacija: mokslo leidinio “Lyčių studijos ir tyrimai“ atvejo analizė. Lyčių studijos ir tyrimai. Šiauliai: Šiaulių universitetas, nr. 12 [accessed on Ocober 11, 2015], p. 46–58.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Minsk Institute of Management (Belarus)

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev (Ukraine)

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Dr. Z. Atkočiūnienė –

  • editor-in-chief of the journal Informacijos mokslai (Information Sciences), http://www.vu.lt/leidyba/lt/mokslo-zurnalai/informacijos-mokslai/redakcine-kolegija;
  • member of the Research Council of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
  • board member of the annual of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
  • member of the Organizing Commitee of national conference Information and Communication Expressions of Theory and Practice’ 2015.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. P. Abarius –

  • member of the Organizing Commitee of national conference Information and Communication Expressions of Theory and Practice’ 2015.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. E. Janiūnienė –

  • member of the Organizing Commitee of national conference Information and Communication Expressions of Theory and Practice’ 2015.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Matkevičienė –

Lect. Dr. I. Girnienė – 

  • member of the Organizing Commitee of national conference Information and Communication Expressions of Theory and Practice’ 2015.

Lect. Dr. M. Grigaliūnas –

  • editorial board Chairman of interdisciplinary scientific journal Inter-studia humanitatis.

Lect. Dr. L. Stundžė –

  • member of the Organizing Commitee of national conference Information and Communication Expressions of Theory and Practice’ 2015;
  • editorial board member of the journal Lyčių studijos ir tyrimai (Gender Studies and Research).

INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM 

11 Bernardinų, LT-01124 Vilnius
Tel.: 219 3040, 219 3041
Fax: 219 3039

E-mail:  

Head – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Deimantas Jastramskis 

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Professors: Dr. A. Vaišnys, Dr. Ž. Pečiulis.
Associate professors: Dr. D. Jastramskis, Dr. M. Martišius, Dr. J. Mažylė, Dr. A. Šuminas.
Lecturers: Dr. Dž. Donauskaitė, Dr. A. Gudauskas, E. Kubilius, D. Kutraitė-Giedraitienė.
Doctoral students: M. Bražiūnas, V. Denisenko, J. Matačinskaitė, M. Savickas, V. Venckūnas.

RSEARCH INTERESTS

Information policy
History and development of mass media
Journalism ethics
Journalism theory and practise
Media effects
Media management
New and traditional media

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

Transformation of Lithuanian Media in the Convergence Circumstances. Assoc. Prof. D. Jastramskis.2012–2016.

The aim of the project was to analyze the modern media, mass media and journalism in relation which is related with the modern technology, to investigate dissemination of information and the change of public awareness.

Focus was on changes in traditional journalism in the context of media convergence; the situation of journalist and journalism in today’s mass media system (mass media ownership; the journalist-owner relationship; content construction and production; traditionalism and innovation in journalism; technological revolution; change in audience needs).

Main publications:

Jastramskis, D. 2015. The political (in)dependence of the media in Lithuania. Kwartalnik nauk o mediach [E-source]. Warszawa: Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego, nr. 1, (7 p.). Avaiable from: <http://knm.uksw.edu.pl/the-political-independence-of-the-media-in-lithuania/>.

Pečiulis, Ž. 2015. Politikų įtaka kuriant Lietuvos visuomeninio transliuotojo modelį (Formation and political influence of the Lithuanian public broadcasting model). AGORA : politinių komunikacijų studijos. Kaunas: Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas, nr. 3, p. 69–91.

Pečiulis, Ž. 2015.Vienetiškumas ir tiražas – kūrybos visuomenės paradoksas (Paradoxes of the creative society). Filosofija. Sociologija. Vilnius: Lietuvos Mokslų Akademijos leidykla, vol. 26, nr. 1, p. 81–85.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS 

European Communication Research and Education Association
Baltic Association of Media Research (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Ž. Pečiulis –

Prof. A. Vaišnys –

Assoc. Prof. D. Jastramskis –

Assoc. Prof. M. Martišius –

Assoc. Prof. J. Mažylė –

Assoc. Prof. A. Šuminas –

Dr. Dž. Donauskaitė –

INSTITUTE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

9 Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel.: 236 6109, 2366110
Fax: 236 6104
E-mail:

