On June 24–26, Virginija Švedienė, the coordinator of adult education activities at the library, and volunteer Dr. Jūratė Baltušnikienė participated in the 9th international library congress “BiblioCon 2025”. The main theme of the event was “Libraries – for Democracy.” “BiblioCon” is the largest annual event for librarians and information professionals from German-speaking countries, attracting specialists….. Read More

On June 16–18, specialists from the National Library of Greece and adult educators from the Ilirska Bistrica Adult Education Center in Slovenia visited the library.This visit was part of projects implemented by the organizations they represent under the “Erasmus+” program. The participants were interested in the library’s potential as a community space, informal adult education….. Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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