LITHUANIAN LIBRARIES IN 2012

2,633 libraries, or by 61 library less than in 2011, submitted data to the Lithuanian Integral Library Information System (LIBIS) statistical module. At the end of the last year, the number of physical units in the total Lithuanian library stock amounted to 106,782,659, or by 905.8 thousand more than in 2011. During the year, the number of registered users in country libraries was 1,360,942, or by 37,557 less than in the previous year. The number of visits decreased by 933.2 thousand; the total number of visits at the end of the year comprised 25,428,375. The number of loans keeps decreasing every year. In 2012 it was 34,985,168 physical units, or by 859.9 thousand physical units less than in 2011. Since 2008 the number of loans decreased by more than 6.3 million physical units, in average by 1.27 million physical units annually. Decreasing of the main indicators is determined by various factors – first of all, year by year shrinking library network, increasing emigration of potential users, general decrease of number of inhabitants in the country, increasing number of part time workers in the libraries, or number of libraries without employees. Parttime workers make up 24.6 percent of the whole number of professional librarians. Traditional library activities are being changed by computerization of the libraries, new technologies and possibilities emerging, online access to information resources. At the end of the year, 93.8 percent of libraries had computers, 92.4 percent had internet access. 14,874 computers were available to library users, among them 14,441 with internet access; more by 828 and 1.359 respectively than in 2011. The number of virtual visits was 13 million 23.3 thousand, or by 920.3 thousand more (12.1 million in 2011), the number of internet sessions was 25.8 million, or by 3.6 million more (22.1 million in 2011). The number of downloads of electronic documents during the year was 9 million 281.7 thousand (against 5 million 48.3 thousand in 2011). Such significant increase was caused by the number of downloads of electronic documents in city public libraries – in 2012 it was over 3 million, while in 2011 this number was not accounted. At the end of the year, the number of library employees was 7,367 (the number of staff 6,837.97), professional librarians among them 6,130 (the number of staff 5,590.26), or by 52 less than in 2011. The number of full time workers among professional librarians was 4,627 (75.5 percent), part time workers – 1,507. 3,211 (52.4 percent) of them had education in librarianship or information sciences (among them, with higher education in librarianship – 31.8 percent, with high education in librarianship – 20.6 percent). Other librarians – 2,919 in total – who gained professional skills working in the library were professionals in other fields. Among them, 1,879 (or 30.7 percent of the whole number of professional librarians) had higher education, 621 (or 10.1 percent) – high education, 419 (or 6.8 percent) – other (secondary, unfinished higher) education. Libraries hired 30 new professionals in librarianship and information sciences. 2,513 (or 41.0 percent) librarians participated in staff training. Library network . Annual reports were submitted to the statistical module by the following libraries: the National Library of , libraries of state significance (Lithuanian Library for the Blind, Lithuanian Technical Library, Vilnius University Library), 5 county libraries (, Klaipėda, Panevėžys, Šiauliai and Vilnius), 1,295 municipal public libraries (60 central bodies with 1,235 branches and subdivisions), 16 museum libraries, 3 libraries of other culture institutions, 33 special libraries (Library of the Bank of Lithuania, 14 technical libraries, 15 health care institution libraries, Lithuanian Agriculture Library, 2 agriculture science institution libraries). The reports were presented also by 1,277 science and education institution libraries, among them 41 higher school libraries: 19 university (14 state universities and 5 nonstate universities) libraries and 22 college (13 state colleges and 9 nonstate colleges) libraries, libraries of state significance (the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and 5 science institution libraries), 70 vocational school libraries, 1,079 municipal and state general education school libraries (62 progymnasiums, 251 gymnasiums, 224 secondary schools, 420 lower secondary schools and 122 primary schools), 64 nonformal children education institution (music, art schools) libraries, 8 state child care institution libraries, and 9 teachers training centre libraries.

Library network in 2008–2012

3,000

2,000

1,000

0 2008 2009l 2010 2011 2012

CIL 1,373 1,357 1,328 1,327 1,321 CEIL 1,418 1,389 1,343 1,331 1,277 Oter 75 74 66 62 61 Total 2,845 2,798 2,716 2,694 2,633

The number of libraries decreased by 212 during the period of five years. 42 libraries were closed in average every year. During the same period, number of municipal public libraries decreased by 70. The number of education and science institution libraries decreased by 167, children care institution libraries – by 9, nonformal children education institution libraries – by 4 respectively. The reasons remained the former: education reform, reorganization of the general education school network, primary and lover secondary schools were reorganized into divisions of a higher level education schools (gymnasiums, secondary schools). There were 32 libraries operating in the school divisions. Closing of public library rural branches was caused by decreasing number of habitants in local communities using library services. Reorganization had affected also children care institutions: the libraries here were closed or the work places in the libraries were liquidated. In 2012, 9 municipal public library branches (divisions) were closed: one in every of 4 regions – , Plungė, Švenčionys, Varėna, three in the Druskininkai municipality; as a result of reorganization of the public library of , Šventoji and Palanga children branches became divisions of the public library, so in Palanga municipality only one municipal public library remained. The Pašilė division of Ukmergė town public library was reorganized to the Varinė rural branch. Three new branches arised – two in the Kelmė region and one in the Pakruojis region. Total number of municipal public libraries decreased by 6 branches (divisions). School communities were served by 51 municipal rural branch – by 40 less than in 2011. At the end of the year, the number of general education school (including state schools) libraries decreased by 51. Among them: secondary school libraries – by 41, lower secondary – by 31, primary – by 14 respectively. Some secondary schools had been reorganized to gymnasiums or progymnasiums, lower secondary schools – to progymnaziums. During the year, the number of gymnasium libraries increased from 237 (in 2011) to 251 (in 2012); at the end of the year the number of gymnasium libraries increased by 14, and progymnasium libraries – by 21 respectively. Moreover, in some places lower secondary or primary schools were reorganized into primary education departments of gymnasiums or secondary schools. These departments (32 departments had reported) were served by branches of higher level school libraries. At the end of the year there were 41 (the number had not changed) higher school libraries, among them 14 state university libraries, 5 nonstate university libraries, 13 state college libraries, 9 nonstate college libraries, as well as the Wroblevski Library of the Academy of Sciences, 5 scientific institute libraries, and 70 (72 in 2011) vocational school libraries. During the year, the number of nonformal children education institution libraries decreased by 2, children care institution libraries – by 1, technical libraries – by 1. Stock. At the end of the last years, the total library stock amounted to 106 million 782 thousand 659 physical units, or by 905.8 thousand more than in 2011. The holdings of the culture sector libraries amounted to 26.1 million physical units (or made up 24.4 percent of the total library stock). They were distributed in the following way: the holdings of the National Library of Lithuania – 6.7 million, the Lithuanian Library for the Blind – 475.3 thousand, county public libraries – 4,5 million (among them Kaunas County Public Library – 1.98 million), municipal public libraries – 13 million 974.3 thousand, museum libraries – 326 thousand, other cultural institutions (centres, archives) – 130.9 thousand physical units of documents respectively. The holdings of the education and science institution libraries amounted to more than 30.3 million physical units (or 29.2 percent of the total stock). The holdings of higher (all levels) school libraries amounted to more than 12.8 million physical units; the biggest among them Vilnius University Library (the library of state significance) had 5.4 million, Kaunas Technology University Library – about 1.4 million physical units respectively. Vocational school libraries had over 1.5 million physical units of documents. The holding so science institution libraries amounted to more than 4.3 million physical units of documents (among them, the state significance Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences had 3.7 million physical units of documents). The holdings of state and nonstate general education school libraries at the end of the year amounted to more than 11 million physical units, among them gymnasium libraries had more than 3.7 million, progymnasium libraries – 761.9 thousand, secondary school libraries – 2.8 million, lower secondary school libraries – 3.4 million, primary school libraries – 363.7 thousand physical units respectively. At the end of 2012, there were 50.3 million physical units, or 47.1 percent of the total stock, in the holdings of special libraries. Among them in technical libraries – 49 million, in medical libraries – 807.1 thousand, in agriculture libraries – 477.7 thousand physical units of documents respectively. The number of documents in the total country library stock (including special libraries) is rather influenced (or misrepresented) by particularities of patent documents (46.8 million) recording in the Lithuanian Technical Library.

