Central library reading rooms:
Central library special reading rooms:
The White Hall–L.Vladimirov United Nations Organization reading room
Attendants: Jolita Jurėnaitė, Audronė Rūkienė
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–18:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
18 workplaces
Wireless network
Open stacks hold 1870 items
Publications may be ordered to the reading room from the repository. Books are delivered on working days from 09:00 to 18:00.
The White Hall reading room collection includes linguistic, multilanguage dictionaries and special encyclopaedias.
VU community members may reserve a work place in the White Hall. Priority is given to VU doctorants and lecturers.
The Hall is situated in the former premises of the old Observatory. Here you may also find extant exhibits of the old Observatory (globes, telescopes and other equipment as well as their description). Thematic exhibitions are organized in the White Hall too.
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Bibliography reading room
Universiteto str. 3 (second floor)
Tel. (8 5) 268 7124
Attendants: Nijolė Vasiliauskaitė, Valda Čekienė
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–20:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
15 workplaces, 8 of them with computers
Wireless network
Open stacks include 17 500 items
Publications may be ordered to the reading room from the repository. Books are delivered:
- Working days 9:00 to 18:00
Services provided in the reading room:
- Document scanning for free.
- Possibility to work with SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences).
Open stacks include:
- Publications of communication and information fields (professional literature on librarianship and information sciences);
- General and universal encyclopaedias;
- Dictionaries: language (bilingual, trilingual, etc.) and general linguistic (etymological, thematic, synonyms, etc.);
- Manuals, dictionaries, encyclopaedias of scientific fields important to VU community;
- Statistical sources (statistics annuals and press statistics);
- Information publications about Vilnius University;
- Publications about network, computer science;
- Biographical and bio bibliographical dictionaries;
- Periodicals and serials on librarianship, bibliography, book research subjects.
Reading room collection includes the following bibliographical issues:
- All personalia published in Lithuania;
- Lithuanian bibliographical publications;
- Lithuanian National Bibliography;
- Bibliography news (Spaudos metraštis [Press annual] 1947 – 1990).
Bibliography reading room staff members perform bibliographic enquiries; help to handle the abundance of encyclopaedias, manuals and other bibliographical sources.
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Central Library Lending Department
Universiteto str. 3 (ground floor)
Tel. (8 5) 268 7147
Attendants: Joana Bartkevičienė, Gražina Kisieliūtė, Regina Šatienė, Daiva Levinskienė.
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–20:00
Saturdays 9:00–16:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
8 workplaces with computers.
Wireless network.
Open stacks include 7 500 items.
Publications may be ordered to the reading room from the repository. Books are delivered:
- Working days 9:00 to 18:00
- Saturdays 9:00 to 16:00
At the Lending Department you may search both in electronic catalogues, and in card catalogues: alphabetic and systematic.
Services in Lending Department:
Open stacks include fiction in Lithuanian and foreign languages.
There are workplaces for disabled people - information centre „Odisėjas“.
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Philosophy Reading Room
Universiteto str. 3 (second floor)
Tel. (8 5) 268 7140
Attendants: Evelina Šarnienė, Donatas Mažonas, Aušrinė Nekrošienė
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–20:00
Saturday 9:00–16:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
32 workplaces, 11 of them with computers;
Wireless network;
Open stacks include 40 000 items.
Publications may be ordered to the reading room from the repository. Books are delivered:
- Working days 9:00 to 18:00
- Saturdays 9:00 to 16:00
Other services in Philosophy Reading Room:
- possibility to work with SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences).
- Document scanning for free.
Open stacks include literature on educology, philosophy, psychology sociology, social work and medical studies.
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Philology Reading Room/Library of German Publications
Universiteto str. 3 (first floor)
Tel. (8 5) 268 7109
Attendants: Irena Žeimantaitė, Virginija Sliesoriūnienė
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–21:00
Saturday 9:00–16:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
51 workplaces, among them 11 with computers.
Wireless network.
Open stacks include over 20 000 items.
Publications may be ordered to the reading room from the repository. Books are delivered:
- Working days 9:00 to 18:00
- Saturdays 9:00 to 16:00
Other services in Philosophy Reading Room:
- Document scanning for free.
Open stacks contain literature related to philology in different languages: literature science, folklore, linguistics, general dictionaries, manuals, encyclopedias, periodical and „Library of German Publications“.
The Library of German Publications (Deutsche Bibliothek) contains around 2 000 publications in the field of German language, literature and culture:
- The modern literature of German-speaking countries, publications on linguistics and literary criticism;
- German language methodology;
- Literature in German language for beginners (starting from the elementary level);
- Popular scientific literature on history and geography of Germany;
- Feature and documentary films on DVDs. (PDF)
If you have any questions about The Library of German Publications, please contact Aistė Lukoševičiūtė via email: aiste.lukoseviciute@mb.vu.lt
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Humanistics Information Centre (HIC)
Universiteto str. 3 (first floor) – follow the arrow with letters "HIC".
Tel. (8 5) 268 7114
Attendants: Laima Bražiūnienė, Rita Miežinienė, Dalia Juodienė
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–20:00
Saturday 9:00–16:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
50 workplaces, among them 22 with computers.
Wireless network.
Open stacks include 13 783 items.
HIC consists of 4 rooms:
HIC Journalism and media studies reading room:
Publications may be ordered to the reading room from the repository. Books are delivered:
- Working days 9:00 to 18:00
Document scanning for free.
