Services

• Use the online form to send your questions.

We try to answer questions as soon as possible, usually within a few hours. However, for complex questions, it may take a few days to receive a response.

Bibliometric indicators are provided from bibliographic citation databases.

Bibliometric services are available only to MRU academic staff.

The Library offers:

• author citation analysis – personal citation indexes of an author’s publications
• H-index – citation index of an author’s publications
• journal citation index (impact factor)
• citation indexes by scientific field – average citation within a specific category
• citation maps – related authors and articles
• most frequently cited journals in the social sciences and humanities

Bibliometric indicators may differ across various databases. For comparison purposes, we also provide the author’s H-index from the Google Scholar database using the Publish or Perish tool. Send requests to natalija.popkova@mruni.eu

The service is available only to MRU lecturers and students.

• Information Literacy and Academic Services consultations can be booked by emailing the Subject Librarian of your faculty.
• Please indicate the purpose of the consultation, as well as a suitable date and time, and specify the type of consultation you would prefer – in-person or remote (via MS Teams or Skype).
• The duration of a consultation is up to 45 minutes.

• Books whose location is indicated in the e-catalog as “Lending Department” can be borrowed.
• Readers can use a self check-in machine to borrow books. These machines are located in the Lending Department and in the Library Hall. Readers must have a Student ID or Staff ID card.
• Readers may borrow a limited number of books at one time: undergraduate students up to 30 books, graduate students up to 40, and lecturers up to 50.
• Readers who have three or more overdue books are blocked from borrowing additional books.
• The loan date is specified in the cheque or in the MRU Virtual Library account.

• You can order the books you need and collect them from the Reservation Boxes after the Library’s opening hours.
• Please fill in the provided form and send it by email to biblioteka@mruni.eu.
• Order the books on the same day you plan to collect them. Please submit your order by 4 
• Orders are processed from Monday to Friday.
• You will receive a confirmation email when your order is ready.
• You must pick up your ordered books on the same day by 10 p.m.

• Books located in the “Library Storage in Vilnius” must be ordered through the MRU Virtual Library.
• Books ordered from the Storage must be checked out and returned at the Information Desk.
• Readers can reserve books from the Lending Department through the e-catalogue if all copies of the required title are currently on loan.
• Processed reservations are kept on the reservation shelf in the Library lobby for 3 days.
• Notifications about reservations and reservation cancellations are sent to the reader’s MRU email address.
• If a reader does not pick up a reserved book within 3 days, it is made available to the next reader in the reservation queue.
• Readers can monitor the status of their reservations by logging in to their account in the Library electronic catalogue.

•  A reader can extend the due date of a borrowed book online through th MRU Virtual Library.
• The loan period may be extended an unlimited number of times within a period of 9 months from the date of borrowing. After this period, the books must be returned to the Library.
• An overdue fee will be charged if a book is returned after its due date.
• You will not be able to extend the loan period of borrowed publications if:
  • the book has been reserved by another reader;
  • the reader’s outstanding overdue fees have reached EUR 9.90;
  • the reader has more than 3 overdue books.

• Readers can return books using the Book Return Machine located at the Library entrance or the Drop Box located at the side entrance in the University courtyard.
• If a book is not returned on time, an overdue fine will be charged.
• You do not have to return borrowed books in person; they may be returned by someone else on your behalf.

• The call number of a book indicates its location on the shelves.
• The call number is written on the back cover of the book.
• The call number consists of the classification number (according to the Universal Decimal Classification system, UDC) and the author’s mark. Within each section, books are arranged in alphabetical order by the author’s surname. The order follows the Lithuanian alphabet first, followed by the Latin (English, German, and other) and Cyrillic alphabets.
• For example, if the call number is 341 ŽA-32, the number 341 (UDC: International Law) indicates the section where the book should be located. The author’s mark ŽA-32 indicates that the book should be searched under the Lithuanian letter Ž.

To connect to the library computers, students must activate their MRU student email account.

• Connecting to the library computers:
  • Login name: stud\MRU student email username (before @)
  • Password: MRU student email password

• The Library provides remote access to subscribed databases via the EZproxy system, which allows users to access these databases outside the University campus.
• If you are a university lecturer, please use the same login credentials as for the computers on campus to connect to the system. If you are a student, please use your MRU email username and password as your login credentials:
• Login name: email username (before @)
• Password: MRU email password

• The library is equipped with specialized software and other equipment for users with visual and motor impairments. Two workstations with specialized software are located in the Grand Reading Room (I-04).

  These workstations are equipped with:

  • JAWS 14 for Windows – a screen reader program that allows blind and visually impaired users to read the screen using synthesized speech
  • Win Taker Voice 1.6 – a screen reader that enables screen reading in the Lithuanian language using synthesized speech
  • SuperNova Magnifier 13.03 – a screen magnification program
  • Keyboard adapted for visually impaired users
  • Alternative mouse for users with motor impairments

  In the Grand Reading Room, a Braille Display with note-taking functionality (ESYS 1.04), a Braille Embosser, and a desktop video magnifier are also available. Ergonomic furniture, including specialized tables and chairs, is provided as well.

• Relevant library notices regarding book orders, loan periods, and book returns are sent to readers by email.
• An email account is created for all university students. It must be activated through the MRU e-mail system.
• If you are using a non-MRU email address, please let us know.