Documentary stock

50,000,000 49,029,438 45,000,000

40,000,000

35,000,000

30,000,000

25,000,000 20,000,000 13,974,371 11,570,955

15,000,000 11,084,530 6,662,266

10,000,000 4,543,872 3,743,368 1,223,112 477,731 1,661,524 1,529,028 807,139 5,000,000 475,325

0 NLL LLB CPL MPL WLLAS LTL LMK LAL UL CL LSSL GESL Oter

The general stock indicator was positive – holdings increased by 905.8 thousand physical units; however, the holdings of libraries of all types decreased except of the technical library network (+1.5 million physical units). At the end of the year, in comparison with 2011, the stock of culture institution libraries decreased by 275.8 thousand physical units, among them in the National Library of Lithuania by 17.7 thousand, in Lithuanian Library for the Blind – by 492, in county public libraries – by 53.9 thousand, in municipal public libraries – by 208.1 thousand physical units respectively, whereas in museum libraries it increased by 4.1 thousand, in other culture institution libraries – by 337 physical units of documents respectively. In science and education institution libraries the total documentary stock decreased by 356.4 thousand physical units in comparison with the last year, among them in general education school libraries – by 453.9 thousand, in vocational school libraries – 158.8 thousand, in nonformal children education institution libraries – by 14.9 thousand physical units, whereas the holdings of higher school libraries increased by 66.3 thousand physical units. In special libraries the total documentary stock increased by 1 million 538.1 thousand physical units, among them in technical libraries – by 1 million 544.7 thousand physical units, in agriculture libraries – by 362 physical units, whereas it decreased in medical libraries by 1.4 thousand physical units. Decrease of the documentary stock was determined by the following reasons: unproportional rate of withdrawals and accessions (just a little part of the stock of closed libraries comes to other libraries, the most part of items is simply withdrawn); the lack (even the absence in many general education school and other institution libraries) of funding for acquisitions. During the year, culture institution libraries acquired 782.2 thousand physical units and withdrew from the stock 1 million 61.7 thousand physical units of documents (or by 279.6 thousand physical units more). Among them, the National Library of Lithuania acquired 47.4 thousand and withdrew 65.1 thousand (+17.7 thousand) physical units, county public libraries acquired 64.4 thousand and withdrew 118.4 thousand (+53.9 thousand) physical units, municipal public libraries acquired 646.8 thousand and withdrew 859.4 thousand (+212.6 thousand) physical units of documents respectively. Education and science institution libraries acquired 677.7 thousand and withdrew 1 million 299.2 thousand (+ 621.5 thousand) physical units of documents. Among them, higher school libraries acquired 233.8 thousand and withdrew 319.1 thousand (+85.4 thousand) physical units, vocational school libraries acquired 39.9 thousand and withdrew 160.2 thousand (+120.3 thousand) physical units, the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences acquired 27.6 thousand and withdrew 39.5 thousand (+11.9 thousand) physical units, general education school libraries acquired 322.5 thousand and withdrew 716.2 thousand (393.7 thousand) physical units of documents. General rate of accessions and withdrawals was positive in special libraries. It was determined by particularities of patent documents recording in the Lithuanian Technical Library. During the year, special libraries acquired 1 million 591.9 thousand and withdrew 47 thousand physical units of documents, among them Lithuanian Technical Library – 1 million 570 thousand and 31.4 thousand, medical libraries – 5.9 thousand and 7.3 thousand, agriculture libraries – 1.1 thousand and 710 physical units of documents respectively. The stock composition in accordance with the sort of documents almost did not changed, thought electronic document acquisition expenditures increase in academic libraries every year. In the libraries books and serials make up 50 percent (51.2 percent in 2011) of the total document stock, patents – 43.9 percent (42.8 percent in 2011), printed music – 1 percent, audiovisual documents – 72 percent (0.71 percent in 2011), etc. The general percent of books and serials in the country libraries is misrepresented by the Lithuanian Technical Library, where books and serials make up 2.1 percent, whereas patents – 96.3 percent of the whole library stock. In other libraries, books and serials are dominant sorts of documents. In culture institution libraries they make up 88.7 percent (88.8 percent in 2011), among them in the National Library of Lithuania – 72.9 percent (73.1 percent in 2011), in county public libraries – 86.7 percent (86.8 percent in 2011), in municipal public libraries – 98.4 percent (98.5 percent in 2011). The Lithuanian Library for the Blind, where books in Braille alphabet and printings with enlarged print adapted to people with sight disabilities amount to 43.1 percent (43.7 percent in 2011), and audiovisual documents – to 51 percent (50.2 percent in 2011) of the whole library stock. In culture institution libraries audiovisual documents make up 2.1 percent, digital documents – 0.9 percent, other sorts of documents – 8.3 percent of the whole library stock.

Stock composition

Books and serials

0,4% 2,8% Manuscripts Microcopies Cartographic documents 49,8% 43,8% Printed sheet music

Graphic documents Audiovisul document Patents 0,8% Digital documents 0,7% 0,3% 1,0% 0,1% 0,3% Other documents

In education and science institution libraries books and serials make up 90.8 percent (91.5 percent in 2011), among them in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences – 92.3 percent (92.4 percent in 2011), in higher school libraries – 89.2 percent (89.4 percent in 2011), in vocational school libraries – 98.8 percent (98.3 percent in 2011), in general education school libraries – 96.1 percent (96.3 percent in 2011) of the whole document stock respectively. Audio visual documents make up 0.7 percent, manuscripts and printed sheet music – 2.4 percent each, digital documents – 0.5 percent, other sorts of documents (microcopies, cartographic documents, visual documents, other documents) – 3.2 percent of the whole document stock respectively. Concerning special libraries, in medical institution libraries books and serials make up 94.9 percent, in agriculture libraries – 93.4 percent of the whole document stock. Library collection turnover is a stock use indicator expressing a rate of annual loan and a total stock. The collection turnover indicator describes the rate of use of a collection as well as the fit of it to the requirements of the population to be served. It shows an average document loan per user. The collection turnover indicator is determined by the stock size, the number of users, and supplying them with documents as well as by the reading indicator – the number of documents on loan. Intensity of a stock use in bigger libraries (such as the National Library of Lithuania, the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius University Library etc., i.e, the libraries whose mission is the preservation of written heritage) is less than the general indicator of a stock use. The general library collection turnover indicator in country libraries was 0.34 (the same as in 2011). The collection turnover indicator in culture institution libraries was 0.80 (0.83 in 2011); among them in the National Library of Lithuania – 0.18, in the Lithuanian Library for the Blind – 0.41, in county public libraries – 0.57, in municipal public libraries – 1.2) (0.9 in rural branches). The collection turnover indicator in education and science institution libraries was 0.45 (0.47 in 2011); among them in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences – 0.09, in higher school libraries – 0.48 (university libraries – 0.44, college libraries – 0.91), in vocational school libraries – 0.32, in general education school libraries – 0.56 (gymnasium libraries – 0.67, progymnasium libraries – 0.75, secondary school libraries – 0.45, lower secondary school libraries – 0.46, primary school libraries – 1.1). At the end of the year, municipal public libraries had 4,642 documents per 1 thousand members of the population (4.6 documents per capita); among them 7,083 documents per 1 thousand rural members of the population (7.1 documents per capita). Higher school libraries had 58.5 documents per user (university libraries – 70.3, college libraries – 22.7 documents per user respectively), vocational school had 40.6 documents per user, general education school libraries had 31.3 documents per user (gymnasium libraries – 29.2, secondary school libraries – 37.5, lower secondary school libraries – 37.6, primary school libraries – 16.8 documents per user respectively). Review of the total picture of library funds and acquisition expenditures is quite complicated. Some institutions do not report on it because they either do not carry on such accounting or consider it a commercial secret. Therefore, acquisition expenditures are analysed only for the National Library, the Lithuanian Library for the Blind, county and municipal public libraries, the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Lithuanian Technical Library, Lithuanian Agriculture Library, and state higher school (university and college) libraries. The picture is positive in general, because the acquisition expenditures increased from 16.3 million LTL (in 2011) to 21.2 million LTL (in 2012). Lithuanian Technical Library and Lithuanian Medical Library had less funding for acquisition (decreased by 156.4 thousand LTL and 2.8 thousand LTL respectively). Document acquisition expenditures in 2011–2012 (thousand LTL) 2011 2012 (+, -)

