Faculty of Communication

Sukurta: 27 August 2013

kf9 Saulėtekio, LT-01222 Vilnius
Tel. 236 6101, fax 236 6104
E-mail:
http://www.kf.vu.lt

Dean – Assoc. Prof. Dr. Andrius Vaišnys

STAFF

51 teachers (38 holding research degree), 19 doctoral students

RESEARCH AREAS

Information and Communication in Traditional and Network Society
Generating and Communicating Heritage

DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS MAINTAINED IN 2013

V. Grigas. Librarian-educator training model in the learning society.
S. Jokūbauskienė. Building strategic leadership competencies of information and communication professionals in learning organizations.
I. Liepaitė. Expression of ideas and existence of the Lithuanian bibliophilia in the soviet period.
S. Petraitytė. Framing of the roles of academic libraries in Lithuania (discourse analysis).
D. Siudikienė. The impact of lifestyle on leisure media usage of the audience. 

MAIN CONFERENCES ORGANIZED IN 2013

International Book Science conference Traditional and Electronic Publishing in a Small Country: Experiences and Perspectives
International conference Mass Media and Freedom of Expression: Controversies and Conflicts in Society
National conference Information and Communication Theory’s and Practice’s Expression

MAIN SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2013 

Egodocuments and Lithuanian private space from 16th to 20th centuries. Faculty of Communication of Vilnius University, Institute of History and Archivistics of Torun M. Kopernikus University, The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; comp. Arvydas Pacevičius. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2013. 508 p.

Good Book, Good Library, Good Reading: Studies in the History of the Book, Libraries and Reading from the Network HIBOLIRE and its Friends. Aušra Navickienė, Ilkka Mäkinen, Magnus Torstensson and others (eds). Tampere University Press, 2013. 315 p.

Lithuanian Museums after 1990, comp. Rimvydas Laužikas, 2013. Acta Museologica Lithuanica. Vilnius: “Petro ofsetas”, 368 p.

DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

9 Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel.: 236 6119
Fax: 236 6104
E-mail:  

Head – Prof. Dr. Zenona Atkočiūnienė

STAFF

Professors: Dr. Z. Atkočiūnienė, Dr. M. Stonkienė.
Associate professors: Dr. P. Abarius, Dr. B. Grebliauskienė, Dr. E. Janiūnienė, Dr. R. Matkevičienė, Dr. A. Mikalauskienė.
Lecturers: Dr. A. Budrevičius, Dr. L. Markevičiūtė, Dr. R. Pranaitis, Dr. S. Preidys, Dr. L. Stundžė, I. Girnienė, A. Kasparavičius, K. Petrauskis, G. Plepytė-Davidavičienė, D. Siudikienė, R. Valančius.
Research fellow: Prof. Dr. Z. Atkočiūnienė.
Doctoral students: L. Kocienė, I. Girnienė, K. Jakutytė-Ancienė, L. Tamutienė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Communication and information theory
Information interaction in society, knowledge society
Efficiency of human communication processes
Impact of information technologies on the change of knowledge society 

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013

Projects Supported by University Budget

Analysis of Changes in Knowledge Society. Prof. Z. Atkočiūnienė. 2012–2016.

The purpose of the research is to examine the efficiency of human communication processes and the impact of information technologies on the change of knowledge society. The theme of the research is pursued by carrying out theoretical and applied research on organisational communication, public relations, mass media, information and knowledge management, information and communication law and information technologies. In 2013 national conference Information and communication theory’s and practice’s expression was organised under research goals.

Main publications:

Atkočiūnienė, Z., 2013. Žinių vadyba ir darna: konkurencinio pranašumo aspektas. Elektroninis mokymasis informacija ir komunikacija: teorija ir praktika, (1), 15–27,

http://www.esec.vu.lt/straipsniai/index.php/elearning/article/view/4/4.

