Conference is held on the 5th of November, 2013

09:00–09:30 Arrival and Welcome Coffee

 09:30–11:15 PLENARY SESSION

Chairs: dr. Juergen Warmbrunn (Germany), prof. dr. Renaldas Gudauskas (Lithuania)

09:30–09:45 Welcome Greetings

• Audronė Pitrėnienė (Chair of the Committee on Education, Science and Culture of Seimas to the Republic of Lithuania)
• Remigijus Motuzas (First Deputy Chancellor to the Government of the Republic of Lithuania)
• Dr. Romas Jarockis (Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture to the Republic of Lithuania)

09:45–10:15 Keynote speech 
Libraries in the dimension of leadership
Prof. dr. Renaldas Gudauskas (Director General of Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania)

10:15–10:45 Keynote speech
Social value of public libraries
Prof. dr. Svanhild Aabø (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway)

10:45–11:15 Keynote speech
Information and Communication Technologies in public libraries as the empowering tool for millions of European Union citizens: research results 
David Streatfield (Information Management Associate, Great Britain)

11:15–11:35  Coffee Break

11:35–12:50 1 SESSION “SOCIAL IMPACT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE BALTIC SEA REGION AND OTHER EUROPEAN UNION MEMBER STATES”

Chairs: David Streatfield (Great Britain), dr. Ineta Krauls (Lithuania)

11:35–11:50 Impact of publicly accessed computers on library users: Lithuania in the context of EU countries: research results
Dr. Ineta Krauls (Director of Library and Information Science Centre, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania)

11:50–12:05 Social outcomes of Latvian public libraries: research results
Kristine Paberza (Culture Information Systems Centre, Latvia)

12:05–12:20 Changing libraries facing changing community needs: Polish experience
Rafal Kramza (Director of Library Development Programme, President of Information Society Development Foundation, Poland)

12:20–12:50 Perceived outcomes of public libraries in Finland, Norway and the Netherlands 
Prof. dr. Pertti Vakkari (University of Tampere, Finland)

12:50–13:50 Lunch

13:50-15:10 2 SESSION “PUBLIC LIBRARIES FOR REGIONS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES: FUTURE SCENARIOS, MEANS AND SUCCESS STORIES“

Chairs: prof. dr. Pertti Vakkari (Finland), Jolita Steponaitienė (Lithuania)

13:50–14:05 Public libraries forming partnerships: projects as a mean to contribute to local community
Eugenijus Stratilatovas (Head of the Strategic Project Development Department, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania)

14:05–14:15 Partneship of AB LESTO and Lithuanian public libraries
Deimantė Bareikienė (Director of Customer Service Management Department, AB LESTO, Lithuania)

14:15–14:25 Collaboration of "Lions" Clubs Association of Lithuania and public libraries
Kristina Vančienė (Governor of Lithuania district of “Lions” clubs, Lithuania)

14:25–14:40 Lithuanian public libraries in the culture development policy of municipalities
Elvyda Skuodytė (Library and Information Science Centre, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania)

14:40-14:55 Future scenarios of public libraries: a tool for strategy creating and dialogue
Dr. Zinaida Manžuch (Vilnius University, LIBITOP Project, Lithuania)

14:55–15:10 Conclusions of the Conference