NLL 188 263.4 75.4

LLB 121.3 132.7 11.4

CPL 348 682.2 334.2

MPL 6,737.7 8,874 2,136.3

WLLAS 196.9 1,062.5 865.6

LTL 289 132.6 -156.4

LML 34.8 32 -2.8

LAL 20 22 2

UL 6,983.6 7,157.0 173,4

CB 1,358,4 2172,6 814,2

Total 16,277.7 21,198.9 4,921.2

The Ministry of Culture, in accordance with valid regulations, allocates funds to county and municipal public libraries for document acquisition; county public libraries receive from the same source also funding for periodical subscriptions. Periodical subscription for municipal public libraries is funded by municipal administration. In 2012 the Ministry of Culture allocated 5 million 46.7 thousand LTL to municipal public libraries and 586.3 thousand LTL to county public libraries. It made in average 1.87 LTL per capita, or by 0.99 LTL more than in 2011.

State budget funds allocated to the public libraries for document acquisition (LTL)

Among them Average per Year Total capita MPL CPL

2008 8,699,100 6,759,100 1,940,000 2.58

2009 3,215,000 2,500,820 714,180 0.96

2010 2,240,500 1,874,530 365,970 0.67

2011 2,846,500 2,553,000 293,000 0.88

2012 5,633,000 5,046,700 586,300 1.87

Municipal administration allocated for periodical subscription 1 million 844.2 thousand LTL, or by 261 thousand LTL less than in 2011. Very little funding for periodical subscription was received by public libraries in Akmenė (7 thousand LTL), Kelmė (6.7 thousand LTL), Pakruojis (6.2 thousand LTL), (6.9 thousand LTL) etc. In average, one subdivision (including PL) got 500 LTL in Akmenė region, 257 LTL in Kelmė region, 507 LTL in Marijampolė region, 258 LTL in Pakruojis region, 370 LTL in Ukmergė region, 215 LTL in Vilkaviškis region respectively. Significantly more got subdivisions in Alytus region – 2,930 LTL, Jonava region – 3,235 LTL, Kretinga region – 2,171 LTL, Utena region – 2,930 LTL, Švenčionys region – 966 LTL respectively. Additional funding (plus to periodical subscription) was allocated by 26 municipal administrations – in total 564.4 thousand LTL. Some of them increased funding by sums from several hundreds to several tens of thousands LTL or even more. Some municipal administrations provided public libraries with additional funding for book and other document acquisition – Šilalė region – 58 thousand LTL, Utena region – 52.6 thousand LTK, – 34.6 thousand LTL, Palanga town – 32.4 thousand LTL, Jonava region – 15 thousand LTL, Klaipėda city – 162.5 thousand LTL, Vilnius city – 133.8 thousand LTL respectively. The libraries used for document acquisition sponsors’ input or their internal resources e.g., staff cost economy or special means. Therefore 8 million 874 thousand LTL were used for document acquisition by municipal public libraries, 682.2 thousand LTL – by county public libraries, 1 million 62.5 thousand LTL – by the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences etc.

Funds used for document acquisition in 2011–2012(thousand LTL)

10,000.0

9,000.0 2011 8,874.0

8,000.0 7,533.9 2012 7,000.0 6,000.0

5,000.0 4,000.0

3,000.0 2,463.6 2,000.0 1,062.5 1,000.0 682.2 132.6 132.7 263.4 32.0 0.0 22.0

L P AS TL ML UL CL NLL LLB CPL M L L LAL WLL

Book acquisition expenditures made up 69.2 percent, periodical subscription expenditures – 17.8 percent, electronic document acquisition expenditures – 11.6 percent, other document acquisition expenditure – 0.5 percent of the whole document acquisition expenditures. However, libraries of various types show different percentage composition for document acquisition. Municipal public libraries spent on books 67.9 percent, county public libraries – 83.2 percent, the National Library of Lithuania – 12.8 percent, the Lithuanian Library for the Blind – 7.2 percent, Lithuanian Technical Library – 92.4 percent, the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences – 87.6 percent, university libraries – 56.3 percent, etc. The part of the whole acquisition expenditures used for periodical subscription made up 21 percent in municipal public libraries, 13.4 percent in county public libraries, 33.1 percent in the National Library of Lithuania, 11.9 percent in the Lithuanian Library for the Blind, 92.4 percent – in Lithuanian Technical Library, 10.3 percent in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, 17.6 percent in university libraries respectively. Electronic document acquisition took 54 percent of the whole acquisition expenditures in the National Library of Lithuania, 64 percent in the Lithuanian Library for the Blind, 1 percent in county public libraries, 1.1 percent in municipal public libraries, 2.3 percent in Lithuanian Technical Library, 2.1 percent in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, 25.9 percent in university libraries respectively. Though acquisition expenditures raised in 2012, it still stand behind 2008 expenditures.

Document acquisition expenditures in 2008–2012 (thousand LTL) 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 difference

NLL 1,578.7 637.6 281.0 188.0 263.4 1,315.3

LLB 232.5 203.5 144.6 121.3 132.7 99.8

CPL 2,016.3 752.5 509.4 348.0 682.2 1,334.1

7,209. 11,189.9 5,631.0 6,737.7 8,874.0 2,315.9 MPL 6

1,299. 1,553.9 203.6 196.9 1,062.5 491.4 WLLAS 6

LTL 867.0 511.0 287.9 289.0 132.6 734.4

LML 222.4 165.2 32.4 34.8 32.0 190.4

LAL 35.0 11.0 14.0 20.0 22.0 13.0

5,757. 9,497.0 4,794.3 6,983.6 7,157.0 2,340.0 UL 8

CL 2,322.2 965.4 1,038.1 1,358.4 2,172.6 149.6

Library users . At the end of the last year, there were 1,360,492 registered users in the libraries. The number of library users decreases every year. The year 2012 was not an exception – the number of registered users decreased by 37,557. Apparent reasons of decrease in the number of users are the following: decreasing number of inhabitants (statistical indicator – 3,010,201), reorganisation and closing of general education schools, decreasing municipal and other library network. Rapid computerisation and expanding internet usage in all type libraries and households is not the only factor of influence on this indicator. Analysis of library reports caused some uncertainties about the accuracy of work accounting in some general education school or nonformal children education institution as well as in other libraries. In accordance with the data presented by the Statistics Lithuania for 2011–2012, the number of pupils and teachers registered in general education schools made up 82.2 percent of the whole number of pupils and school teachers. However, among the three main indicators – number of users, number of visitors, document loan – zero values were indicated for the last two in some library reports. Municipal public libraries have legal obligations (The Library Law, regulations of public libraries) to provide methodical aid to the libraries working on their territory, but employees of other libraries mostly are invited only to the seminars at the centre of the region. Employees of general education school libraries regret the lack of support especially. Reregistered users made up 79.7 percent of the whole number of registered users, newly registered – 20.3 percent respectively. Culture institution libraries registered 693 thousand users, or 50.9 percent of the whole number of users. In comparison with 2011, they registered by 22,579 users less, among them, municipal public libraries – by 12,983 less, county public libraries – by 8,498 less, the National Library of Lithuania – by 1,156 less. Readers of municipal public libraries made up 19.5 percent of inhabitants, among them 22.8 percent were rural inhabitants.

