1. Welcome to Vilnius dr. Žibutė Petrauskienė Vilnius University Library Zibute.petrauskiene@mb.vu.lt

2. Vilnius University Library

8. Open Access Scholarly Communication and Information Center A complex of buildings will be constructed in the business cluster Saulėtekio slėnis (Saulėtekis Valley) around the new building of the University library - Open Access Scholarly Communication and Information Center (MKIC).

10. Some facts and figures (1) General data. The total space of new center building is 13 242,74 square meters, for the storage – 2637 square meters accommodating about 1,6 million documents. It is planned to accommodate about 0, 31 million publications in the open stocks. The Center will have about 803 work places for customers and 85 work places for the staff. The new building will consist of three blocks pieced together by common ground floor. The constructions will be of 2, 3 and 4 floors with 2 floors basement area underground: one technical floor and one book storage floor.

11. Some facts and figures (2) Reading rooms: Specialized reading rooms General reading rooms Mediatheca (with 8 individual and 10 open places of work) Cabins for individual work (45); Rooms for team work (9). Other public spaces: The Conference Hall with 250 places with full installation of radio, with stationary multimedia and installations for simultaneous translation; The Bookshop; The Café.

18. We look forward to welcoming you to Vilnius!