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The library of Kazimieras Simonavičius University is an academic library. It collects, manages, protects and provides to readers documents issued in Lithuania and abroad. The largest part of the Library’s collection consists of the literature of social sciences, law and business. The library has textbooks of management, mathematics, business economics, finance, banking, art, history, aviation, foreign language studies, monographs and periodicals. Library funds are continually complemented with new literature, increasing the number of copies of specialty literature.

The goal of the library is to develop it as an informational structural foundation of knowledge (education, science and innovation) that creates learning environments, learning in life and space and lifelong learning, using the latest digital technologies and customer service techniques.

 

Services:

  • Catalogue (ALEPH)
  • KSU Virtual library
  • KSU research publication database eLABa (dissertations and articles of the faculty)
  • The University subscribes four databases: Infolex, Emerald, EBSCO, and Taylor&Francis
  • Reading room (the reading room has 15 places. Readers can always use computers; the reading room has wireless Internet)
  • Librarian consultations: library catalogue, fund and virtual library usage; databases usage; publications, final thesis registration in eLABa process.
  • Paid services: document printing and copying services are provided in II floor (the student must purchase a copy/print card*)

*A copy/print card can be purchased in the departments of studies (II floor). Price of the card for 100 copies – EUR 3

Visitors memo in the library:

  • The library is open to all visitors.
  • Registration requires an ID document or a student certificate.
  • Publications of the library fund can be carried off the library only by the KSU community members and for a fixed period of time. The period is indicated at the time of issue of the books, and in self-service on the computer receipt.
  • The reader cannot take more than five publications simultaneously.
  • The term of publications can be extended (upon arrival at the library or asking by e-mail), if relevant publications are not subscribed by other readers.
  • Not all publications of the library can be taken away. The last copy in the reading hall is not allowed to take away. Readers can read these publications in the reading room.
  • If the reader does not return the publication (publications) on time, he cannot get new books.

Subscribed databases

* If you need login password or have any questions about the databases please apply by email: biblioteka@ksu.lt

Open access databases

Bepress Legal Repository  The bepress Legal Repository offers working papers and pre-prints from scholars and professionals at top law schools around the world.

BioMed Central (The Open Access Publisher) BMC has an evolving portfolio of some 300 peer-reviewed journals, sharing discoveries from research communities in science, technology, engineering and medicine.

Central and Eastern European Online Library (C.E.E.O.L.) CEEOL is a leading provider of academic e-journals and e-books in the Humanities and Social Sciences from and about Central and Eastern Europe.

DOAJ the Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse open access journals from around the world.

E-Books on Directory E-Books Directory is a daily growing list of links to freely accessible ebooks, documents and lecture notes found all over the internet.

Europeana Discover Europe’s digital cultural heritage. Search, save and share art, books, films and music from thousands of cultural institutions.

Eurostat The home of high-quality statistics and data on Europe.

Math-Net.Ru Informational system providing different scientific resources in Mathematics, Physics and Information technology and related fields of science.

OAPEN Promotes and supports the transition to open access for academic books by providing open infrastructure services to stakeholders in scholarly communication.

Open Access Government Open Access Government is a digital publication that provides an in-depth perspective on key public policy areas from all around the world, including health and social care, COVID-19, research and innovation, technology, government, environment and energy.

Open Texbooks Open textbooks are licensed by authors and publishers to be freely used and adapted.

Scientific Journals International Scientific Journals International (SJI) publishes peer-reviewed open-access journals for all major disciplines.

The World Bank Open Data Free and open access to global development data

Contacts

Dariaus ir Girėno str. 21, LT-02189, Vilnius

E-mail biblioteka@ksu.lt