Šešių moterų ir vyrų grupė stovi ir šypsosi didelės erdvės fone

Lithuanian Library Specialists Explore Innovations at London Tech Week 2025

Five library professionals from the Kaunas, Klaipėda, Panevėžys, and Šiauliai County Public Libraries, along with a representative from the Lithuanian Audiosensory Library, took part in London Tech Week 2025, held in the UK capital from June 9 to 12. The event, the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom, brought together global technology leaders,….. Read More

Visit to Portuguese Libraries: Sharing Good Practices in Adult Education

Visit to Portuguese Libraries: Sharing Good Practices in Adult Education

From June 9–13, 2025, representatives of Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library visited public libraries in Porto, Braga, and Santa Maria da Feira as part of an Erasmus+ adult education project. The job-shadowing visit aimed to explore and adopt best practices in non-formal adult education. Six libraries were visited, where staff, adult mentors, and project….. Read More

Dešimt Lietuvos bibliotekų specialistų dalyvauja tarptautinėje JAV valstybės departamento remiamoje lyderystės programoje „International Visitor Leadership Program“ (IVLP)

Lithuanian Librarians Gain Experience in an International Leadership Programme in the USA

From June 2 to 11, 10 library professionals from across Lithuania participated in the prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), an exchange programme funded by the U.S. Department of State. Theme of the visit was “Expanding Access to Library Services”. The programme, designed by Cultural Vistas – a highly professional non-profit exchange organization – aimed….. Read More

Panevėžys County Public Library has been selected as one of the three winners of the 18th EIFL Public Library Innovation Award for public libraries that integrate digital reading and writing to enhance their services

Digital reading and writing: Innovation Award

We are delighted that Panevėžys County Public Library has been selected as one of the three winners of the 18th EIFL Public Library Innovation Award for public libraries that integrate digital reading and writing to enhance their services. The winning libraries each receive a prize of US$1,500, a certificate and a trophy.  Lithuanian public library’s….. Read More

Penkios moterys stovi prie didelio Latvijos nacionalinės bibliotekos pastato

Cultural heritage found in Latvian Memory Institutions left us delighted

This year on February 23rd – March 2nd, 5 specialists from Panevezys county G. Petkevicaite-Bite public library cultural heritage research and digitization department had a work trip to Latvia. The purpose of this trip was to explore how specialists from Latvian National library and other memory institutions in Latvia are organizing work on digitization and….. Read More

Card Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays!

Wishing you inspiration in your work, persistence to act and create, friendship and gratitude for your community and loved ones. May this season be full of light and joy. On behalf of the community of Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public LibraryDirector Greta Kėvelaitienė

Language learning in the library

Knowledge of foreign languages is one of the main competences of a modern educated person, which helps to get to know the world better while traveling, read books and watch movies in the original language, expand one’s circle of friends, and even have a more successful career. Today, there are many opportunities for language learning….. Read More

Penkios moterys šypsosi bibliotekos fone

Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Swedish Libraries

From September 23–26, the innovation team from Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library — Greta Kėvelaitienė, Jurga Žilytė, Toma Apynytė-Kirslienė, Jūratė Kirtiklytė, and Raimonda Gvozdienė — participated in a partner meeting for the project “”Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Libraries through Cultural Exchange: A Partnership between Sweden and Lithuania” in Malmö, Sweden. During the visit, the….. Read More

Richard Martin and Raymond den Boestert

Librarians delved deeper into the art of storytelling

On the 9th of October, forty public library specialists of Panevėžys region participated in creative storytelling art workshop with professional storytellers Richard Martin (Germany) and Raymond den Boestert (Netherlands). This event was organized by Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public as a part of the Erasmus+ program accreditation project, in which, in addition to the qualification….. Read More