Number of library users in 2008–2012

1,550,000

1,500,000

1,450,000

1,400,000

1,350,000 1,511,265 1,497,014 1,300,000 1,446,761 1,398,049 1,360,492 1,250,000 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Education and science institution libraries registered 635.5 thousand users, or 46.7 percent of the whole number of users. During the year, higher school libraries registered 218,656 users, science institution libraries – 12,236, vocational school libraries – 37,683, general education school libraries – 353,766 users respectively. In total, the number or users decreased by 16,666. This number decreased in vocational school libraries (2,823), general education school libraries ( 22,653), nonformal children education institution libraries (842). The number of users increased in science institution libraries (+755) and higher school institution libraries (+9,061). Number of library users in 2008–2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 (+, )

NLL 24,988 18,455 15,399 13,751 12,595 12,393

LLB 4,379 4,491 4,542 4,384 4,519 140

CPL 106,979 106,421 103,724 94,819 86,321 20,658

MPL 605,180 619,983 613,652 600,898 587,915 17,265

WLLAS 8,447 9,595 10,469 11,170 11,742 3,295

LTL 8,720 8,730 8,188 8,105 8,184 536

LML 5,852 6,377 5,621 6,099 6,079 227

UL 173,867 167,999 159,400 155,266 164,735 9,132

CL 62,245 59,665 52,421 54,329 53,921 8,324

VSL 42,983 41,775 41,494 40,506 37,683 5,300

GESL 427,363 414,672 397,595 376,419 353,766 73,597

Special libraries registered 31,944 users, or by 1,688 more than in 2011. Among them, technical libraries registered 16,724 (+1,974), medical libraries – 13,781 (235), agriculture libraries – 1,139 (28) users respectively. Library visitors. In 2012 the number of visitors recorded in country libraries reached 25,428,375 – by 933,295 less than in 2011. The total number of visitors in culture institution libraries was 11 million 200.8 thousand, or by 195.5 thousand less, in education and science institution libraries – 14 million 73.2 thousand, or by 729.4 thousand less. In special libraries the number of visitors decreased from 162.8 thousand (in 2011) till 154.4 thousand (in 2012), i.e. there were 8.4 thousand less visitors. Significant decrease in the number of visitors was noticed in municipal public libraries (113.6 thousand), county public libraries (71.6 thousand), higher school libraries (188.7 thousand), vocational school libraries (64.7 thousand), general education school libraries (471.7 thousand). Less visitors had the National Library of Lithuania (7.1 thousand), the Lithuanian Library for the Blind (2.7 thousand), Lithuanian Technical Library (1.3 thousand) as well as other libraries. The number of visitors increased by almost 2 thousand in Lithuanian Medical Library.

Library visitors in 2008–2012

30,000,000

25,000,000

20,000,000

15,000,000 26,361,670 26,168,951

10,000,000 26,345,460 25,428,375 19,599,041 26,210,160 15,499,983 5,000,000 13,023,226 10,272,205 12,102,905 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Number of visits Number of virtual visits

The number of visitors indicates how many time per year visitors visited a library with the aim to receive needed or to return used library printings or other documents, to use library services etc. In 2012, in an average, a visitor visited a library 18.7 times (18.8 in 2011). This indicator varied in various libraries. The number of visits per year in culture institution libraries was 16.2 (15.9 in 2011) (among them, in municipal public libraries – 17.1 (rural branches – 18.4), in county public libraries – 11, in the National Library – 9.8). Special libraries were visited even more rarely: in technical libraries the number of visits per year was 5.53, in medical libraries – 4, in agriculture libraries – 5.4. General average attendance in education and science institution libraries was higher than an average in the country – 22.1. In higher school libraries it reached 23.9 (25.8 in 2011), among them, in university libraries – 24.3, in college libraries – 22.6; in vocational school libraries it was less – 13.7. In general education school libraries it was 22.9 (among them, in gymnasium libraries – 27.7, in progymnasium libraries – 16.8, in secondary school libraries – 21.3, in lower secondary school libraries – 21.6, in primary school libraries – 16.5. An average attendance in science institution libraries was 8.5, among the in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Science – 7.8. Libraries using LIBIS or other information systems submit also data on number of virtual visits. In accordance with the standards provisions, they are equated to ordinary visits to any structural unit of the library. A virtual visit shall be defined as user’s request submitted via internet site from outside the library, irrespective to number of pages or elements reviewed. Data on virtual visits usually is collected from web administrators, database managers, or library’s electronic catalogue page. Collection of the data is complicated, accounting programmes are not installed, therefore the most of general education school libraries and some other libraries do not account it. During the year, the number of virtual visits indicated by libraries was 13 million 23.2 thousand, or by 920.3 thousand more than in 2011. Among them, in municipal public libraries – 2 million 80.7 thousand, or 15.9 percent of the total number of virtual visits; in county public libraries – 1 million 156.7 thousand, or 8.9 percent; in the National Library – 972.2 thousand, or 7.5 percent respectively. The number of virtual visits in education and science institution libraries reached over 8.2 million, among them the most in higher school libraries – 7 million 830 thousand, or 60.1 percent, in vocational school libraries – 4.7 thousand, or 0.03 percent; in general education school libraries – 221.9 thousand, or 1.7 percent; in special (medical, technical, agricultural) libraries – 576.1 thousand, or 4.4 percent respectively. However, 8 municipal public libraries did not present data about the virtual visits: Akmenė region, Kalvarija municipality, Klaipėda region, , Rietavas municipality, Šalčininkai region, Vilnius city and Vilnius region. Document loan. 34 million 985.2 thousand physical units, or by 1 million 860 thousand physical unit less than in 2011, were loaned to the users in 2012. The document loan kept decreasing every year – from 48.6 million physical units in 2001 to 35 million physical units in 2012. During the said period, the document loan decreased by 13.5 million physical units, on an average by 1.2 million physical units per year. Document loan indicator was partially determined by decreasing number of users (37.6 thousand), decreasing number of visits (933.3 thousand) as well as decreasing number of libraries ( 61). Though various reading promotion actions, contests and elections of the best book of the year are organized they are insufficiently oriented towards modern users’ needs. Libraries, due to limited resources, can not present a wide assortment of new books, periodicals or other documents. Besides, a traditional document loan is being replaced by an online access to documents or information. The document loan in culture sector libraries was 20 million 937.3 thousand physical units, or by 983.3 thousand less than in 2011. The document loan decreased in all culture sector libraries; among them, at most in municipal public libraries (478.9 thousand), in county public libraries (324.7 thousand), in the National Library (167 thousand), in the Lithuanian Library for the Blind (7.3 thousand). Indicators in the National Library decreased because of the reconstruction of the main building, which causes marked disadvantage for users’ working conditions. The document loan in education and science institution libraries was 13 million 507.4 thousand physical units, or by 983.3 thousand physical units less than in 2011. The document loan decreased in higher school libraries by 193.1 thousand physical units (in university libraries – by 90.1 thousand, in college libraries – by 103 thousand), in vocational school libraries – by 60.6 thousand physical units, in general education school libraries – by 565.5 thousand physical units. In science institution libraries the document loan was 2.6 thousand physical units, among them in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences – by 8.4 thousand physical units less. In special libraries the document loan decreased by 52.2 thousand physical units, among them in technical libraries – by 39.5 thousand, in agriculture libraries – by 14.2 thousand; however, the document loan indicator was positive in Lithuanian Medical Library (+11.2 thousand physical units) and in Lithuanian Technical Library (+46 thousand physical units). Document loan in 2008–2012 (physical units)

42,000,000 41,000,000 40,000,000 39,000,000 38,000,000 37,000,000 36,000,000 35,000,000 41,341,110 34,000,000 40,311,540 38,294,361

