Siauliai city municipality public library

National Network
Lithuania
Address

K. Korsako str.10
Siauliai
Lithuania

Telephone
+370 41 52 50 03
Fax
+370 41 52 50 03
E-Mail
smsvb@splius.lt
E-Mail (2)
irenaz.smsvb@splius.lt
E-Mail (3)
kristinam@smsvb.lt
Mobile Phone
+370 610 31932
Website
http://www.smsvb.lt
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1977
Fields of Activity
  1. Arts
  2. Democracy and community development
  3. Heritage
  4. International/Cultural relations
  5. Media
  6. Religion
  7. Youth and education
General Information
• Siauliai City Municipality Public Library is located in the fourth most populous city, which is in the north of Lithuania. It organizescutural and information services for the citizens, runs variouseducational programs, cultural events and contributes to the development of informal education. • Since November 2013 Library is a member of the National Digital coalition that promotes the development of knowledge society, building its digital capacities and working towards a common goal - a larger employment of population(children and adults) and more effective use of digital possibilities. Looking into thefuture of digital technologies, Siauliai city municipal public Library seeks to find innovative solutions in the use of the latest information technologies and their adaptation to informal education of the children and youth. • On theLibrary’s initiative interactive games for children about Siauliai and its history ( http://apix.lt/projects/smvb/)and a virtual map of the city of Siauliai (http://3dvilnius.lt/siauliai/  have been created. They serve as teaching aids for students who want to learn more about their native town. • Reducing social exclusion, special attention is paid to the needs of disadvantaged children and young people from orphanages. • For the informational and cultural needs of users the library has accumulated the fund of 218 000 items of printed materials; books, periodicals, etc. Lithuania and the world's databases are available. • The Library has a toy room, a foreign language reading room, vocational guidance point, it houses the club "Reading Mom ", seniors club. • The library is actively participating in various projects, reading programs, ethnographical activities • The library has a website www.smsvb.lt with special pages for children and young ethnographers of Siauliai. • In view of the ever-changing needs of society, the library constantly setsfor itself new goals, looks for new innovative opportunities, partners, additional funding for the development of high-quality services.
Mission and Objectives

The vision of the Library : to become a  modern library, corresponding to the needs of the community.
The mission of the Library:
collect and preserve  all the information of cultural and historical value,
allow public access to this information;
meet the information needs of the community.

Main Projects / Activities

In 2014-2015 in cooperation with the volunteering center "Deineta" the Library has been implementing the project "Youth voluntary service" which according to the EU voluntary  service program „Youth in Action“ creates a similar youth volunteering model in Lithuania. The project contributes to a more active involvement of young people into the labour market.

During the period of 2014- 2015 Siauliai city municipal public library branch „Saule“ has been running computer literacy training course according to the project of Lithuanian Labour Exchange under Social Security and Labour Ministry „Be sure in yourself“. The Project  helps the young people  16-25 years old who are not motivated to study, work ar participate in social life.
In the period  of 2011-2013 the Library carried out  Education Exchange Support Foundation project  funded by the Leonardo da Vinci partnerships program  "How museums, galleries, libraries and archives can contribute to lifelong learning." The project involved organizations and institutions from different EU countries (Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, France, Italy, Portugal) in order to clarify the role they play in supporting life-long learning, and its aim was to attract socially vulnerable groups: seniors, the disabled, the unemployed, needy families,  people experiencing serious illnesses or disabilities. The library has helped  to many  people to start participating in lifelong learning process. This helped them to promote their different skills, increase participation in community life,  develop their artistic expression, reduce  computer illiteracy.

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Contact (1) Full Name
Irena Žilinskienė
Job Title
Director
Head of the organisation
Irena Žilinskienė
Contact (2) Full Name
Kristina Mikliuvienė
Job Title (2)
Project manager