The international initiative on teaching English to adults in Lithuania and Latvia was implemented thanks to the “Erasmus+” strategic partnerships program. The projects of this program allow international partners not only to learn from each other, but also to spread good practice to other adult educators and learners in Europe. The activities of the project….. Read More
International Cooperation
The activities of the library have been presented at international events
Internationality, participation in the global context of the development of librarianship, work in a multicultural environment, intersectoral cooperation contribute a lot to the image and prestige of the library, and create a new connection between the library and society. The news about the library’s activities spread at international events strengthens the library’s own position in….. Read More
Seniors in the library
Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library pays great attention to non-formal adult education. Adults who are looking for engaging activities in the library, can find a wide range of them here – borrow books, read periodicals, attend digital, media and information literacy training, participate in leisure clubs, and attend cultural events. The library not only….. Read More
Innovations in language learning of adults in the partnership project of the Erasmus+ program
From January to August, 2024 Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library participates as a partner in the implementation of the Erasmus+ program project T.E.T.E („Teaching English to Elderly“) coordinated by the Latvian NGO Vecmāmiņas.lv. The main goal of this strategic partnership project is to adopt the good experience of European non-formal education institutions in the….. Read More
Guests from Spain visited the library
On the 5th–9th of June a group of teachers and students of the Alcala de Henares CEPA Don Juan I Adult Education Center from Spain visited Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library. Spanish colleagues were able to pay this visit due to the implementation of their project in adult education sector of the Erasmus+ program…… Read More
Panevėžys region library specialists gained experience in Spain and Germany
Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library and its partners – municipal public libraries of Panevėžys region are implementing the Erasmus+ program accreditation project in the field of Adult Education. Project duration: 2021 03 01–2027 12 31. Specialists of Panevėžys region libraries working in the field of adult education take part in the mobility activities. All libraries….. Read More
Visits to Spain and Scotland with Erasmus+ program
Implementing the library’s Erasmus+ project in the field of adult education “International Qualifications for Innovative Library Ideas 3”, Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library‘s specialists had two trips abroad: a job shadowing visit in Spain and a storytelling training in Scotland. A visit to Spain October 21-23 the team of Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library visited….. Read More
A visit to Hueska Municipal Public Libraries
On the 22nd of October Jurgita Bugailiškienė, Director of Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library, and Virginija Švedienė, Coordinator of Adult Education Activities visited Hueska Municipal Public Libraries and met their representative Alicia Rey Lanaspa to share experience and to discuss cooperation possibilities. Hueska Municipal Public Libraries and Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library have established their sistership in the….. Read More
Librarians attended a meeting organised by the Federation for European Storytelling (FEST) to discuss co-operation possibilities
October 5-6 Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė public library’s staff: Director Jurgita Bugailiškienė, Project Manager Kristina Jakubauskaitė-Veršelienė, Head of the Cultural Heritage Research and Digitization Department Greta Kėvelaitienė remotely participated in a meeting with members and partners of the Federation for European Storytelling (FEST). The participants of the Nordic-Baltic storytelling network meeting discussed the possibilities of….. Read More