Saulėtekis ave. 9, Ist building
215,  216 rooms

Tel. +370 5 236 6113

Head of the Centre
Assoc. prof. dr. Regina Varnienė-Janssen

Scientists


  • Digital libraries
  • Digital curation and long term preservation
  • Digital and media literacy
  • Management of requirements for information systems
  • Metadata
  • Scholarly communication
  • Heritage and memory communication
  • Management of libraries and information resource
  • Interoperability of Data
  • Organization of data and information

Projects Supported by University Budget

Organization of Library Activities and Information within the Smart Society and Smart Management. Assoc. Prof. Dr. R. Varnienė-Janssen. 2017 – 2020.

The research aims to define: efficient management of the libraries and services organization from the view point of reducing of social exclusion and aims to investigate international, interinstitutional and inter-sectoral cooperation from the point of innovative services in the context of strengthening knowledge and intellectual potential.

Results:  

Qualitative analysis of scientific literature as well as the specification of Lithuania’s Information System of the Virtual Electronic Heritage (VEPIS) and its services allowed to establish a model for provenance related added value of VEPIS. It also enabled to identify functions of provenance in the digital environment. Research results were presented at the international conference.

Defined the scope of the content of authenticity and provenance, identifying the dimensions necessary for the support core preservation functions and ensure interoperability – the ability to exchange data amongst institutions and it was estimated  the added value of Europeana and VEPIS regarding the authenticity and provenance based on the adequacy of analysed metadata dictionaries, specifications or models. Research results were presented at the international conference.

Vilnius University academics, researchers and doctoral students were surveyed, using survey instrument, prepared by international group of researchers on information literacy. The aim of the research was to analyse state of art on data literacy and research data management skills and experience at Vilnius University. Research results were presented at the international conference ECIL2017 in Saint Malo, France.

We created the questionnaire for developing an understanding on secondary school teachers’ knowledge on information literacy and practices implemented in developing student’s information literacy skills (acronym – KILS). This tool consists of 26 items grouped into three categories. We tested the validation and reliability of the measuring instrument, the questionnaire. The sample tested was n = 102 of the Lithuanian elite secondary school teacher population. Authors conclude that the questionnaire is suitable for a full-scale survey.

International project

School Pedagogy in general and its Information Society. Leader of research groupprof. habil. dr. Tibor Koltay. Member of the research group – dr. Vincas Grigas. EFOP-3.6.1.-16.2016-00001 „Complex Development of Research Capacities and Services ar Esterhazy Karoly University" project.

CA COST Action CA16204 - Distant Reading for European Literary History.

From 2018 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Regina Varnienė- Janssen  became as a member of International Consortium  Data for History http://dataforhistory.org/   and  the member of the research groups: Best practices (D3.7) and Open access( D3.4) of CA COST Saving European Archaeology from the Digital Dark Age (SEADDA). Leader of Lithuanian research group is Prof. dr. Rimvydas Laužikas.

Saulėtekis ave. 9, IIIrd building, 416 room

Saulėtekis ave. 9, Ist building, JR 212 room

Tel. +370 5 236 6105

Head of the Laboratory
Assoc. prof. dr. Andrius Šuminas

Scientists

 


  • Interactive and traditional media
  • Social media and social networking
  • Political communication
  • Publishing and marketing
  • Strategic management of cultural heritage digitisation
  • Strategic management of libraries and information services
  • Communication of cultural content in the digital age
  • Library management
  • Digital publishing and e-reading
  • Digital libraries, resources and services
  • Digital reading and media use for social inclusion
  • Media publishing and marketing, digital publishing, e-reading
  • Digital reading and media use for social inclusion
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Information behaviour
  • Information and information quality management
  • Information service management
  • Media policy and regulation
  • Media economics and management
  • Media psychology and effects

Projects Supported by University Budget

Digital media usage, contexts and impact levels (public, organization and individual) basic and applied research. Assoc. Prof. Dr. A. Šuminas. 2018– 2020.

The research aims to expand the boundaries of knowledge and carry out international research on the use of digital media in cooperation with Lithuanian and foreign scientific, state institutions and business.

National Research

Research Council of Lithuania. Programme Welfare Society, 2 call. GER-002/2017. The stimulation of digital reading as a means of reduction in the digital divide. Head of the project E. Macevičiūtė; project participants – A. Gudinavičius, A. Šuminas, T.D. Wilson, Z. Manžuch, A. Aleksandravičius. 2017-2018.

The analysis of the potential of digital technologies for reduction of second and third level of digital inequalities was carried out. The means of reduction of digital divide by reading and digital reading were explored. The measures and indicators for measuring impact of digital means on reduction of inequalities were explored and selected for adaptation to the Lithuanian context. Two articles prepared and submitted for review in scholarly journals.

The partners for carrying out the experimental activity were sought and selected. The overall design of activities for experimental investigation was carried out together with the partners. The project to attract additional financing for the partners was submitted and it was successful. The final design of experimental activities and measuring their impact is under development.

Applied research project Analizės, modeliavimo ir rizikos valdymo kompetencijų centro (i.MAMC) įkūrimas on Lithuanian taxpayer behavior, being carried out together with the Lithuanian State Tax Inspectorate and financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds. Head of the project A. Stašionis; project coordinators – A. Gudinavičius, A. Šuminas; project participants – A. Aleksandravičius, J. Tamosynas. 2016–2019.

International Research Networking Projects

COST Action IS1404 E-READ. Evolution of Reading in the Age of Digitization. 2014‒2018. The coordination activities are supported from the EU RTD Framework Programme. Dr. Anne Mangen (University of Stavanger, Norway).

The goal of this Action was to improve scientific understanding of the implications of digitization, hence helping individuals, disciplines, societies and sectors across Europe to cope optimally with the effects. Based on a multidimensional, integrative model of reading, and combining paradigms from experimental sciences with perspectives (e.g., diachronic) from the humanities, the Action develops new research paradigms and metrics for assessing the impact of digitization on reading. These metrics enable the development of evidence-based knowledge of paper and screen reading, and provide guidance for practitioners, policy makers, publishers and designers.

Researchers of the Digital Media Lab took part at the Action Management Committee, developed research of digital media. MC member – E. Macevičiūtė; MC substitute – A. Gudinavičius; participant – A. Šuminas.

COST Action CA16204 Distant Reading for European Literary History, 2017-2021. The coordination activities are supported by EU  Horizon 2020 project. COST member of the operational management committee (MC) – Arūnas Gudinavičius. COST Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee

(MC) – Andrius Šuminas.

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