1. Libraries IN Lithuania: PROJECTS AND TRENDS
Gražina Lamanauskienė
Ministry of Culture of Republic of Lithuania

2. Public Library system 1.257 municipal public libraries
60 main libraries
128 urban branches
12 children‘s branches
1.057 rural branches (60 of them are joint with school libraries)
84 % of public libraries are situated in rural areas

3. „Libraries for innovation 2“
people participate in training:
ICT training – 7.709
Professional/business – 3.359
Creative industries – 1.076
Personal development – 477
Other (spec. children and similar) – 627
participated in labs
Personal development – 6.599
Creative industries – 6.542
IT –
Professional/business – 356
Other – 2.588
Libraries in total organized events, around people participated in these events.

4. „Libraries for innovation 2“
91 new/upgraded services were developed, for example:
Psychological support (psychologist in the library, tailored games to help children for children with social/psychological issues);
Non-formal training (various clubs, online training services, Interactive language training);
Mobile labs/ IT centers (Broadcasts to village libraries, mobile 3d printer/tab/computer labs etc.);
Creative and IT development labs (Photo/ video/ audio creative labs, comics lab, 3d modeling/printing labs)
215 products developed (methodologies, websites, applications, games, videos etc.)
Increased volunteer activities and increased partner events in libraries.

5. Strategic directions of the library development 2016–2022
The directions are aimed to promote structural dialogue at the level of the library system and state administration and to ensure interactivity and compatability of the activities based on the values of smart society, smart economy and smart management.
The strategic goal of the directions is to pursue effective use of the potential of libraries, as effective information infrastructure, by ensuring development of lifelong learning for society members, social and economic welfare and increase of the impact on the national and regional development

6. impact on the national and regional development
Strategic directions 2016–2022
libraries for SOCIAL–economic welfare
LIBRARIES FOR SUsTAiNABLE DEVELOPMENT
libraries for LEARNING
The strategic goal of the directions is to pursue effective use of the potential of libraries, as effective information infrastructure. 
IDENTITY
PURPOSE
to strengthen the activities of training/ learning cultural and information competences and literacy
PURPOSE
to enhance library communities
PURPOSE
to improve management of libraries
tapatumas
dialogue
objectives
to increase diversity, accessibility, quality of non-formal education services; integrate the library resources and services into formal education processes
to modernize physical and virtual environment
to activate reading promoting initiatives
to develop services actualising the cultural heritage
objectives
to develop and regularly update ICT infrastructure of libraries
to increase diversity, accessibility and quality of public electronic services
to ensure reduction of social exclusion and social integration of people with disabilities
to develop information knowledge infrastructure
objectives
to implement of result-oriented management systems in libraries
to develop the system of library specialists' training
to promote collection of information resources of quality contents
to strengthen representation and interinstitutional partnership of libraries
smart society
smart economy
smart management
Formation and satisfying the needs of the society

7. 2016 − the Year of Libraries
Resolution No. XII-1461 of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania of 16 December 2014
Purpose was to improve attractiveness of the image of libraries to society and social partners, to highlight advantages of the library network, to reveal the potential of the development of multimedia services provided by libraries and their benefits for society.

8. Thank you