In open stacks users can find the newest publications on journalism, media management, economics of media and creative industries, the modern humanities. The reading room provides many more publications in the field of humanities and interdisciplinary studies. It also has Mediateque and DVD players.
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HIC Apelsininis (Orange) (B2) group work room ( reservation form):
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HIC Riešutinė (Nut brown) (B1) IT laboratory (reservation form):
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HIC Journals reading room:
In open stacks – the newest journals on politics, culture and art published in Lithuania and abroad.
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Newspaper reading room
Universiteto str. 3 (second floor)
Tel. (8 5) 268 7142 arba (8 5) 268 7119
Attendant: Skirmantas Kunevičius
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–20:00
Saturday 9:00–16:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
6 workplaces.
Wireless network.
Not all archived newspapers are held in the reading room. If you have questions please contact the librarian.
You may find digitized archival periodicals in "Cultural Heritage in the Virtual Environment" database.
Newspapers may be ordered from the repository:
- Working days 9:00 to 18:00
- Saturdays 9:00 to 16:00
Reading room collections include archival sets of:
- 7 meno dienos (1992– )
- Atgimimas (1988– )
- Dialogas (1992– )
- Dienovidis (1990– )
- Lietuvos rytas (1990– )
- Lietuvos žinios (2002– )
- Literatūra ir menas (1995– )
- Mokslo Lietuva (1989– )
- Šiaurės Atėnai (1990– )
- Tremtinys (1991– )
- Voruta (1989– )
- XXI amžius (1991– )
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Lithuanian Reading Room
Universiteto str. 3 (second floor)
Tel. (8 5) 268 7132 arba (8 5) 268 7130
Attendants: Jolita Saunorienė, Vanda Valinskienė, Aida Jokimčiūtė.
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–20:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
20 workplaces, 3 of them with computers.
Wireless network.
Open stacks include 12 000 items.
Publications may be ordered to the reading room from the repository. Books are delivered:
- Working days 9:00 to 18:00
Lithuanian reading room contains research documents and books as well as periodicals on Lithuanian history, language, literature, geography, ethnography, religion, culture and art.
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Oriental reading room
Universiteto str. 3 (IV-V floor)
Tel. (8 5) 268 7157
Attendants: Aistė Lukoševičiūtė, Tomas Lučiūnas
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–18:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
17 workplaces, 6 of them with computers.
Wireless network
Document scanning for free
Open stacks include 10600 items.
Publications may be ordered to the reading room from the repository. Books are delivered on working days from 09:00 to 18:00
Interlibrary loan services are available.
The Orientalistics reading room collection includes Research and studies in Asian languages, cultures, religions, philosophy, anthropology and art history releases, publications in original languages, fiction in foreign languages, Alfred Binder oriental collection.
The Orientalistics reading room is established in the Library premises, that have not been used up to now. They are architecturally rather complicated however also most interesting and highest-situated part of the Library. This reading room is the most silent place in the library.
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Professors' Reading Room
Universiteto str. 3 (second floor)
Tel. (8 5) 268 7119
Attendants: Rita Jackevičienė, Daiva Mulvinaitė
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–20:00
Saturday 9:00–16:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
103 workplaces, 9 of them with computers.
Wireless network.
Open stacks include 5000 items.
Publications may be ordered to the reading room from the repository. Books are delivered:
- Working days 9:00 to 18:00
- Saturdays 9:00 to 16:00
Other services in Professors' Reading Room
- scanning for free;
- possibility to work with SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences).
- VU doctorants and lecturers may reserve a workplace.
Open stacks include all scientific works published by VU, newest works of other Lithuanian scientific institutions, encyclopaedias and dictionaries, handbooks, summaries of dissertations defended in Lithuania.
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Rare Book Reading Room
Universiteto str. 3 (first floor)
Tel. (8 5) 268 7200
Attendants: Aušra Rinkūnaitė, Indrė Trapnauskaitė, Evaldas Grigonis, Arvydas Maciulevičius.
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–18:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
11 workplaces, among them 1 with computers.
Wireless network.
Publications may be ordered to the reading room from the repository by phone or email. Orders taken from 9:30 to 14:00.
Orders are delivered on working days from 10:30 to 15:00.
Copying or digitizations of rare documents are for fee.
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Manuscript Reading Room
Universiteto str. 3 (first floor)
Tel. (8 5) 268 7129
Attendants: Evelina Padrėzaitė, Inga Liepaitė, Laura Molytė.
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–18:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
10 workplaces, among them 1 with computers.
Wireless network.
Open stacks hold 5212 items
The main dictionaries, reference books, encyclopedias, books about Lithuania and foreign countries history, heraldry, archival, bibliography and card catalog in Lithuanian and foreign languages one can fond in open access.
Publications may be ordered to the reading room from the repository. Books are delivered:
- I-IV –from 09:00 to 16:00;
- V – from 09:00 to 15:00.
Copying or digitizations of manuscripts are for fee.
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Graphic Arts Cabinet
Universiteto str. 3 (first floor)
Tel. (8 5) 268 7197
Attendants: Linas Jablonskis.
Opening hours:
Monday–Friday 9:00–17:00
Opening hours may be changed before public holidays as well as on summer vacation.
Changes of opening hours are published in news section.
1 workplace.
Wireless network.
Graphics Arts Cabinet holds the old graphics (including the sixteenth-nineteenth century), contemporary Lithuanian artist’s graphics prints, book illustrations, drawings, sketches, posters. is Foreign artists works, collection of bookplates and books with authorship are stored in Graphic Arts Cabinet.
Copying or digitizations of Graphic Arts Cabinet documents are for fee.
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