Head – Prof. Dr. Arvydas Pacevičius

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Professor: Dr. A. Pacevičius.
Associate professors: Dr. Z. Manžuch, Dr. A. Pečeliūnaitė, Dr. M. Stonkienė, Dr. R. Varnienė-Janssen (part-time).
Lecturers: Dr. V. Grigas (part-time), Dr. S. Jokūbauskienė (part-time), Dr. S. Juzėnienė (part-time), Dr. J. Rudžionienė, V. Stancelis (part-time).
Doctoral students: L. Juchnevič, E. Sėdaitytė, A. Valinčiūtė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Organisation of scientific and culture information

Creation and interaction of digitisation and information infrastructure

Science communication

Digital literacy and Information law 

Heritage and memory communication

History of museums, libraries and archives

Digitisation of heritage, standardisation of digitisation and use of computer based methods and tools for heritage research

Management of libraries and information resource

Local lore studies

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget

Development and Change of Culture and Science Communication in Information Infrastructures. Prof. Dr. A. Pacevičius. 2015–2019.

The main research theme was Development and Change of Culture and Science Communication in Information Infrastructures. The aim of research theme was to investigate the development ant change of culture and science communication, the organization of information infrastructures, using historical, theoretical, methodological, didactic, technological applicability and other aspects of investigation.

The most important topics of the research carried out by the Institute were: digitisation of heritage and using computer-based methods and tools for heritage and information research; evaluation of public institutions, management of information resource, management of digitalisation and digital literacy, censorship, readership and development of archives, libraries, and museums; science communication.

Main publications:

Grigas, V., Balčiūnaitė, L. 2015. Mokymosi bendrijos raiška akademinėje bibliotekoje: Vilniaus universiteto bibliotekos atvejis. Vilniaus universiteto bibliotekos metraštis, p. 103–126.

Jokūbauskienė, S. 2015. Antrepreneris: antrosios kartos saitynas: organizacijos įrankių kūrimas mokymosi visą gyvenimą aspektu. Informacijos mokslai, Nr. 73, p. 7–15.

Manžuch, Z. 2015. Strateginis kultūros paveldo skaitmeninimo valdymas. Vilnius: Akademinė leidyba, 304 p.

National Research Projects

Annual project Training for Library Specialists implemented together with project partner Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. Supported by Lithuanian Council for Culture. Project Manager Irma Vičytė. Project Coordinator Dr. J. Rudžionienė. 2012–2015.

The aim of Project is to educate the public library customer service workforce competencies, develop library services in Lithuania and organize its dissemination. The program comprises various trainings with certain municipalities and professionals of county public libraries. The main result of the project in 2015 was created virtual lecture course The Concept of Library in a course management system Moodle. Program is designed for employees of Lithuania’s libraries to develop abilities, learn and raise qualification remotely to save time and resources dedicated to business trips.

Our Region: Education of the Identities of Vilnius and Alytus Communities in Libraries (Mūsų kraštas: Vilniaus ir Alytaus bendruomenių tapatumo ugdymas bibliotekose)implemented together with project partner Vilnius County Adomas Mickevičius Public Library. Project Manager L. Juchnevič. 2015.

The aim of the project is to develop and promote local lore information to the public in an attractive manner. The information could be used for educational or leisure purposes. The local lore information will be available on the two specialized websites. In 2015, by implementing this project prototipes and design of new web sites were created for the regions of Vilnius and Alytus. These websites will be dedicated to store ethnographic content which reveals the identity of these communities.

Intenational Research Projects

Presenting Works of the Lithuanian Classical Literature Online: Impact of Established Electronic Services on the Access of Works and Level of Reading Engagement.Investigation(no application for financing). Assoc. Prof. R. Varnienė-Janssen. 2015.

The investigation deals with the changes in the accessibility to works of the Lithuanian literature after the implementation of the project “Presenting Works of the Lithuanian Classical Literature Online” by the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania and the impact of established electronic services on the access of works and level of reading engagement. The analysis of Lithuania’s strategic documents and the qualitative investigation proved that the development and use of the e-library and e-services should be grounded on the following principles: complexity, modern approach, differentiation, partnership, and integrity. The new form of the book (e-book) presents a new experience – a qualitatively new and rapidly developing phenomenon.

Leonardo da Vinci programme partnership project Open the wings of Unemployed People to Entrepreneurship across Europe via Web 2.0 and Cloud Based Tool and Service – Entrepreneur 2.0 (No. LLP-LdV-PRT-2013-LT-0505). Implemented together with project partner ”Think Tank LT”. Supported by the national agency Education Exchanges Support Foundation. Project Managers Assoc. Dr. E. Celiešienė and J. Medelė. Project Coordinator – Dr. S. Jokūbauskienė. 2013–2015.