33,000,000 36,845,147 32,000,000 31,000,000 34,985,168 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Document loan indicator reflects document lending and document borrowing on site. Document borrowing on site – 19 million 370.1 thousand physical units – made up 55.4 percent of the total loan. In culture institution libraries document lending made up 57.8 percent of the total loan, among them, in municipal public libraries – 61.1 (in rural branches – 71.2), in county public libraries – 57.8, in the National Library – 5.65, in special libraries – 37.9 percent respectively. Document lending in education and science institution libraries made up 52.3 percent of the total loan; among them, in higher school libraries – 43, in vocational school libraries – 56.4, in general education school libraries – 64.7 percent respectively. Document borrowing on site made up 44.6 percent of the total loan. Accounting of document borrowing on site is complicated when the users freely choose printings from the shelves in an open stock. It can be performed by counting of documents returned to the shelves, monitoring, or filling questionnaires. The total annual number is evaluated on a basis of selective counting, by choosing one or more routine weeks and multiplying the result by the number of the weeks. The method of accounting of document borrowing on site libraries establish themselves, depending on human resources available. In 2012, document borrowing on site decreased by 765.3 thousand physical units. Reading indicator is an average document loan for one user per year. The indicator is represented by the ratio of the number of users and the document loan. The general reading indicator was 25.7 (26.4 in 2011) documents lent for one user. In culture institution libraries the reading indicator overpassed the average general reading indicator and amounted to 30.2 (30.6 in 2011), among them in the National Library of Lithuania – 92.6 (96.9 in 2011), in county public libraries – 30 (30.7 in 2011), in municipal public libraries – 28.8 (28.1 in rural branches). The general reading indicator in education and science institution libraries was 21.3 – by 4.4 less than the average in the country. In different library groups document loan for one user varied from 10.7 till 30.7, among them, in higher school libraries it was 28.3 (in universities – 30.7, in colleges – 20.6), in vocational school libraries – 13.4, in general education school libraries – 17.8 (among them, in gymnasiums – 19.5, in secondary schools – 17, in lower secondary schools – 17.3, in progymnasiums – 14.7). The average loan per user in non formal children education institution libraries was 10.7 documents. The average loan per user in science institution libraries was 29.5, among them in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences – 28.1 documents. In special libraries the general reading indicator was 16.9 documents per user, among them in technical libraries – 21.5 (33 in Lithuanian Technical Library), in medical libraries – 11.9 (15 in Lithuanian Medical Library), in agriculture libraries –13.8 (2.3 in Lithuanian Agriculture Library). Interlibrary lending is a form of document lending when libraries are accommodated with a loan of documents in short supply for a defined time period by other – national or foreign – libraries. Interlibrary lending is a paid service. In recent years interlibrary lending is decreasing, partly because it is a service rather expensive for users. It is also being replaced by electronic document delivering. In 2012, within the country, libraries received 10.8 thousand requests (14.1 thousand in 2011) and sent 10.8 thousand physical units of documents (13.9 thousand in 2011) 99.2 percent of requests received were satisfied. 244 requests were received from abroad (231 in 2011), 189 physical units of documents (184 in 2011) were sent respectively – 77.5 percent of requests were satisfied. Lithuanian libraries sent 2,781 requests to their foreign partners (3,407 in 2011) and received 2,436 documents (3,019 in 2011) – 87.6 percent of requests were satisfied. Interlibrary loan is mostly performed by the main libraries, also by some higher school libraries and public libraries. Culture institution libraries received 4.4 thousand or 40.4 percent of the whole number of requests (98.8 percent were satisfied), among them the National Library of Lithuania received 2.6 thousand, or 24.1 percent (100 percent satisfied), county public libraries – 1.7 thousand or 15.9 percent (95.2 percent satisfied) respectively. Education and science institution libraries received 562 or 5.2 percent of the whole number of requests, among them the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences received 105 or 0.96 percent, higher school libraries – 385 or 3.5 percent respectively. The most number of requests was received by special libraries – 5,906 or 54.4 percent of the whole number of requests (97.5 percent were satisfied), among them Lithuanian Technical Library received 5,687 thousand or 52.4 percent (96.3 percent satisfied). Municipal public libraries sent 1.8 thousand requests to other libraries, or 30.8 percent of the whole number of requests, special libraries – 2 thousand or 33.4 percent, education and science institution libraries – 1.5 thousand or 24.6 percent respectively. The biggest number of requests to foreign partners was sent by education and science institution libraries – 1,672 or 60.1 percent (88.9 percent satisfied), among them the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences – 673 or 24.2 percent, higher school libraries – 991 or 35.6 percent of the whole number of requests respectively. The National Library of Lithuania sent 308 requests to the foreign libraries or 11.1 percent of the whole number (77.6 percent satisfied), Lithuanian Library for the Blind – 285 or 10.2 percent (75.4 percent satisfied), special libraries – 801 or 28.8 percent (88.6 percent satisfied) respectively.

Interlibrary lending in 2012 National interlibrary lending International interlibrary lending

Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of requests documents requests sent documents requests documents requests sent documents received sent to the other received received sent to the other received from the libraries from the libraries other other libraries libraries

NLL 2,617 2,627 28 27 90 66 285 215

LLB 0 0 192 368 0 0 0 0

CPL 1,730 1,647 433 408 0 0 23 24

MPL 42 61 1,857 1,819 0 0 0 0 WLLAS 105 105 167 165 9 2 673 638

LTL 5,687 5,479 208 197 1 1 26 20

LML 195 195 543 543 1 1 410 410

HSL 385 498 1,050 1,120 143 119 991 845

VSL 8 8 59 59 0 0 8 4

GESL 58 60 151 553 0 0 0 0

Other 30 89 1,342 1,378 0 0 365 280

Total 10,857 10,769 6,030 6,637 244 189 2,781 2,436

Workplaces and library computerisation. At the end of the last year there were 57,816 workplaces for library users, among them in culture institution libraries – 17,612 (30.5 percent), in education and science institution libraries – 39,625 (68.5 percent), in special libraries – 579 (1 percent). During the year, the number of workplaces increased by 9,229. The number of public access workstations among the workplaces was 14,874, or by 828 more. 14,441 public access workstations (or 97.3 percent of the whole number) had an internet access. The culture institution libraries had 6,187 public access workstations, what made up 35.1 percent of the whole number of the workplaces. 6,072 (or 98.1 percent) public access workstations had an internet access. Among them, municipal public libraries had 16,233 workplaces including 5,772 (or 35.6 percent) public access workstations. 5,678 (or 98.4 percent) of the latter had an internet access. County public libraries had 958 workplaces including 318 (or 33.2 percent) public access workstations; 307 (or 96.5 percent) of the latter had an internet access. Education and science institution libraries had 8,528 public access workstations (or 21.5 percent of the total number of workplaces). 8,239 (or 96.6 percent) of the latter had an internet access. Higher school libraries had 7,597 workplaces including 2,028 (or 26.7 percent) public access workstations; 99.8 percent of the latter had an internet access. General education school libraries had 20,564 workplaces including 5,921 (or 28.7 percent) public access workstations; 95.3 percent of the latter had an internet access. Special libraries had 132 public access workstations (22.8 percent of the whole number of workplaces); 98.5 percent of computerised workplaces had an internet access. Among them, in technical libraries the number of public access workstations made 34.6 percent of the whole number of workplaces (97.8 percent of public access workstations had an internet access); in medical libraries – 12.5 percent (100 percent), in agricultural libraries – 14.3 percent (100 percent) respectively. Library employees had 6,483 computers (6,426 with an internet access), or by 94 computers more than in 2011. 6,777 librarians and qualified specialists (among them 6,130 professional librarians and 545 qualified specialists) got 0.95 computer’s per workplace. 95.7 percent of librarians and qualified specialists workplaces were computerised. In culture institution libraries 99 percent of employees had computerised workplaces (98.7 percent in 2011). Among them, in the National Library, in county public libraries, in Lithuanian Library for the Blind computerised workplaces with an internet access made up 100 percent; in municipal public libraries computerised workplaces made up 97.8 percent, and workplaces with an internet access – 97.3 percent (97.3 and 95.8 percent in 2011 respectively). Among them, in rural branches – 95.1 percent and 94.3 percent (93.1 and 90.1 percent in 2011 respectively). In education institution libraries, workplaces of 2,581 (or 94.7 percent) professional librarians and qualified specialists were computerised. Professional librarians and qualified specialists in science institution libraries, including the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, were 100 percent equipped with computerised workplaces, also were the higher school (university, college) libraries’ professional librarians and qualified specialists. In vocational school libraries 93.1 percent of professional librarians’ workplaces were computerised, 92.2 percent had an internet access. In general education school libraries 91.7 percent of professional librarians workplaces were computerised, 90.1 percent had an internet access (in 2011, 87.5 and 85.2 percent respectively); among them in progymnasiums – 97.3, in gymnasiums – 96.1, in secondary schools – 88.9, in lower secondary schools – 90.1, in primary schools – 79.3 percent had an internet access respectively. In nonformal children education institution libraries 68.5 percent of employees’ workplaces were computerised (56.4 percent in 2011).