Matkevičienė, R., 2013. Socialinės atsakomybės komunikacija Lietuvos organizacijų interneto svetainėse. Informacijos mokslai, Vol. 64, 7–18.

Stonkienė, M., 2013. Informaciniai Europos aukštojo mokslo erdvės socialinio aukštojo mokslo matmens plėtotės aspektai. Informacijos mokslai, Vol. 63, 65–82.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Information Management in Lithuanian Public Sector: Critical Analyze and Changes in Perspective (No. MIP-012/2012). Prof. Dr. (HP) Z. Atkočiūnienė. 2012–2014.

A scientific monograph’s chapter was prepared including results of the empirical combined qualitative and quantitative research in Lithuanian ministries; qualitative study results were presented at two scientific conferences; an article was published in Vilnius University reviewed journal Information Sciences, No.64.

Main publications:

Atkočiūnienė, Z., Janiūnienė, E., 2013. Informacijos valdymas viešajame sektoriuje: Lietuvos ministerijų atvejis. Informacijos mokslai, Vol. 64, 35–51.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS 

Minsk Institute of Management (Belarus)
Hamburg University of Applied Science (Germany)
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania) 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Z. Atkočiūnienė –

  • editor-in-chief of the journal Informacijos mokslai (Information Sciences);
  • chairman of the Organization Committee of national conference Information and Communication Theory’s and practice’s Expression.

Assoc. Prof. R. Matkevičienė –

  • executive Secretary of the journal Informacijos mokslai (Information Sciences).

Dr. S. Preidys –

  • member of the Organization Committee of national conference Information and Communication Theory’s and Practice’s Expression.

Prof. M. Stonkienė –

DEPARTMENT OF MUSEOLOGY

9 Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel.: 219 32 90
Fax: 236 6104
E-mail:  

Head – Prof. Dr. Pieter van Mensch,

Assoc. Prof Dr. Rimvydas Laužikas from the 16th of September

STAFF

Professor: Dr. Pieter van Mensch.
Associate professors: Dr. N. Keršytė, Dr. R. Laužikas Dr. A. Puškorius.
Lecturer: Dr. Ž. Būčys.
Research fellow: Dr. V. Vaitkevičius.
Doctoral students: I. Kapleris, M. Kelpša, I. Vosyliūtė.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Theoretical museoloy
History of museums and museology in Lithuania
Digitization of cultural heritage
Information and communication of cultural heritage
Preservation and conservation of movable heritage

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013 

Projects Supported by University Budget

The Social Role of the Production and Communication of Museality in a Changing World. Prof. Pieter van Mensch, Assoc. Prof. R. Laužikas. 2013–2017.

Aims of the project are to investigate: the production of museality as a form of social capital in a participatory culture; the interaction between the professional museological infrastructure and its stakeholders in the process of musealisation and the role of heritage in cultural dialogue and social communication in a globalizing world.

Main publications: 

Lietuvos muziejai po 1990 metų : mokslinių straipsnių rinkinys: [Lithuanian Museums after 1990]. Comp. Rimvydas Laužikas. Vilnius: Petro ofsetas, 2013. ( Acta Museologica Lithuanica / (1), 368 p.

Laužikas, R., 2013. Socialinio kapitalo verčių kūrimas muziejuje. Muziejus XXI a. – pokyčiai ir iššūkiai. Proceedings of international conference Museum in the 21st century – changes and challenges (September 21 2012 m., Vilnius), 14–29. Kapleris, I., 2013. Information and Communication technologies transfer in Lithuania Museums. Museologica Brunensia, Vol. 3.

International Research Projects

CARARE (Connecting Archaeology and Architecture in Europeana). Funded under the European Commission’s ICT Policy Support Programme. 2010–2013.

Main aims of the project was to involve and support Europe’s network of heritage agencies and organisations, archaeological museums and research institutions and specialists of digital archives in making the digital content for the archaeology and architectural heritage that they hold available through Europeana, aggregating content and delivering services and enabling access to 3D and Virtual Reality content through Europeana.

