APPLICATION FORM
LIBRARY DATA
Library name: Kaunas County Public Library Address: Radastų st. 2, LT‐44164 Kaunas, Lithuania City: Kaunas Country: Lithuania Phone: +370 37 32 44 45 Webpage url: www.kvb.lt Contact 2.0: Facebook page, Blog’s url, etc. http://blogas.kvb.lt/; http://www.facebook.com/kvb.lt
Contact person: Valentina Grinevičienė Title: fund seeking, projects E‐mail Address: [email protected]
LIBRARY DESCRIPTION
Please, mark the characteristics of your library (mark all those appropriate):
Metropolitan library
Rural library
Library service with branch libraries
Mobile library
Children and Young Adults Library
Library with less than 1,000 inhabitants
Library between 1,000 and 5,000 inhabitants
Library between 5,000 and 10,000 inhabitants
Library between 10,000 and 20,000 inhabitants
Library between 20,000 and 30,000 inhabitants
Library between 30,000 and 100,000 inhabitants
Library between 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants
Library between 200,000 and 500,000 inhabitants
Library with more than 500,000 inhabitants
MORE INFORMATION
Please, tell us a bit more about your library, pictures are also welcome:
Short description: Kaunas County Public Library is the biggest public library in the middle of Lithuania. The library serves a community over 220.000 and offers something to everyone: classic works, CD and DVD, digital resources, free Internet access, and cultural events. We serve children, teens, adults, seniors, and those with special needs of all kinds.
Current library programs: cultural events, exhibitions, virtual meetings with famous people, providing reliable health information for older people, training courses for users and library staff, and reading promotion programs.
Please tell us about the kind of activities you would be interested in doing with your sister library: Staff training: all stages of learning cycle; library and volunteers; innovation in public library; strategy and activities of regional public library
Languages your staff speaks: English, Lithuanian, Russian, German
Languages users speak/read: Lithuanian, English, German
Preferred countries for cooperation: Scandinavian, Slovenian Public Libraries.
Please, tell us a bit about the features of the library that ideally you would like to cooperate with: Regional or county public library: activities focus on network of regional public libraries.
EUROPEAN UNION PROGRAMS
Please, indicate if you are searching partners in other countries for any European Union project:
YES NO
If yes, for which projects?: The Lifelong Learning Programme /Leonardo da Vinci
Please, indicate if you are participating in any European Union program:
YES NO