Computerisation of libraries in 2008–2012

3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 MPL 1,021 1,149 1,195 1,254 1,257 GESL 1,030 1,042 1,013 1,027 997 Oter 224 225 220 221 218 Total 2,275 2,416 2,428 2,502 2,472

At the end of the year 2012, 2,472 libraries (or 93.9 percent) had computers. 2,432 or 92.4 percent of the latter had an internet access. 1,277 culture institution libraries (or 96.7 percent) had computers (95.7 percent of them had an internet access). Among them were 1,257 municipal public libraries or 97.1 percent (96.1 percent had an internet access), including rural branches – 1,050 or 97.1 percent (96 percent had an internet access). In average, there were 6.6 computer per municipal library, among them 40.6 computer per public (central) library, 7 computer per town branch, 8.3 computer per children branch, 4.6 computer per rural branch. 91.2 percent of education and science institution libraries had computers (89.1 percent of them had an internet access). Among them,higher school (university, college), vocational school – 100 percent, general education school libraries – 92.4 percent had computers and 90.2 percent had an internet access (progymnasiums – 98.4, gymnasiums – 99.6, secondary schools – 97.3, lower secondary schools – 90.7, primary schools – 71.3 percent had an internet access respectively). 62.5 percent of nonformal children education institution libraries and 62.0 percent of children care institution libraries were computerised. Library events . In 2012 Lithuanian libraries organised 69.6 thousand events of various thematic. Among them, 40 thousand exhibitions made up 57.6 percent of all library events. The most number of events came to culture institution libraries – 43.9 thousand (or 63 percent of the total number of events). Municipal public libraries organised 41.5 thousand events (or 59.7 percent of the total number of events), among them rural branches – 27.8 thousand (or 67 percent); county public libraries – 1.2 thousand (or 1.8 percent). Education and science institution libraries organised 25.2 thousand events (or 36.2 percent of the total number of events). Among them, higher school libraries – 2 thousand (or 2.9 percent), vocational school libraries – 1.5 thousand (or 2.1 percent), general education school libraries – 21.3 thousand (or 30.6 percent). Special libraries organized 492 events (or 0.7 percent of the total number of events). Exhibitions formed a large part of all events. They made up 52.9 percent of the total number of events in culture institution libraries (53.8 percent in municipal public libraries and 44.2 percent in county public libraries). Exhibitions organised by education and science institution libraries made up 65.4 percent of the total number of events, exhibitions organized by higher school libraries – 53, vocational school libraries – 72.1, in general education school libraries – 66.1 percent respectively. On an average, 26.4 events per library took place during the year; among them, in culture institution libraries – 33.2 events (in municipal public libraries – 32, in county public libraries – 257 respectively); in education and science institution libraries – 19.7 events (in higher school libraries – 49, in vocational school libraries – 21, in general education school libraries – 19.7); in nonformal children education school libraries – 3.2 events per library respectively. Users training . Users training can take a form of individual (information search, computer literacy improving) or group (library tour etc.) training forms. The training aims at introducing users to the library collections, services and technical facilities, regulations of usage of information services. Duration of training services is counted in hours. In 2012, the number of hours allocated for users training was over 149 thousand (approximately 18.6 thousand working days). Culture institution libraries allocated for users training 96.8 thousand hours, or 65 percent of the total time allocated; among them, municipal public libraries – 89.2 thousand (59.8 percent), county public libraries – 7.5 thousand (5.1 percent) respectively. Education and science institution libraries allocated for users training over 51 thousand hours, or 34.4 percent of the total time allocated; among them, higher school libraries – 5.4 thousand (3.6 percent), vocational school libraries – 75 (0.005 percent), general education school libraries – 44.5 thousand (29.8 percent) respectively. The number of training hours, in comparison with 2011, decreased by more than 39.6 thousand hours; among them, in culture institution libraries – by 45.9 thousand (in municipal public libraries – by 45.7 thousand). The number of training hours increased in general education school libraries by 7.6 thousand hours. Information requests . In 2012 the users submitted 2 million 427.7 thousand requests, or by 128.9 thousand less than in 2011. 2 million 305 thousand, or 94.9 percent of requests were accomplished. Information requests submitted by electronic means made up 4.6 percent of the total request number. Culture institution libraries received the most part – 1,270 thousand requests, and accomplished 96.5 percent of them; among them, municipal public libraries received over 975 thousand and accomplished 96.5 percent, county public libraries received 256 thousand and accomplished 99.7 percent of the requests respectively. The National Library received and accomplished all 33,523 requests. Education and science institution libraries received over 1 million 119 thousand requests, or 46.1 percent of the total number of requests. Among them, higher school libraries received 363.7 thousand and accomplished 98.5 percent, vocational school libraries – 35.1 thousand and 90.4 percent, general education school libraries – 706 thousand and 90.5 percent respectively. Special libraries received 37.6 thousand requests, or 1.6 percent of the total request number. Among them, technical libraries received 17.4 thousand (Lithuanian Technical Library – 7 thousand) and accomplished 90 percent, medical libraries 19.3 thousand (Lithuanian Medical Library – 14.7 thousand) and accomplished 96.7 percent of the requests respectively. Library staff . Library employee is considered a person who works at the library for remuneration. Library staff consists of the following groups of employees: professional librarians, qualified specialists and technical workers. Professional librarians must have diploma in librarianship or information sciences; performing of their work requires special education. This education can be achieved through formal means – i.e. at the higher school, or by getting basics of profession during a long period of work in a library under supervision of the specialist. Accountants, human resources managers, automation and IT specialists etc. are classed to qualified specialists. The technical workers make the third group premises cleaners, watchmen, sweepers, firemen, drivers etc. At the end of the year, the number of library staff was 6,837.09, the number of employees – 7,368, among them 6,130 professional librarians (the number of staff 5,590.26), 551 qualified specialists (the number of staff 522.73) and 686 technical workers (the number of staff 724.98). Full time workers (5,512) made up 74.8 percent of all employees. 4,243 employees (or 57.6 percent) had higher education, 2,199 employees (or 29.85 percent) had high education. Employees with other (secondary, unfinished higher) education (925) made up 12.6 percent of the total number of employees. Culture institution libraries had 4,372 employees (the number of staff 4,207.26), or 59.3 percent of the whole number of employees, education and science institution libraries – 2,794 employees (the number of staff 2,435.66) or 37.9 percent, special libraries – 201 (the number of staff 195.05) or 2.7 percent respectively. At the end of the year, the number of employees was less by 64. Professional librarians. The number of professional librarians was 6,130, or less by 52 than in 2011. Full time workers (4,627) made up 75.52 percent of the total number of professional librarians, part time workers (1,503) – 24.5 percent respectively. 3,826 of them (or 62.4 percent) had higher education (1.947 (or 31.8 percent) had higher education in librarianship), 1,885 (or 30.8 percent) – high education (1,264 (or 20.6 percent) – high education in librarianship), 419 (or 6.8 percent) had other education.

