Dear friends, colleagues, and cherished community, As the year comes to a close, I wish you moments of gentle stillness – moments to pause, to breathe, and to feel at home in the present. May we offer each other the gift of true presence, shared with openness and kindness. May the New Year unfold like….. Read More
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Transforming Library Space Through Community Collaboration
On December 11, the Community Space was officially opened at the Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library. Writer R. David Lankes once said: “Bad libraries build collections. Good libraries build services. Great libraries build communities.” Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library has followed a long and purposeful path in turning the idea of the library as a community hub….. Read More
XII Baltic States Librarians’ Congress – CoBaL 2025
On December 1-4, in Kaunas, the Lithuanian Librarians’ Association organized XII Baltic States Librarians’ Congress – CoBaL 2025. Congress have gathered librarians, researchers, cultural leaders, innovators, and educators from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and many other countries. Participants have come with different experiences, different local realities, and different challenges – but with one shared belief: that….. Read More
Strengthening Adult Education: European Library Professionals Meet in Brussels
From 25 to 28 November 2025, an international seminar titled “Erasmus+ Program & Epale: a window of opportunities for Public Libraries, as Adult Education Providers” took place in Brussels. The event focused on the role of public libraries in adult education and on the opportunities offered by the Erasmus+ and EPALE programmes. Organised by the….. Read More
Lessons from Prague: How Erasmus+ Encourages Growth, Creativity and Cooperation
From 4 to 7 November, specialists from the Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Panevėžys County Public Library and twelve municipal libraries of the Panevėžys region participated in a job shadowing visit at the Municipal Library of Prague and its branches. The visit took place as part of the Erasmus+ Adult Education Accreditation project. A total of 17 library….. Read More
Building Bridges Through Learning: Ten Years of the EPALE Journey
On the 22nd–23rd of October, Coordinator of Adult Education Activities Virginija Švedienė participated in the EPALE (Electronic Platform for Adult Learning in Europe) Community Conference in Brussels, having been delegated by the Education Exchanges Support Foundation as one of the most active EPALE Lithuania users. This year’s conference, dedicated to EPALE’s 10th anniversary, symbolically connected the….. Read More
From Words to Worlds: Inspiring Erasmus+ Experience
As part of the Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library Erasmus+” accreditation project in the field of adult education, a group of the most active members of the Bitė Book Club visited Barcelona in October. The host organization was the Lithuanian-Catalan Association – a non-governmental cultural and educational exchange organization that promotes ties between Lithuania….. Read More
Shared Stories, Shared Learning: An “Erasmus+” Experience
Storytelling art training took place at the Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library as part of the “Erasmus+” programme’s adult education accreditation project, organized together with municipal public libraries of the Panevėžys region. The training was led by an invited expert from Germany – professional storyteller Richard Martin. Thirty specialists from the Panevėžys region storytelling….. Read More
Growing Together: an Erasmus+ Journey of Learning and Inclusion
As part of the Erasmus+ programme accreditation project in the field of adult education, the Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library, together with partners –12 municipal public libraries in Panevėžys region – organized a job shadowing visit to the Konrad Martin Haus Adult Education Centre in Naumburg, Germany, from the 15th to the 18th of….. Read More