The guest of the Library blog Geros knygos is our colleague Michaela Töröková (Slovakia). Michaela is the Head of Fund Replenishment and Processing, Acquisition Department in State Scientific Library in Banská Bystrica. After the challenging and tiresome year libraries emerge from the pandemic period, and reopen little by little. How does the Banská Bystrica Library help it‘s community to get back….. Read More
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The opening event of the interactive exhibition “Nordic Children’s Book Flood”
The festive online opening event of the exhibition “Nordic Children’s Book Flood” will be held on Tuesday June 1st 2021, 2 p.m. The exhibition is organized by Panevėžys County Gabrielė Petkevičaitė-Bitė Public Library and Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania. Join the opening event and hear everything first! The exhibition will be inaugurated by….. Read More
We invite you to join the challenge of hope and optimism
Lithuanian libraries have gathered for the dance of hope “Jerusalema”. While dancing we remembered how good it is to enjoy, laugh, work and to achieve common goals together. To convey this feeling to You, we invite You to join this challenge, to feel a longing sense of community. Jerusalema Challenge has become very popular around….. 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