Main scientific results in 2013 (Department of Museology as partner): creating know-how and applied knowledge in fields of CARARE metadata scheme, interoperability between CARARE IS and local information systems, using 3D for general public.

Main publications:

Varnienė-Janssen, R., Laužikas, R., Vaitkevičius, V., Juškys, J., 2013. Skaitmeninio kultūros paveldo vientiso turinio kūrimo strateginiai, metodologiniai ir techniniai sprendimai: lietuviškoji koncepcija. Bibliografija 2010–2011: mokslo darbai. Vilnius: Lietuvos Nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka, 43–55.

LoCloud (Local Content in the Europeana Cloud). Funded under the European Commission’s ICT Policy Support Programme. 2013–2016.

Main scientific results in 2013 (Department of Museology as partner): creating know-how and applied knowledge in fields of using of Cloud Computing for small and medium-sized institutions; interoperability of historical geography in heritage information systems and creating historical place names and controlled vocabularies micro services for small and medium-sized institutions. 

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Reinvardt Academy, Amsterdam School of Arts, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
MDR Partners (Consulting) Ltd., London (United Kingdom)
Institute for Belarusian Culture, Minsk (Belarus)
University of Zadar (Croatia) 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Pieter van Mensch –

Dr. V. Vaitkevičius –

  • editorial boards member of Lietuvos archeologija (Lithuanian Archaeology, http://www.istorija.lt/la/redkolegija.html) and Liaudies kultūra (Folk Culture), http://alkas.lt/2012/04/26/67445/.

INSTITUTE OF BOOK AND DOCUMENTATION SCIENCE

9 Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel.: 236 6111, 2366112, 2366116
Fax: 236 6104
E-mail:  

Head - Prof. Dr. Aušra Navickienė

STAFF

Professors: Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas (part-time), Dr. O. Janonis, Dr. E. Macevičiūtė (part-time), Dr. R. Misiūnas, Dr. A. Navickienė.
Associate professors: Dr. N. Bliūdžiuvienė, Dr. A. Braziūnienė.
Lecturers: Dr. R. Cicėnienė (part-time), M. Dautartienė (part-time), A. Grigorjevas (part-time), Dr. A. Gudinavičius (part-time), D. Kontrimavičienė (part
time), Dr. I. Liepaitė (part-time), Dr. D. Lukšaitė, T. Petreikis (part-time), Dr. Dr. D. Zovienė (part-time).
Research fellow: Dr. A. Braziūnienė.
Doctoral students: D. Kontrimavičienė, T. Petreikis, K. Tolkačevskis. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Media publishing and advertising, digital publishing
History, theory and methodology of book science
History, theory and methodology of archivistics and documentation science
Manuscript and printed heritage 

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013

Projects Supported by University Budget 

Fundamental and Applied Research of Documentary Media. Prof. Dr. A. Navickienė. 2011–2015.

The aim of the project is to analyse traditional and digital media and their role in traditional and network societies. Main research results in 2013 were: 13 articles published in volumes of a scholarly journal Knygotyra (Book Science) and in two collections of articlesGood Book, Good Library, Good Reading: Studies in the History of the Book, Libraries and Reading from the Network HIBOLIRE and its Friends and Egodocuments and Lithuanian private space from 16th to 20th centuries; a source publications by Domas Kaunas Towards the books of Lithuania Minor: the oral and visual story of the documentary heritage in the social environment was published; inter-institutional scholarly contacts were intensively developed while preparing research publications and organizing the international Book Science conference Traditional and electronic publishing in a small country: experiences and perspectives; doctoral dissertation by Inga Liepaitė Expression of ideas and existence of the Lithuanian bibliophilia in the soviet period defended.

