Research Library Impact Award to VMU Library

Research Excellence Awards Lithuania 2022, by the international publisher Elsevier, evaluated the achievements of Lithuanian higher education institutions and individuals in the field of research. Vytautas Magnus University was awarded the Research Growth Award for the fastest annual growth rate of the institution’s scientific output in the last twenty years (2002 – 2022). Lina Bloveščiūnienė, Director of the Library, was nominated in the Research Library Impact category for the development of the Research Management System VMU CRIS.

The awards were presented on 18 October 2022 at the international event of Lithuanian Research Libraries Association (LMBA) and publisher Elsevier “Towards Future Research Impact in Lithuania”. The event was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of LMBA activities, the year of Lithuanian universities. Its aim was to assess the results, dissemination and impact of two decades of Lithuanian research and to anticipate future prospects. The report “A Research Landscape Assessment of Lithuania” prepared by Elsevier was presented to the participants and a discussion was held on the promotion of scientific research, open science, citizen involvement and future developments.

More about the event https://www.elsevier.com/en-xm/events/towards-future-research-impact-in-lithuania