Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library of Panevėžys County together with partners Klaipėda County Ieva Simonaitytė Public Library, Kaunas County Public Library, and Institute of Science and Culture in Norway has started implementing the project “Innovative solutions for promoting the reading of Lithuanian libraries for the development of social relations of children and youth with the environment”…… Read More
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Finnish children were listening to Lithuanian fairy tales
Panevėžys County Library (Lithuania) participated in one of the creative projects, coordinated by Terhi Virkkunen in the sister library – Pyhäjoki Municipal Library (Finland). Terhi worked in kindergartens, introducing to kids stories and fairy tales, some words and phrases in various languages: “I collected everyday childhood stories. Then, I edited them, leaving the main parts….. Read More
Library Conversations: Krista Visas (Estonia)
The guest of the Library blog Geros knygos is our colleague Krista Visas (Estonia). Krista is the marketing manager at Pärnu Central Library and the vice president of Estonian Librarians Association. What measures were taken in response to the virus by public libraries in Estonia? What activities and services took place in Pärnu Central Library during the….. Read More
Virtual visit of Croatian librarians strengthened partnership and inspired for new projects
On the 29th of March–1st of April 2021 a virtual job-shadowing visit of the librarians of the Rijeka City Library (Croatia) under the Erasmus + program took place in the Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library. Although we have already become accustomed to the virtual communication format, we always think about the lack of live….. Read More
Library Conversations: Diāna Zuļģe (Latvia)
The guest of the Library blog Geros knygos is our colleague Diāna Zuļģe (Latvia). Diāna is a librarian at Liepaja Central Scientific Library brach „Libris“. It is always interesting to ask our foreign colleagues about the situation in their libraries during the COVID-19 pandemic. How is your Library facing the challenge? How do you reach….. Read More
A special year dedicated to Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė
Who was Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė? A writer, an educator, a teacher, a philanthropist, a cultural and social figure, a feminist, a sister who was like a mother to her younger brothers and her sister, a caregiver for the sick and the vulnerable, a beekeeper, an herbalist. She was a woman who has overcome herself and the….. Read More
Library Conversations: Heikki Lahnaoja (Finland)
The guest of the Library blog Geros knygos is Heikki Lahnaoja – the manager and the head of cultural department of Pyhäjoki Municipal Library (Finland). Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library and Pyhäjoki Municipal Library connected in NAPLE Sister Libraries program. Librarians in Lithuania would be very interested to learn about their new partner – Finnish….. Read More
Library Conversations: Diego Gracia (Spain)
The guest of the Library blog Geros knygos is the coordinator of NAPLE Sister Libraries programme Diego Gracia (Spain). NAPLE Sister Libraries is a cooperation programme for public libraries situated in any of the participating NAPLE countries/region that wish to find a partner or sister library in another country. The coordinator of the programme is Spain (Subdirectorate General….. Read More
Library Conversations: Britt Sanne (Norway)
The guest of the Library blog Geros knygos is our colleague Britt Sanne (Norway). Britt is a Department Manager of Tønsberg og Færder library. How do Norwegian libraries go about innovation in the situation, when the virus closes physical services and drives digital demand? How does the Tønsberg og Færder library adjust to the unusual….. Read More