Main publications: 

Kaunas, D., 2013. Mažosios Lietuvos knygų link: dokumentinio paveldo socialinėje aplinkoje sakytinė ir vaizdinė istorija. V ilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 279 p.

Braziūnienė, A., 2013. Knygotyra: tradicijų tęstinumas ir tapatybė / Bibliogr. str. gale. Santr. angl., liet. Taip pat kreipties būdas: World Wide Web. URL: http://www.vu.lt/leidyba/lt/mokslo zurnalai/knygotyra/archyvas/item/1372-knygotyra-tradiciju-testinumas-ir-tapatybe. Knygotyra, Vol. 60, 84–10.

Navickienė, A., 2013. The Development of the Lithuanian Book in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century - A Real Development? Good Book, Good Library, Good Reading: Studies in the History of the Book, Libraries and Reading from the Network HIBOLIRE and its Friends. A. Navickienė, I. Mäkinen, M. Torstensson and others (eds). Tampere University Press, 76–107.

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. The National Lithuanian studies development programme for 2009 –2015. The research results dissemination project Publishing of Vilnius University Research Journal Knygotyra (Book Science) (Nr. LIT-7-41). Prof. Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas. 2013–2015.

The aim of the project is to ensure uninterrupted publishing of the journal Knygotyra (Book Science) and its functioning in the space of social sciences and humanities. In the year 2013 two volumes 60 and 61 of Knygotyra (Book Science) were published.

Main publications:

Knygotyra (Book Science). Vilnius University. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, Vol. 60. 286 p.

Knygotyra (Book Science) Vilnius University. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2012, Vol. 61. 366 p.

Research Council of Lithuania. Support for the scientific event: Traditional and Electronic Publishing in a Small Country: Experiences and Perspectives (Vilnius, 26–27 September) (Nr. MOR-025/2013/LSS-160000-1063). Prof. Dr. A. Navickienė. 2013.

The 23rd International Book Science conference was organized at Vilnius University on 26–27 of September 2013, and the prominent contemporary researchers Prof. Dr. Miha Kovač from the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia), Prof. Dr. Adriaan Hendrik van der Weel from Leiden University (Netherlands) and Prof. Dr. Claire Squires from the University of Stirling (Scotland) as keynote speakers took part at the conference.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Tallinn University (Estonia)
University of Latvia (Latvia)
Wroclaw University (Poland)
The Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading (HIBOLIRE)
Zadar University (Croatia)

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Assoc. Prof. N. Bliūdžiuvienė –

Assoc. Prof. A. Braziūnienė –

  • board member of the book series Fontes historiae Universitatis Vilnensis;
  • executive secretary of the editorial board of the journal Knygotyra (Book Science), http://www.vu.lt/leidyba/lt/mokslo-zurnalai/knygotyra/apie-zurnala;
  • member of the Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading (HIBOLIRE), http://www.helsinki.fi/historia/hibolire/;
  • member of the Organization Committee of international Book Science conference Traditional and Electronic Publishing in a Small Country: Experiences and Perspectives, http://www.ibsc.kf.vu.lt/.

Dr. R. Cicėnienė –

  • board member of The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences journal Lietuvos mokslų akademijos Vrublevskių biblioteka;
  • board member of the Consortium of the Lithuanian Academic Libraries for the Maintenance and Development of an Information Infrastructure for Scientific and Studies, http://www.labt.lt/Konsorciumas/;
  • member of National Committee of UNESCO Memory of the World programme.

Prof. O. Janonis –

  • board member of the journal Knygotyra (Book Science), http://www.leidykla.eu/mokslo-darbai/knygotyra//;
  • board member of Martynas Mažvydas National Library journal Bibliografija (Bibliography);
  • vice-chairman of the editorial board of the Lithuanian National Retrospective Bibliography.

