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Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania is the budgetary, main research library open to the public, also operating as a parliamentary library. The National Library functions: a state universal repository of Lithuanian, Lituanica and foreign documents; the national archival fund of published documents; the national bibliography centre; the centre for statistical accounting of documents published in Lithuania; the centre of assigning and registration of international standard numbers; the information centre for social sciences and humanities, politics, economy and culture; the national coordinating centre for research and methodological activities in library science; the centre of the Lithuanian Integrated Library Information System (LIBIS); a deposit library of the European Union, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, the International Monetary Fund and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The mission of the national library is to ensure satisfacion of the Lithaunian knowledge society's needs for documentary and digital information. Objectives: Accumulation and preservation of Lithuanian publications issued in Lithuania and abroad, carrying out of the bibliographic control of documents, development of the National Archival Fund of Published Documents. Accumulation and storage of other documents, both printed and in other forms, which are valuable for the national culture. Providing services for Lithuanian and foreign citizens, institutions and organizations. Compilation and publishing of the national bibliography, the bibliographical indexes, compilation of union catalogues and databases. Provisions of statistics on documents published in Lithuania and assignment of international standard numbers to them (ISSN, ISBN, ISMN). Performing of the functions of the National Digitization Centre and creation of the Virtual Electronic Heritage System (VEPS). Preservation, restoration and microfilming of library holdings and valuable collections. Research in library science, bibliography and book science, Organization of exhibitions, literary evenings and other cultural events, promotion of Lithuanian culture and science abroad.
International and national projects : Libraries for Innovation; The European Library; Investment project “Development of Virtual Electronic Heritage System”; nvestment project “Development of Interactive Electronic Services for Ordering and Receiving of Editions and Publications at Public Libraries”;Libraries for Information Access for Elder People
We can contribute as the coordinators for the Lithuanian institutions with similar activities.
To be able to cooperate with organizations engaged in activities which meet the information needs of today's societies