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Review on book of S. Vėlavičienė (“In the Track of the Forbidden Press”) in Chicago-Lithuanian newspaper
Review by Dr. Antanas Balašaitis on book of S. Vėlavičienė (“Silvija Vėlavičienė: In the Track of the Forbidden Press”) is published in supplement “Art, literature and science” of Chicago-Lithuanian newspaper “Friend” (2012 06 09).
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New issue of the magazine “In the World of Books” No 5 (640) 2012
The new issue No 5 (640) 2012 of the magazine “In the World of Books” presents:
The new virtual exhibition, prepared by Art Department “Saulė Kisarauskienė: dangerous for Soviet fine arts”
We invite you to visit the exhibition of the artists, who, with her husband Vincas Kisarauskas, can be called our own cultural universe. She was attempted to isolate, not notice, deny, but she had and continues to have a huge impact on our art mentality.
The new virtual exhibition “Aleksys Churginas, a man, lifted up Dante's voice”
The new virtual exhibition “Aleksys Churginas, a man, lifted up Dante's voice”, dedicated to 100th birth anniversary of poet and translator is prepared in the National Library.
Theoretical-practical seminar “Manuscripts: we are saving, investigating and spreading the message” in Gabriele Petkevicaite-Bite Panevezys County Public Library
Theoretical-practical seminar "Manuscripts: we are saving, investigating and spreading the message", dedicated for county public library professionals, took place in Gabriele Petkevicaite-Bite Panevezys County Public Library on May 29. It aimed to inform employees, working with manuscript heritage, about traditions and innovations of these activities as well as to help libraries, just starting to collect manuscripts heritage, to choose the right working methods and techniques.
Library working hours on May 31
On May 31 (Thursday) – sanitary day; readers are not served;
The new publications’ exhibition, dedicated to 20th anniversary of publishing house “Eridanas”
The new publications’ exhibition, dedicated to 20th anniversary of publishing house “Eridanas” is displayed in the lobby (floor IV) of the National Library (Gedimino ave. 51) until June 16. The exhibition presents 2007–2010 year publications of publishing house “Eridanas”. This is the biggest fantasy literature publisher in Lithuania with exclusive publishing rights of St. King’s creation.
Elona Marija Ložytė was elected as a member of Ethics Commission in congress of Lithuanian Association of Restorers
The ordinary congress of Lithuanian Association of Restorers took place on May 17. Arūnas Voruta was elected as chairman of Lithuanian Association of Restorers, 1st category restorer of Document Conservation Centre of the National Library Elona Marija Ložytė was elected as a member of Ethics Commission.
Internship of French students in the National Library
Two second year students from Tolbiac Art Lyceum in Paris (Lycee des Arts Graphiques et des Arts du livre Corvisart Tolbiac) Sarah Mazet and Beatrice Saillard starts three-week teaching internship in Document Conservation and Restoration Center of the National Library on May 21.
Visit of Estonian specialists of Old books in the National Library
Members of Old books section of Estonian Librarians' Association visited Rare Book and Manuscript Department of the National Library on May 18. Colleagues found out about history and peculiarities of collections of Rare Book and Manuscript Department, specific of cataloging of old books. Selection of old books as well as experience and perspectives of development of UNESCO Memory of the World Lithuanian National Register were discussed during the meeting. Colleagues were particularly interested in fingerprint application for identification of defective publications and presentation of most valuable publications, stored in the Department.