Prof. D. Kaunas –

  • board member of the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania;
  • board member of the Vilnius University Library;
  • board member of the book series Fontes historiae Universitatis Vilnensis;
  • member of Leibniz Society;
  • editorial board member of the Lithuanian National Retrospective Bibliography;
  • editor-in-chief of the journal Knygotyra (Book Science), http://www.leidykla.eu/mokslo-darbai/knygotyra/;
  • chairman of the Research Council of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
  • member of the international editorial board of the proceedings of the Department of Information and Library Studies of Latvia University Information and Society;
  • member and a secretary of the Commission for Lithuanian Science Awards;
  • vice-president of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, http://lma.lt/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=125&Itemid=184&lang=lt ;
  • member of the Organization Committee of international Book Science conference Traditional and Electronic Publishing in a Small Country: Experiences and Perspectives, http://www.ibsc.kf.vu.lt.

Prof. E. Macevičiūtė –

  • editorial board member of the Serials Librarian (USA);
  • deputy editor-in-chief, regional editor, reviews editor of Information Research (UK), http://informationr.net/ir;
  • board member of the Nordic Network for Intercultural Communication;
  • editorial board member of the journal Svensk biblioteksforskning;
  • editorial board member of the journal Problems (Problemos);
  • editorial member of the journal Informacijos mokslai (Information Sciences);
  • deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Knygotyra (Book Science), http://www.leidykla.eu/mokslo-darbai/knygotyra/;
  • secretary of the permanent committee of the international conference Information Behaviour (ISIC), http://informationr.net/isic/papers.html;
  • member of the Organization Committee of international Book Science conference Traditional and Electronic Publishing in a Small Country: Experiences and Perspectives, http://www.ibsc.kf.vu.lt/.

Prof. R. Misiūnas –

  • member of the Organization Committee of international Book Science conference Traditional and Electronic Publishing in a Small Country: Experiences and Perspectives, http://www.ibsc.kf.vu.lt/.

Prof. A. Navickienė –

  • chairman of the Organization Committee of international Book Science conference Traditional and Electronic Publishing in a Small Country: Experiences and Perspectives, http://www.ibsc.kf.vu.lt/;
  • deputy editor-in-chief of the journal Knygotyra (Book Science), www.leidykla.eu/mokslo-darbai/knygotyra/;
  • board member of the Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading (HIBOLIRE), a multinational and multidisciplinary network of scholars in the fields of book history, history of libraries and history of reading, http://www.helsinki.fi/historia/hibolire/hibolire_members.html;
  • member of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP), http://www.sharpweb.org/;
  • member of the board for analysing actual question of cultural heritage of the Department of Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania;

Dr. D. Zovienė –

INSTITUTE OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

9 Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel.: 236 6109, 2366110
Fax: 236 6104
E-mail  

Head – Prof. Dr. Arvydas Pacevičius

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rimvydas Laužikas, until September 16

STAFF

Professor : Dr. A. Pacevičius.
Associate professors: Dr. Z. Manžuch, Dr. V. Mozūraitė, Dr. A. Pečeliūnaitė, Dr. M. Prokopčik (worked until September 1, 2013 (part-time), Dr. R. Varnienė-Janssen (part-time).
Lecturers: V. Grigas (part-time), Dr. R. Januševičienė (part-time), L. Juchnevič (part-time), Dr. J. Rudžionienė, Dr. I. Krauls (part-time), V. Stancelis (part-time).
Doctoral students: V. Grigas, L. Juchnevič, S. Petraitytė, E. Sėdaitytė, A. Vernickaitė. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Heritage and memory communication
History of museums, libraries and archives
Digitisation of heritage, standardisation of digitisation and use of computer based methods and tools for heritage research
Management of libraries

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013 

Projects Supported by University Budget

Information Management in Archives, Libraries and Museums. Assoc. Prof. R. Laužikas, Prof. A. Pacevičius. 2009–2013.