The aim of project to equip individuals, especially unemployed young people and micro SME owners with skills on exploiting Web 2.0 (interactive web based) tools so that they can become successful entrepreneurs in markets outside their national borders. The main goals in 2015:  allowing microSME owners, potential start up owners, self-employed people as well as unemployed people that face the implications of the current financial crisis to become the new generation of entrepreneurs capable to exploit Web 2.0 technologies for advancing their products and services more effectively at a wider european and international client portfolio; presenting collection of a good practices and successful stories of new entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs that have exploited efficiently Web 2.0 tools during seven meetings in seven different partnering countries.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Birštonas Public Library (Lithuania)
Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland)
Lithuanian Library for the Blind (Lithuania)
Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland)
Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Lithuania)

Prof. Dr. A. Pacevičius –

  • editorial board member of the journal Knygotyra (Book Science), www.leidykla.vu.lt/mokslo-darbai/knygotyra/;
  • editorial board member of the journal Roczniki Biblioteczne;
  • editorial board member of the journal Archiwa-Kancelarie-Zbiory;
  • member of the Nordic Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading (HIBOLIRE), https://hibolire.wordpress.com/members/; 
  • organizing CommitteeChairman of national conference Private Writings and Egodocumental Heritage: from silva rerum to Modern Social Network, Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė – Bitė Public Library, 7 October, 2015.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Z. Manžuch –

  • editorial board member of the journal LIBER Quarterly, http://liber.library.uu.nl/index.php/lq/about/editorialTeam;
  • board member of the Programme Committee of the International Conference ISI 2015: 14th International Symposium of Information Science;
  • board member of the Programme Committee of the International Conference TPDL 2015: 19th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries.

Assoc. Prof. Dr.  R. Varnienė-Janssen –

Dr. J. Rudžionienė –

Dr. V. Grigas –

  • member of European Conference on Information Literacy (ECIL) Programme Committee, http://ecil2015.ilconf.org/;
  • member of international research and practice conference An Academic Library of Generation Z: Services, Spaces and Technologies Programme Committee;
  • editorial board member of the serial publication Bibliotheca Lithuana III.

Dr.  S. Jokūbauskienė –

  • editorial board member of the Lithuanian computer society traditional biennal multi-event Computer Days – 2015.  

MEDIA RESEARCH LABORATORY

9 Saulėtekio, LT-03225 Vilnius
Tel.  236 6105,  fax 236 6104
E-mail:

Head -  Dr. Andrius Šuminas

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas (part-time), Dr. P. van Mensch (part-time).
Associate professor: Dr. A. Šuminas.
Research fellows: Dr. A. Gudinavičius (part-time), Dr. K. Kirtiklis (part-time).
Laboratory assitant: J. Červokas.
Doctoral student: A. Aleksandravičius. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

Interactive and traditional media
Media convergence and transformation
Social media and social networking

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2015

Projects Supported by University Budget 

Fundamental and Applied Research of Interactive Media. Dr. A. Šuminas. 2013–2017.

The purpose of the research is to: explore interactive media characteristics and application forms; examine the importance of interactive media to networking society; analyze traditional and new media development and convergence.

Main publications:

Gudinavičius, A., Šuminas, A., Macevičiūtė, E. 2015. E-book publishing in Lithuania: the publisher‘s perspective // Information research. Sheffield: University of Sheffield, vol. 20, no. 2, paper no. 672. Prieiga per internetą: <http://www.informationr.net/ir/20-2/paper672.html.

Šuminas, A., Gudinavičius, A. 2015. Web usability evaluation based on eye tracking. Case study of Lithuanian National Museum website. Zagadnienia Informacji Naukowej. Studia Informacyjne. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo SBP, vol. 53, nr. 1, p. 96–112.

Kirtiklis, K. 2015. Mediatizacijos teorijos statuso komunikacijos tyrimuose problema. Informacijos mokslai. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, nr. 71. p. 25–34.

Mensch, V., Abraham, P. J., Šuminas, A., Gudinavičius, A. 2015. Lithuanian user perceptions of museum websites. Museologica Brunensia. Brno: Masarykova Univerzita, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 4–7.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

University of Warsaw (Poland)
Saxion University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands)
University of Boras (Sweden)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas –

Prof. Dr. Pieter van Mensch –

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrius Šuminas –

  • editorial board member of the journal Parlamento studijos (Parlamentary Studies);
  • editorial board member of the journal Agora;
  • editorial board member of the journal Journal of Comparative P.