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A virtual exhibition commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maironis – one of the most outstanding Lithuanian poets to give meaning to the spiritual and historical experience of the Lithuanian nation and an exceptionally sensitive portrayal of the faith of the human being and the nation – reflects and supplements the travelling exhibition The Voices of Spring prepared by Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania as part of the National Programme of the Year of Maironis implemented in 2012. Through its free access online and the commentaries available in Lithuanian, English and Russian languages, the exhibition will provide more opportunities to take a step towards a better understanding of one of the most valuable pages in the Lithuanian cultural heritage to the readers across Lithuania and worldwide who did not have a chance to attend the events organised in the framework of the National Programme of the Year of Maironis.

Virtual exhibition “I Shall Live On…”

The satellite conference of The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) “Libraries in Networks: Creating, Participating, Co-operating” will take place in Klaipėda Ieva Simonaityte County Public Library on August 8–9. Participants will share success stories of work in networks and co-operation with achieving excellent results. Organizers hope that participants will not only discuss, but will also create new networks or integrate into the existing ones.

This year marks 200 years anniversary of the first public museum in Lithuania – Dionizas Poška' Baubliai. The year 2012 is named The Year of Museums by resolution of the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania.

The „Cycling for libraries 2012“ starts on July 28, Saturday, 10:00 a.m. at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Gedimino ave 51, Vilnius).

Ms. Marina Kulčinskaja from Sweden, sponsor of various Lithuanian culture institutions, once again presented the National Library with a precious gift – almost 500 audio and video records. The Music Department has already added to its collections more than 300 new compact audio and video discs donated by M. Kulčinskaja.

New virtual exhibition dedicated to the 75^th birth anniversary of Judita Vaičiūnaitė (1937–2011), famous Lithuanian poet and playwright, is prepared at the National Library of Lithuania.

The new issue of the magazine presents:

The introduction of the magazine presents speech of Violeta Palčinskaitė, told after gaining prizes of best children and teenagers’ book (2011) and children literature.

The conference “Hidden Treasures” of The Baltic Heritage Network (BaltHerNet) took place in Tartu, Estonia, on June 26-28. Specialists from various memory institutions (from 12th world countries) shared knowledge about Baltic diaspora archives, stored in their organisations, presented new projects, virtual exhibitions.