Education of professional librarians 6,8% 10,1% higher education in librarianship 31,8% hig education in librarianship other higher education other high education 30,7% 20,6% other (secondary, unfinished higher) education

3,366 professional librarians (or 54.9 percent) worked at culture institution libraries. 1,752 professionals with higher education made up 52.1 percent (among them, 944 with higher education in librarianship made up 29.5 percent), 1,323 with high education made 39.3 percent (among them, 966 with high education in librarianship made up 28.7 percent), 291 professional librarians with other (secondary, unfinished higher) education made up 8.6 percent of professional librarians respectively. Full time workers (2,660) made up 79 percent of the total number of employees. In the National Library professionals in librarianship made up 48.1 percent of professional librarians, in Lithuanian Library for the Blind – 35.4 percent, in county public libraries – 68.5 percent, in municipal public libraries – 58.5 percent (among them, 40.6 percent in rural branches) respectively. 2,606 professional librarians (42.5 percent of the total number of professional librarians) worked at education and science institution libraries. Among them, 1,944 (74.6 percent) had higher education (851 or 32.7 percent had higher education in librarianship), 539 (20.7 percent) had high education (286 or 11 percent had high education in librarianship), 123 (4.7 percent) had other (secondary, unfinished higher) education). Full time workers (1,830) made up 70.2 percent of professional librarians. 729 professional librarians worked at higher school libraries. Among them, 622 (85.3 percent) had higher education (393 or 53.9 percent had higher education in librarianship), 84 (11.5 percent) had high education (55 or 7.5 percent had high education in librarianship), 23 (3.2 percent) had other education. In vocational school libraries 77 professional librarians (66.4 percent) had higher education (40 or 34.5 percent had higher education in librarianship), 36 (31 percent) had high education (19 or 16.4 percent had high education in librarianship), 3 (2.6 percent) had other education. In general education school libraries 1,123 professional librarians (70.8 percent) had higher education (353 or 22.2 percent had higher education in librarianship), 382 (24 percent) had high education (189 or 11.9 percent had high education in librarianship), 82 (5.2 percent) had other education. Full time workers at general education school libraries (955) made up 60.2 percent of professional librarians. 158 professional librarians worked at special libraries. 130 of them (82.3 percent) had higher education (102 or 64.6 percent had higher education in librarianship), 23 (14.5 percent) had high education (12 or 7.6 percent had high education in librarianship), 5 (3,2 percent) had other education. Among them, 97 professional librarians worked at technical libraries (82 in Lithuanian Technical Library; 51 at medical libraries, 34 among them in Lithuanian Medical Library; 8 at agricultural libraries, 3 among them in Lithuanian Agricultural Library. 75 (or 77.3 percent) professional librarians had education in librarianship in technical libraries, 31 (or 60.9 percent) – in medical libraries, 6 (or 75 percent) – in agriculture libraries. During the reported period, 30 specialists who received education in librarianship and information sciences were hired by the libraries: 8 librarianship specialists started their professional career at culture institution libraries (4 in municipal public libraries, 1 in county public library, 3 in the National Library), 19 at education and science institution libraries (1 in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, 6 in university libraries, 3 in college libraries, 3 in vocational school libraries, 6 in general education school libraries). 2,513 professional librarians (or 41 percent of the total number) participated in training. This number decreased by 666 in comparison with 2011, mostly because of liquidation of the Lithuanian Training Centre for Cultural Workers. The training was taken mostly by specialists of culture institution libraries – 1.760 employees (or 52.3 percent) participated in it (56.2 percent in municipal public libraries, 70 percent in county public libraries, 13.2 percent in the National Library of Lithuania, 16.7 percent in the Lithuanian Library for the Blind). In education and science institution libraries 708 librarianship specialists (or 27.2 percent) participated in training. Among them, 53.1 percent in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, 40.3 percent in higher school libraries, 17.2 percent in vocational school libraries, 21 percent in general education school libraries (17.1 percent in progymnasiums, 23.8 percent in gymnasiums, 21.9 percent in secondary schools, 22.4 percent in lower secondary schools, 2.7 percent in primary schools). In special libraries 45 specialists (or 28.5 percent) were trained, among them 40.2 percent in Lithuanian Technical Library, 11.7 percent in Lithuanian Medical Library, 33.3 percent in Lithuanian Agriculture Library. Funds and expenses. Statistical reflection of all libraries funds and expenses is not easy. Many education and public institution or special libraries do not submit data on their funds and expenses. There are various reasons: education institution libraries are just structural units of education institutions and do not carry on separate accounting for the libraries. Some special libraries give reasons for commercial secrets of companies, some employees of public institutions, nonstate school libraries assume obligations not to publicise financial information etc. Some expenses, e.g. acquisition expenditures, in case of proper general accounting of documentary stock, libraries can have themselves; however accounting is not always carried on properly. Therefore, funds and expenses of the National Library, county and municipal public libraries, state higher school (university and college) libraries are analysed and discussed, as in previous years. Funds. In 2012 the income of the libraries received from various sources was 197 million 572.1 thousand LTL, or by 3.9 million LTL less than in 2011. The state budget funding – 165 million LTL – made up 83.5 percent of the library funds, the income for paid services – 2.2 million LTL – 1.1 percent, the support of physical and legal persons – 5 million LTL – 2.5 percent, the funds of projects and programs – 22.3 million LTL – 12.8 percent respectively. In comparison with 2011, the state budget funding increased by 2 million 857.9 thousand LTL; however, the state budget funding decreased for the National Library of Lithuania (1 million 245.8 thousand LTL), county public libraries (2 million 2.4 thousand LTL), Lithuanian Technical Library (139.3 thousand LTL). On the contrary, it increased for the Lithuanian Library for the Blind (+55.1 thousand LTL), municipal public libraries (+4 million 321.7 thousand LTL), the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (+70.8 thousand LTL), university libraries (+1 million 457.6 thousand LTL), college libraries (+209.8 thousand LTL), Lithuanian Medical Library (+108 thousand LTL), Lithuanian Agriculture Library (+22.4 thousand LTL). 868 thousand LTL were allocated to the libraries by physical and legal persons, though less income for paid services was received (83 thousand LTL). The funding from programs decreased by 7.6 million LTL.

Funding from various sources in 2011–2012 (thousand LTL)

250,000.0 2011 2012

200,000.0

150,000.0

100,000.0 197,572.1 201,502.8 32,868.7 25,296.0 165,047.3 5,012.7

50,000.0 162,189.4 4,144.7 2,300.0 2,217.0

0.0 State buget Paid services Support of Funds of Total funding physical and projects and legal persons programs

The main library funding source is the (state, municipal) budget. The budget funding made up 72.3 percent of the total funding for the National Library of Lithuania, 93.9 percent for the Lithuanian Library for the Blind, 96.7 percent for county public libraries, 82.8 percent for municipal public libraries, 81 percent for the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, 87.2 percent for university libraries, 98.7 percent for Lithuanian Technical Library, 99.4 percent for Lithuanian Medical Library respectively. The biggest income for paid services had the National Library of Lithuania (1.6 percent), university libraries (2.1 percent), county public libraries (1.6 percent), municipal public libraries (0.5 percent). Support of physical and legal persons made up 3.2 percent of total funds of municipal public libraries, 16.1 percent of total funds of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, 1.8 percent of total funds of university libraries, 0.7 percent of total funds of county public libraries respectively. Various programs and projects gave 13.5 million LTL (13.5 percent of total funds) for municipal public libraries, 7.8 million LTL (26 percent) for the National Library of Lithuania, 2.7 million LTL (8.8 percent) for university libraries, 899.3 thousand LTL (19.5 percent) for college libraries respectively. Lithuanian Technical Library, Lithuanian Medical Library and Lithuanian Agriculture Library did not get funding from programs and projects. Expenses. The total library expenses amounted to 1934.9 million LTL. In comparison with 2011, it decreased by 450.6 thousand LTL. The staff costs made up 94.5 million LTL (48.7 percent of total expenses), document acquisition expenditures amounted to 20.5 million LTL and made up 10.6 percent of total expenses, including book acquisition – 14.1 million LTL or 7.2 percent. 24.8 million LTL, or 12.7 percent of total expenses, was used for renovation of library buildings. Purchasing and maintenance of software required 6.1 million LTL – 3.2 percent of total expenses. Other expenses made up 48 million LTL, or 24.8 percent of total expenses.

