Library of the Kaunas Technological University
The library of the Kaunas Technological University (lit. Kauno technologijos universiteto biblioteka ) is a university library in the second largest Lithuanian city of Kaunas . It belongs to the Technological University of Kaunas (KTU). The fund consists of 2 million copies. She is a member of the Lithuanian Association of Scientific Libraries (LMBA).
Names
- 1950: Kauno politechnikos instituto biblioteka
- 1974: Kauno Antano Sniečkaus politechnikos instituto biblioteka
- 1989: Kauno politechnikos instituto biblioteka
- 1990: Kauno technologijos universiteto biblioteka
history
The library was founded in Kaunas in 1950 after the reorganization of the State University of Kaunas (now VDU). The Kaunas State University was divided into the Kaunas Medical Institute and the Kaunas Polytechnic Institute (KPI). In 1978 the rare prints department was established. From 2001 to 2004 the second floor of the central library was reconstructed and a modern reading room was opened there.
literature
- Kauno technologijos universiteto biblioteka. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija , T. IX (Juocevičius-Khiva). - Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 2006. 626 psl.