In 2013 integral research on the information management memory and information institutions was conducted with respect to the historical, methodological, theoretical and didactic aspects. The most important topics of the research carried out by the Institute in 2013 were: the history of archives, libraries, and museums (Dr. R. Laužikas, Dr. A. Pacevičius); the digitisation of heritage and using computer-based methods and tools for heritage research (Dr. R. Laužikas, Dr. Z. Manžuch, Dr. A. Pečeliūnaitė, Dr. R. Varnienė-Janssen,); the management of libraries (V. Grigas, L. Juchnevič, Dr. Z. Manžuch, S. Petraitytė, Dr. M. Prokopčik, Dr. J. Rudžionienė, Dr. R. Varnienė-Janssen, A. Vernickaitė).

Main publications: 

Pacevičius, A., 2013. Lietuvos egodokumentinio paveldo samprata ir tyrimų kryptys. In: Egodokumentai ir privati Lietuvos erdvė XVI–XX amžiuje / comp. Arvydas Pacevičius. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 113–126.

Pacevičius, A., 2013. Bad readers of a good library over 100 years ago in Vilnius: Vilnius Public Library Diary in the context of Public Library movement in Lithuania. In: Good book, good library, good reading : studies in the history of the book, libraries and reading from the network HIBOLIRE and its friends. Tampere: Tampere University Press, 286–303.

Rudžionienė, J., 2013. Akademinių bibliotekų veiklos vertinimas kaip kokybinių pokyčių valdymo priemonė: informacijos išteklių vertinimo bandymas Vilniaus universiteto bibliotekoje. Tiltai, Nr. 1. 87–103.

International Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. Lithuanian Egodocumental Heritage (Acronym: LEGODOK) (No. VAT-21/2010-1). Prof. A. Pacevičius. 2010–2013.

Collection of articles Egodocuments and Lithuanian private space from 16th to 20th centuries, based on reports read during the conference, was published in 2013. Other publications included:The Diary of Butlers’ Journey to Italy and Germany in 1779–1780; Travel Diary of Joseph George Hylzen in 1752–1754; Bibliography of Lithuanian Egodocuments et al. The search and filtering mechanisms of the information system were improved; connections between the database and the word press engine run and managed website were expanded. A new collection of publications about egodocuments was created. At the end of 2013 the database featured more than 300 archival and more than 2500 bibliographical entries. According to respective agreements LEGODOK integration with the Lithuanian cultural heritage system and European information systems is prepared in the technological aspect.

Main publications:

Butlerio kelionės į Italiją ir Vokietiją 1779–1780 metais dienoraštis=Dziennik podróży Butlera do Włoch i Niemiec w latach 1779–1780 / Vilniaus universiteto Komunikacijos fakultetas, Torunės M. Koperniko universiteto Istorijos ir Archyvistikos institutas, Lietuvos mokslų akademijos Vrublevskių biblioteka; sud. Arvydas Pacevičius; parengė Waldemar Chorążyczewski, Arvydas Pacevičius, Agnieszka Rosa. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2013, 577 p.

Egodokumentai ir privati Lietuvos erdvė XVI–XX amžiuje. Straipsnių rinkinys / Vilniaus universiteto Komunikacijos fakultetas, Torunės M. Koperniko universiteto Istorijos ir Archyvistikos institutas, Lietuvos mokslų akademijos Vrublevskių biblioteka; sud. Arvydas Pacevičius. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2013, 508 p.

Juozapo Mykolo Karpio „Ganytojiškas laiškas Žemaičių vyskupijos dvasininkams“ / Parengė Arvydas Pacevičius ir Vacys Vaivada. Vilnius: Vilniaus universiteto leidykla, 2013, 241 p.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS

Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland)

Nicolaus Copernicus University (Poland)

Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania (Lithuania)

The Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (Lithuania) 

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. A. Pacevičius–

Assoc. Prof. Z. Manžuch –

  • editorial board member of the journal LIBER Quarterly, liber.library.uu.nl;);
  • vice chair of the Library Council functioning under the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania;
  • member of advisory group of European Commission funded project ENUMERATE on the European digitization statistics.

