About the Library
Mykolas Romeris University Library is a modern academic library seeking to meet the ever-changing needs of the University academic community and providing an environment that encourages studies, science, and innovation.
Statistical Information (January 1, 2025)
| Library Holdings (items) | 187 337 |
| Subscribed Databases | 43 |
| E-books in Subscribed Databases (titles) | 260 983 |
| E-Journals in Subscribed Databases (titles) | 37 810 |
| Records in eLABa (PDB) Repository | 21 722 |
| Records in eLABa (ETD) Repository | 6 687 |
| Documents in MRU Institutional Repository | 35 444 |
| Registered Users | 7 644 |
| Number of Visits (per year) | 57 595 |
| Virtual Visits (per year) | 51 632 |
| Books Taken Home (per year) | 10 562 |
| Books Read in the Library (per year) | 16 200 |
| Training for MRU Academic Community (per year) | 119 |
| Invitation of a Subject Librarian to a Lecture (per year) | 29 |
| Library Area (m²) | 2 470 |
| Reading Rooms | 9 |
| Reading Places | 282 |
| Computerized Workstations | 56 |
| Library Employees | 19 |
- Users are requested to leave coats and bags in the cloakroom. There are lockers for your belongings.
- Discussions in the Reading Rooms are strictly prohibited. Mobile devices may be used only in silent mode.
- Smoking, eating and drinking (except sealed bottles or cups) are not allowed in the Library.
- Library materials must not be marked, defaced or annotated in any way.
- Books from the Reading Rooms are not to be taken home. Use them only in the Library area.
- Users should not return books to the shelves. Please leave them on the trolley next to the shelves.
- Users can take books home from the Lending Department.
- Bachelor students can have 30 books at one time, Master’s students – 40.
- To take books home, you need a document (Student’s ID Card, Reader’s ID Card, University staff Employee Card).
- Fines for overdue books are calculated starting from the next day after the book’s due date has expired:
– if the book is checked out until the end of the semester, the fine is 0,05 EUR for each working day that the book is overdue;
– if the book is checked out for a period shorter than a semester, the fine is 0.10 EUR for each working day that the book is overdue.
See full document (in Lithuanian)
- Library rules during the extended working hours.
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Director of the Library Nijolė Liatukienė Room: I-102 Phone: +370 5 271 4518 E-mail: nijoleliat@mruni.eu Ateities str. 20, LT-08303, Vilnius |
Information Resources and Scientific Data Management Unit
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Information Resources: Responsible person – Almonė Jakubčionienė |
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Information Resources part of unit shapes traditional and electronic library resources and organizes access to them in the library information system. |
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Scientific Data Management: Responsible person – Danguolė Pivoriūnaitė |
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Scientific Data Management part of unit administers the database of Scientific Publications of the University (eLABa PDB) as well as Master’s theses and doctoral dissertations e-documents in the Lithuanian Academic Repository (eLABa ETD). It is also responsible for managing the MRU Institutional Repository and subscriptions to full-text databases, as well as conducting scientometric research and developing Open Access policy and providing consultations on publishing issues. |
User Services and Consulting Unit
| Responsible person – Nomeda Gaidelė Room: I-010 Phone: +370 5 271 4540 E-mail: nomeda@mruni.eu Ateities str. 20, LT-08303, Vilnius |
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| User Services and Consulting Unit registers Library users, provides consultations at the Information Desk, as well as by email or phone. It makes reservations for the Reading Rooms and helps in finding publications or using copying and scanning machines. The organization and opening of exhibitions, organizing meetings with writers, etc., also fall under the unit’s responsibility. |
Information Literacy and Academic Services Unit
| Responsible person – Albertas Olechnovičius Room: I-037 Phone: +370 5 271 4726 E-mail: olex@mruni.eu Ateities str. 20, LT-08303, Vilnius |
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| Information Literacy and Academic Services Unit cooperates with the faculties and other divisions of the University, educates community members on information literacy and other topics, and provides academic assistance for studies. It also communicates information about the Library and presents Library resources to the University community and guests. |
Kaunas Public Security Academy (PSA) Unit
| Responsible person – Benita Sušinskaitė Room: V-105 Phone: +370 37 28 14 05 E-mail: vsabiblioteka@mruni.eu Maironio str. 27, LT-44298 Kaunas |
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| Kaunas PSA Unit. The unit of the Public Security Academy assists in performing research and educational functions in the Public Security Academy. The PSA unit provides literature in the humanities, social sciences, and other disciplines. |
Sudovian Academy Unit
| Responsible person of Sudovian Academy Unit – Laima Vaičiūnienė
Phone: +370 658 00308 Responsible person – Vilija Meleckienė Armino g. 92-4, LT–68125 Marijampolė |
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| The unit of the Sudovian Academy assists in performing research and educational functions in the Sudovian Academy. The Sudovian Academy unit provides literature in the humanities, social sciences, and other disciplines. |
Projects
- 2019–2021 – “MoBiLait: Opening up learning opportunities for people who cannot read regular printed text through the Lithuanian library network”. Books by MRU authors, prepared during the implementation of the MoBiLait project (in Lithuanian only).
