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The international scientific conference „Scientific Library Under Conditions of Culture Change and Technology Innovation“
On May 3-4, 2012, the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences will solemnly mark the 100th anniversary. On this occasion, the international scientific conference „Scientific Library Under Conditions of Culture Change and Technology Innovation“ will take place in the Grand Conference Hall of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Gedimino Av. 3, Vilnius. The conference will focus on the evaluation of activities and development of the scientific library in various aspects such as geographical, chronological, structural, technological, etc.; the discussion about the resources of documentary Lituanistic heritage in Lithuania and other countries; the commemoration of the prominent lawyer Tadeusz Wróblewski, his parents and famous contemporaries who contributed to the culture of Vilnius, the Vilnius region, Lithuania and neighbour states.
At the conference, the colleagues from Lithuania, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Russia, Germany and Czech Republic will deliver the presentations. During the conference, the exhibition „Historical collections of the Woblewski Library“ will be opened in the National Museum of Lithuania.
The exhibition „Historical collections of the Wroblewski Library“
On Thursday of May 3, 2012, 17.00 the exhibition „Historical collections of the Wroblewski Library“ dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences will be opened in the National Museum of Lithuania. This exhibition will be opened by the Deputy Director of the National Museum of Lithuania Žygintas Būčys, the Director of the Lithuanian Art Museum Romualdas Budrys and the Director of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Dr. Sigitas Narbutas.
The history of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian academy of Sciences begins from the significant event: in 1912, the Society of the Eustachy and Emilia Wróblewski Library was founded. It was entrusted to take care and preserve the collections of the Library. The Committee of the Society was guided by the prominent lawyer, bibliophile and public figure Tadeusz Stanisław Wróblewski (1858–1925). On February 13, 1913, Tadeusz Stanisław Wróblewski named the library as Eustachy and Emilia Wróblewski Library, and donated it to this Society. In 1925, under the founder‘s will, the Library was handed over to Vilnius town and became the Wroblewski State Library.
In 1931, the Wroblewski State Library settled in the renovated Tyszkewisz Palace and it was the residence of our Library (Žygimantų St. 1) up to present days. On September 1, 1940, the Library was charged to the Institute of Lithuanian Studies. As of January 16, 1941, the Institute of Lithuanian Studies was reorganized into the Academy of Sciences and the Library became the Central Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR.
The archival documents, books, maps, old photographs and museum-pieces compiled in the collections of the Wroblewski State Library before September, 1940 are displayed in the exhibition. The organizers of the exhibition perceived the content matter of the collections of the Wroblewski State Library in such a way because the collections distinguish in great diversity. The historical artifacts of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the history of Vilnius region such as the portraits of personalities, various landscapes and written documents are prevailing in the collections.
The exhibition displays on a very small part of historical collections of the Wroblewski State Library preserved in several institutions of memory in Vilnius: the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, the National Museum of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Art Museum.
The exhibition is arranged by the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, the partners – the National Museum of Lithuania and the Lithuanian Art Museum.