Assoc. Prof. V. Mozūraitė –

Doc. R. Varnienė-Janssen –

Dr. I. Krauls –

Dr. J. Rudžionienė–

INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM 

11 Bernardinų, LT-01124 Vilnius
9 Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel.: 219 3040, 219 3041
Fax: 219 3039
E-mail  

Head – Assoc. Prof Dr. Deimantas Jastramskis

Prof. Dr. Žygintas Pečiulis; from the September 1 

STAFF

Professor: Dr. Ž. Pečiulis.
Associate professors: Dr. D. Jastramskis, Dr . M. Martišius, Dr. A. Vaišnys.
Lecturers: G. Čiužaitė, D. Donauskaitė, Dr. A. Gudauskas, Dr. A. Juodytė, Dr. J. Mažylė.
Doctoral students: M. Bražiūnas, V. Denisenko, D. Donauskaitė, J. Matačinskaitė, A. Radkevičius, M. Savickas. 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Information policy
History and development of mass media
Journalism ethics
Journalism theory and practice
Media effects
Media management
New and traditional media 

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013 

Projects Supported by University Budget 

Transformation of Lithuanian Media in the Convergence Circumstances. Prof. Dr. Ž. Pečiulis, Assoc. Prof. D. Jastramskis. 2012–2016.

The aim of the project launched in 2012 is to analyze the modern media, mass media and journalism which is related with the modern technology, dissemination of information and the change of public awareness.

The members of the group working on the topic focused on changes in traditional journalism in the context of media convergence; the situation of journalist and journalism in today’s mass media system (mass media ownership; the journalist-owner relationship; content construction and production; traditionalism and innovation in journalism; technological revolution; change in audience needs). The merge of different expressions (verbal, visual and sound) in practical journalism (media convergence) are also analyzed 

Main publications:

Jastramskis, D., 2013. The Media Support Policy in Lithuania. Informacijos mokslai, Vol. 63, 129–141.

Pečiulis, Ž., 2013. Multiplicity of Soviet Television Discourse: Formality and Sincerity Drama. Informacijos mokslai, Vol. 63, 113–128.

MAIN R&D&I (RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION) PARTNERS 

Baltic Association of Media Research (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania)
Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (Poland)
European Communication Research and Education Association
European Journalism Training Association

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Prof. Ž. Pečiulis – 

Assoc. Prof. D. Jastramskis –

Assoc. Prof. M. Martišius – 

Assoc. Prof. A. Vaišnys –

Dr. A. Juodytė – 

Dr. J. Mažylė –

MEDIA RESEARCH LABORATORY

9 Saulėtekio, LT-10222 Vilnius
Tel.: 219 3168, 236 6115
Fax: 236 6104
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Head – Dr. Andrius Šuminas

STAFF

Chief research fellows: Prof. Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas, Prof. Dr. P. van Mensch.
Research fellow: Dr. A. Šuminas.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Interactive media (web, social media, virtual reality, digital books, mobile applications, etc.) applied research

RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT IN 2013

National Research Projects

Research Council of Lithuania. (No MIP-093/2013). Research on Increasing the Attractiveness and Optimizing Virtual Access of Lithuanian National Museums. Prof. Dr. Pieter van Mensch. 2013–2014.

The aim of the project is to determine the virtual access usage pattern of Lithuanian national museums in order to understand the social networking of these museums and the creation mechanism of the experience economy values added in virtual environment.

It is planned to adapt eye-tracking technology and equipment for the first time in the museum studies in Lithuania. The project research results and the generation of scientific knowledge will produce recommendations on virtual museum access optimization enabling Lithuanian museums to improve their virtual access user interfaces, to make museum more attractive to visitors, to improve the competitiveness of the museums, to increase the total value of our country’s cultural and creative industries.