- Since 2016, the Library has been participating in the Lithuanian Research Library Consortium (LMBA) project: “eMoDB.LT3: Opening of Electronic Research Databases for Lithuania – third stage”.
- Since 2013, the Library has been participating in the project: “Ensuring access to studies for students with special needs”.
- In 2013, the Library participated in the ESF-funded project: “Integration of people with mental disabilities into the labour market”.
- Since 2012, the Library has been participating in the Lithuanian Research Library Consortium (LMBA) project: “eMoDB.LT2: Opening of Electronic Research Databases for Lithuania – second stage”.
- 2009–2012 – Lithuanian Research Library Consortium (LMBA) project: “eMoDB.LT: Opening of Electronic Research Databases for Lithuania”.
- In 2007, the Library participated in the program “Lithuanian Virtual University” (LVU) in order to implement task “Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network Implementation and Development“.
- Since 2004, the Library has been participating in the Lithuanian Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) project.
- In 1998, the Library participated in the project “Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network” (LABT).
- 2006-2007 – Leonardo da Vinci Mobility project “Digital Competence and Dissemination of Information in Libraries”.
- 1996-1999 – Lithuanian Research Libraries Association project “Lithuanian Integrated Library Information System” (LIBIS).
- 1995-1998 – Tempus Phare project “Integrated Information System in Academic Libraries”.
Cooperation
- Since 2012, the Library has been collaborating with the Lithuanian Librarians’ Association (LLA) School Libraries Division.
- Since 2012, the Library has been collaborating with LATINA/Lab, Learning Centre and Library at the Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (Oslo, Norway) and has been participating in its courses.
- Since 2010, the Library has been a member of the European Association of Research Libraries (LIBER).
- Since 2010, the Library has been a member of the Lithuanian Academic Libraries Consortium (eLABa Consortium).
- 2003–2023 – a member of the Consortium of Legal Resources Centres and Legal Information Specialists (CLRCLIS).
- Since 2001, the Library has been a member of the independent fund “Electronic Information for Libraries” (eIFL.net.).
- Since 2001, the Library has been a member of the Lithuanian Research Library Consortium (LMBA).
- Since 2008, the Library has been a member of the Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT).
- Since 1997, the Library has been a member of the Lithuanian Academic Library Directors Association (LABA).
- 1995–2001 – the Library participated in the activities of the Lithuanian Research Libraries Association(LMBS).
The Library is grateful to all who have supported and donated books.
Special thanks to our sponsors and donators for the rare books and valuable personal collections that have enriched our Library.
Library Donators (listed in alphabetical order):
- Dr. Laima Liucija Andrikienė
- Prof. Alexander J. Bělohlávek
- Prof. Toma Birmontienė
- Advocate Kęstutis Čilinskas
- Embassy of India in Lithuania
- Embassy of Japan in Lithuania
- Embassy of France in Lithuania
- Embassy of Germany in Lithuania
- Embassy of the People‘s Republic of China in the Republic of Lithuania
- Prof. Algirdas Jackevičius
- Tadeusz Juchniewicz
- Prof. habil. dr. Pranas Kūris, Doctor Honoris Causa of Mykolas Romeris University
- Prof. habil. dr. Bronislovas Juozas Kuzmickas
- Dr. Karl A. Lamers, Doctor Honoris Causa of Mykolas Romeris University
- Prof. Vytautas Landsbergis, Doctor Honoris Causa of Mykolas Romeris University
- Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights
- Dr. Robertas Lorinskas
- Prof. Dr. Gediminas Navaitis
- The Nippon Foundation (Japan)
- Assoc. Prof. Algirdas Orenius
- Viktoras Petkus, Lithuanian Human Rights Association Founder and Honorary Chairman
- Professional Law Partnership „Motieka & Audzevičius“
- Prof. Alvydas Pumputis
- Prof. Aloyzas Sakalas
- Assoc. Prof. Saulius Spurga
- Dr. Stasys Stačiokas
- Monseigneur Alfonsas Svarinskas
- Dr. Stasys Vėlyvis, Doctor Honoris Causa of Mykolas Romeris University
- University of Wrocław
- Aleksas Vilčinskas, British-Lithuanian Society, Secretary
- Prof. Luzius Wildhaber, Doctor Honoris Causa of Mykolas Romeris University
- Snieguolė Zalatorė
- Prof. Inga Žalėnienė