• Fines for overdue books start to accrue from the next day after the loan period has expired.
• The fine is 0.10 EUR for each library working day that the book is overdue.
• If the total overdue fees reach 9.90 EUR, further borrowing is blocked and the loan period cannot be extended.
• The accumulation of fines stops only when the book is returned or the loan period is extended.
• Information about borrowed books and fees can be found in the MRU Virtual Library by selecting the icon “Sign in”.
• You can pay the fine by bank card at the Information Desk in Vilnius or by bank transfer. Please remember to bring the payment receipt to the Information Desk or send the payment confirmation by email: biblioteka@mruni.eu (studies in Vilnius) or vsabiblioteka@mruni.eu (studies in Kaunas). 
• Payment Information.

• Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a service that allows users to obtain publications from other libraries.
• ILL services are available only to members of the MRU community (who have no outstanding debts to the Library) and who hold a valid student or staff ID card.
• The ILL service from Lithuanian libraries is free of charge, while the ILL service from foreign libraries costs EUR 5 per sent document.
• Requests are processed only for publications that are not available in Vilnius libraries.
• Publications may be ordered by email at interlibrary-loan@mruni.eu or at the Library ILL Office (C-I-021) by completing the Request Form.
• Orders are processed within 14 to 30 calendar days.
• Publications received through ILL may be consulted only in the Library Reading Rooms.

• Services to visitors are provided only in the Library Reading Rooms, and visitors have access to publications located in the open funds. Visitors of the MRU Library cannot check out books.

• Printing, copying, and scanning are self-service functions using multifunctional devices.

• Students are given the following monthly free limits:

• The unused balance is not carried over to the following month.

• It is currently not possible to top up the limits.

• Remote consultation is a service available only to the MRU academic community.
• The computer desktop is shared with the user, accompanied by verbal explanations.
• The date and time of the consultation can be agreed in advance with the Subject Librarian of your faculty by email.
• Consultations are provided via Skype (skype name: MRUbiblioskype) or MS Teams.
• Duration of the consultation – up to 45 min.

• If you want to find a book, please search in the MRU Virtual Library. Pay attention to the book’s location.
• The call number indicates the location of the book on the shelf.
• The call number is written on the back cover of the book.
• If you cannot find a book in the e-catalogue integrated into the MRU Virtual Library, it means that the Library does not hold this title.

• The service is available for MRU students only.
• The Search Strategy can be requested by completing the  Search Strategy form. The completed form should be sent by email to a Subject Librarian by e-mail.
• In the Search Strategy, the Librarian identifies relevant information resources and tools on a specific topic, recommends keywords to be used in the information search process, and advises on how to properly formulate a search query.
• The Search Strategy is completed within 5 working days.
• Upon the user’s request, personalized consultations are also available.

• Short-term lending of publications is a service that allows users to borrow items that are marked as not for loan in the Library’s electronic catalogue integrated into the MRU Virtual Library.
• This service is available to all members of the University community who have no outstanding Library debts.
• Publications must be returned to the Library on the next working day.
• A user may borrow no more than two short-term loan items at a time.
• The fee is EUR 1 for each working day that the publication is overdue.
• If a user is late in returning items by one working day, borrowing privileges are restricted.
• Encyclopedias, albums, and other rare and valuable books are not available for loan.

• The service is provided to MRU academic staff.
• If you are teaching a course related to searching for scientific information and believe that it would be useful for your students to become more familiar with the Library and its services, as well as with the MRU Virtual Library and other Lithuanian search systems and subscribed databases, we invite you to request a subject librarian lecture. 
• The date, time, and duration of the presentation are negotiable.
• We can visit your classroom or deliver the presentation remotely via MS Teams or Moodle.
• Training is provided in Lithuanian and English (Russian may also be used in exceptional cases).
• We can present:
• searching for scientific information (in general or on a specific topic)
• the bibliographic management tool Zotero, which helps users easily save references and simplifies academic writing through automatic citation insertion and bibliography generation
• basic information about the MRU Library: services and rules
• a tour of Library spaces (virtual or on-site)

• The Library welcomes suggestions for the acquisition of materials that support the University’s teaching and research programs.
• Before suggesting a book or other material, please check the Library catalogue to ensure that we do not already have the item you are looking for.
• If the Library does not hold a particular item and you would like to recommend it for purchase, please use the Suggest a Publication form.
• Students must provide the name of the lecturer with whom the suggestion has been discussed.

For more information, please contact:
Almonė Jakubčionienė
Ateities st. 20, Room: I-103
Tel.: (+370 5) 271 4724
E-mail: jalmone@mruni.eu

MRU Library organizes regular training sessions for students and academic staff.

The Library offers training on the following topics:

• How to find information for your papers
• Reference management tools: Zotero and Mendeley
• Academic literacy
• How to prepare a good presentation for a thesis defence
• Training Schedule
• If you cannot attend the training sessions, we recommend contacting your  Subject Librarian to book an individual consultation.

• Mykolas Romeris University provides free access to eduroam (Education Roaming) and the MRU wireless network.

• eduroam
  
  Login name: MRU email address
  
  Password: MRU email password
  
  Domain: Student

• MRU Wi-Fi
  
  Login name: MRU email username (before @)
  
  Password: MRU email password
  
  Domain: Student