Usage of funds in 2011–2012 (thousand LTL)

100,000.0 90,000.0 2011 80,000.0 2012 94,455.9 70,000.0 60,000.0 48,040.1 50,000.0 40,000.0

30,000.0 24,784.0 94,422.6

20,000.0 6,111.3

14,087.9 52,069.8 3,939.1 96.2

10,000.0 2,407.8 0.0 n s n tio tio ition a s v cost cription o ff s n a b e xpenses acqui u r e St Automation g k n o ther Bo O cument asguisi o buildi ts, Periodical s lo p d Other document asguisition n a Electronic d L

In comparison with 2011, staff costs increased just by 33.3 thousand LTL, document acquisition expenditures – by 4.2 million LTL (increase for book acquisition – 3.3 million LTL, for electronic document acquisition – 1.2 million LTL, for other document acquisition – 24.2 thousand LTL; however, periodical subscription expenses decreased by 304.4 thousand LTL). Building renovation expenses increased by 7.4 million LTL, whereas library computerization expenses decreased by 8.1 million LLT, and other expenses decreased by 4 million LTL. Staff costs decreased in the National Library of Lithuania (610 thousand LTL), in municipal public libraries (573.8 thousand LTL), and in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (125 thousand LTL). Staff costs increased in county public libraries (+349.1 thousand LTL), in university libraries (+368.8 thousand LTL), in college libraries (+283.3 thousand LTL), in Lithuanian Medical Library (+36 thousand LTL), and in the Lithuanian Library for the Blind (+10 thousand LTL). Using funds form various sources (budget, support given, internal resources etc.) libraries acquired documents for 20.5 million LTL – acquisition expenditures increased by 4.3 million LTL in comparison with 2011. However, funds for acquisition decreased in Lithuanian Technical Library – from 289 thousand LTL (in 2011) to 132.6 thousand LTL (in 2012), in Lithuanian Medical Library – from 34.8 thousand LTL (in 2011) to 32 thousand LTL (in 2012). In comparison with the previous year, the National Library of Lithuania spent more funds for document acquisition (+75.4 thousand LTL) as well as county public libraries (+219.4 thousand LTL), municipal public libraries (+2.1 million LTL), the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (+865.6 thousand LTL); however, the acquisition expenditures were significantly less than those in 2008. Acquisition expenditures make up just 10.5 percent of the whole expenses, whereas in the National Library of Lithuania they make up only 0.9 percent, in Lithuanian Medical Library – 2.2 percent respectively etc. In university libraries acquisition expenditures made up 24.9 percent of the total expenses, in college libraries – 46.6 percent, in the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences – 176.6 percent, in Lithuanian Agriculture Library – 11.6 percent respectively (see Panorama of expenses in 2012 ). Many libraries could afford just small expenses for periodical subscription and electronic document acquisition.

Panorama of expenses in 2012 (percent) Expenses (percent) NLL LLB CPL MPL WLLAS UL CL LTL LML LAL Total

Staff costs 33.6 32.8 52.5 49.9 53.2 53.1 49.5 65.8 65.5 44.4 48.7

Acquisition expenditures 0.9 3.8 3.7 8.9 17.6 24.9 46.6 3.9 2.2 11.6 10.6

Books 0.1 0.3 3.1 6.9 15.4 13.7 36.9 0.2 0.7 8.2 7.2

Periodicals 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.9 1.8 4.6 6.9 3.6 0.5 2.6 2.0

Electronic documents 0.5 2.4 0.04 0.1 0.4 6.7 2.8 0.1 0.6 0.8 1.2

0.0 Other documents 0.0 0.6 0.1 4 0.0 0.03 0.0 0.02 0.4 0.0 0.05

Building renovation 30.4 0.0 17.2 12.7 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.8

Automation 5.9 13.4 0.01 2.8 0.2 3.7 0.7 0.1 0.6 13.2 3.1

Other expenses 29.2 13.8 26.6 25.8 27.9 18.3 3.1 30.1 31.7 30.7 24.8

24.8 million LTL, or by 7.4 million LTL more than in 2011, was used for renovation of library buildings. The National Library spent 8.9 million LTL for reconstruction of its main building; municipal public libraries used for this purpose 12.6 million LTL, county public libraries – 3.2 million LTL respectively. 6.1 million LTL, or by 8.1 million less than in 2011, were used for computerisation of libraries, purchasing and maintenance of software. The National Library spent for this purpose 1.7 million LTL, the Lithuanian Library for the Blind – 472.6 thousand LTL, municipal public libraries – 2.8 million LTL, university libraries – 1.1 million LTL. Other expenses (maintenance of premises and transport, communal services and telecommunications, purchasing of goods and services) made up 24.8 percent of the total expenses (in the National Library – 29.2, in county public libraries – 26.6, in municipal public libraries – 25.8, in university libraries – 18.3, in Lithuanian Technical Library – 30.1, in Lithuanian Medical Library – 31.7 percent respectively). Electronics documents and electronic services. Electronic services play an important part along with traditional library activities. However, accounting of electronic services is still problematic in general education school libraries as well as in technical, health care institution and other libraries. Special free or purchased electronic service recording software is not installed, libraries also lack service measuring and accounting skills for obtaining necessary statistical data. The librarians alone are not able to account electronic services, common efforts of library workers, web administrators and database managers are necessary for submitting of electronic services statistical data. The data must be collected from various accounting programs. In 2012 electronic services statistical data was not submitted by some higher school libraries, they were not accounted by general education school libraries in 18 municipalities. Though LIBIS software (statistical module) is installed in all municipal public libraries, among municipal public libraries 8 libraries did not submit data about virtual visits, 1 – about internet sessions, 32 – about downloaded documents, 17 – about downloaded records. The number of internet sessions increased in 2012 by 3.7 million, the number of virtual visits – by 920.3 thousand. Library users downloaded 9.3 million electronic full text documents (or their parts), or by 4.2 million more than in 2011; they downloaded 1.4 million descriptive records from online catalogue or data bases, or by 558.6 thousand more than in 2011. 793 databases were on computer network, 1,193 databases were on other servers. Users had access to 926 thousand titles of periodicals and to more than 1,016 thousand titles of other digital documents on computer networks or installed on public access workstations.

Electronics services and electronic documents in 2012

Usage of electronic service Number of Data bases Other digital titles of documents on On computer Number of periodicals On other computer Number of Number of network or internet Number of accessible (on servers networks or documents records installed on sessions virtual visits site and installed on downloaded dowloaded public access online) public access workstations workstations

NLL 1,944,008 472,106 1,432,480 972,177 30,734 8 41 0

LLB 3,144 4,657 53,950 13,891 18 0 2 296

CPL 146,432 302,100 1,832,064 1,156,713 59,798 29 93 4,434

MPL 3,163,972 3,038,468 272,490 2,080,754 8 263 332 46

WLLAS 0 0 30,741 162,180 24,411 0 35 0

LTL 5,742 2,014 47,509 341,945 64,938 30 26 8

LML 196,741 21,001 297,722 176,740 26,754 1 26 0

LAL 11,972 1,561 1,642 24,523 16,701 1 16 1

UL 19,133,500 5,257,976 10,392,685 7,795,811 652,250 65 555 910,131

CL 135,019 62,034 125,373 34,189 115,181 129 116 100,188

VSL 74,561 6,527 2,560 4,650 59 22 1 95

GESL 916,954 96,204 31,250 221,879 14 214 10 614

Total 25,771,769 9,281,705 14,807,039 13,023,226 926,045 793 1,193 1,015,807

This review of library statistical indicators for 2012 is based on statistical reports presented by librarians. Thorough analysis of changes in increase or decrease of performance indicators, analysis of ongoing phenomena can by done by employees of the libraries or specialists of methodical centres. A sense of fulfilment is given by work done by libraries, their participation in activities of international organizations, also modernizing, investments into renovation or construction of library buildings, project work. Fast computerization of libraries, internet access development (including rural regions) provides new opportunities for users to get access to information, any document or part of it from any library in the country and abroad. Increasing librarians’ professionalism, entrepreneurship, their active cultural activity gives a life to a library, increases its prestige in society. However, in 2012 libraries also failed to avoid decrease of the main indicators – numbers of libraries, readers, visitors, document loan. An important matter of concern remains turnover of library staff. Low librarians’ salaries, lack of funding for book and periodical acquisition – that is the libraries’ trivial round. Library statistical indicators for 2012 are presented on LIBIS statistical module: www.lnb.lt /bibliotekininkui/Lietuvos bibliotekų statistiniai duomenys. The user name is GEST, the password is GEST.