Trial of ASME and the extended engineering collection

Founded in 1880 as The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization that enables collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill development across all engineering disciplines, while promoting the vital role of the engineer in society. The ASME Digital Collection provides the access to journals, conference proceedings, ebooks.

The collection now holds ASTM, AWS, and BEP content making it one of the biggest engineering collections available.

The ASTM (The American Society of Testing and Materials) provides research and application content on all aspects of engineering.

The AWS (American Welding Society) e-book collection would be an added benefit to the welding classroom and shop. This covers both research and applied content to help students reach their academic success.

The BEP (Business Expert Press) e-book collections provide detailed information on the operations of any business helping provide key content support that next generation of innovators.

The access for the University community is valid to 17 May, 2024.

Artificial intelligence tool Scopus AI

Welcome to the free trial of the new artificial intelligence tool Scopus AI until 14 April, 2024. This tool uses the scientific output referenced in the Scopus database. Scopus AI generates short summaries and overviews of topics of interest based on high-quality sources of information, and provides bibliographic links to the sources. Scopus AI generates a concept map based on queries, which visually represents the links between concepts, topics and keywords. Each query is followed by a list of experts on the topic concerned.

For more information on how to use the Scopus AI tool: https://elsevier.libguides.com/Scopus/ScopusAI.

Webinar recording on using Scopus AI.

LibOCS seminars on the possibilities of establishing a citizen science contact center at the University

The Erasmus+ project LibOCS invites you to gain unique insights into the BESPOC (Broad Engagement in Science, Point of Contact) model, which is helping to make a difference in the implementation of citizen science activities in Baltic universities.

April 11th, 2024 (15:30-17:00): BESPOC and Research Libraries
April 17th, 2024 (15:00 – 16:45): BESPOC and Practitioners

Two online webinars will unveil the experience at Baltic universities and a similar development in Belgium. This is an invitation for you to engage in the dialogue, pose questions, and connect with others passionate about participatory science.

More information

Registration :

April 11th, 2024 (15:30-17:00): BESPOC and Research Libraries: https://forms.gle/WaczBqn9RgTmvo9q7

April 17th, 2024 (15:00 – 16:45): BESPOC and Practitioners: https://forms.gle/3qqqwcAxYxJv5BEA8

We invite you to participate in the events of Lithuanian National Library Week!

LITHUANIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK

April 23 10.45 a. m.	Mind battle for pupils “In the European family” (Participants: pupils from VMU Ugnės Karvelis Gymnasium) Leonidas Donskis library, V. Putvinskio St. 23 ground floor Moments of the event:
April 24 5.30 p. m.	Presentation of Leonidas Donskis book “Blogis yra laikinas” (Participants: prof. Gintautas Mažeikis, dr. Dainius Genys, dr. Domas Boguševičius, moderator – writer Sandra Bernotaitė.) Leonidas Donskis library, V. Putvinskio St. 23 ground floor Moments of the event:
April 25 2 p. m.	Opening of paintings exhibition “Emotions in colours” by Lina Šarlauskienė Agriculture Academy library, Studentų St. 11-235, Akademija, Kaunas r. Moments of the event:
April 23-29	Orientation game “Europe in a library” How to play: find a globe or a map of the European Union in all VMU libraries, take a photo of them and the name of the library and send photos to info.biblioteka@vdu.lt . I, II, III place prizes will be given to those who visit the fastest and most of VMU libraries. All VMU libraries
April 23-29	Suggestion boxes. Feedback and suggestions from visitors about library services. All VMU libraries
April 23-29	“Book swap: take a book, leave a book!” All VMU libraries
April 23-29	“Bring a friend!” Library staff show library spaces for new visitors and tell them about library. All VMU libraries
April 23-29	Information resources about European Union in VMU virtual library. VMU Library Resource Collection for everyone interested and looking for information about the European Union.
April 23-29	Quiz “Lithuania in the European family” for those who want to test their knowledge about Lithuania in the European Union.

Please note that filming and/or photography may take place at the events, and you may be seen in the photos or videos of the events, which may be published in various media.

Exhibition “Long Journey Home” by photographer Juozas Kazlauskas

We invite you to participate in the opening of the exhibition “Long journey home” by photographer Juozas Kazlauskas in the library of the Agriculture Academy of Vytautas Magnus University (Studentų str. 11 – 235, Akademija, Kaunas district) on14th of March at 2:00 PM.

The exhibition “A Long Journey Home” by photographer Juozas Kazlauskas consists of photographs from expeditions to places of exile in Siberia in 1989. The aim of these expeditions was to transfer the remains of loved ones who had died in exile to their homeland. The photographs show the cemetery on Tit Ari Island (Yakutia), one of the largest surviving cemeteries of exiles in the Arctic. It is located on the banks of the Lena, about 500 metres from the river. “For Juozas Kazlauskas, photographing things that were silent during the Soviet era and therefore seemingly did not exist was not just a simple act of documentation, but an act of “digging up” or even creating a memory” – Agnė Narušytė.

MGG Online & RILM Music Encyclopedias Free Trial

MGG Online

Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG) is a general encyclopedia of music. MGG is encyclopedic in the true sense of that term: it offers in-depth articles on every aspect of music as well as many related areas such as literature, philosophy, and visual arts. MGG Online contains the second print edition of MGG, published from 1994 to 2008, as well as current, continuous online updates and additions.

RILM Music Encyclopedias

Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM) Music Encyclopedias provides comprehensive encyclopedic coverage of the most important fields and subject areas of historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and theory, with topics ranging from popular music and rock, opera, instruments, and blues and gospel to recorded music and women composers. Its content spans multiple countries and languages, currently English, German, French, Italian, Czech, Dutch, Greek, Portuguese, Slovak, and Spanish. In 2024, the collection includes 69 titles published from 1775 to the present and comprising over 350,000 entries.

The access for the University community is valid to 30 April, 2024.

Elsevier webinars

We invite scientists, science administrators, and librarians to register and participate in webinars organized by Elsevier.

The duration of the seminars is one hour. You will be able to view recordings of the seminars at a time convenient for you (after registering).

Webinars topics and dates:

6 March, 12:00
Reaxys Monthly – training and “drop-in” session

12 March, 11:00
All about journals indexation criteria and process in Scopus

19 March, 11:00
Discover ScienceDirect Topics

26 March, 11:00
How to navigate in Scopus titles

9 April, 11:00
How to find relevant literature in Scopus

10 April, 12:0
Reaxys Monthly – training and “drop-in” session

18 April, 11:00
Academic Rankings Landscape: Changes and Trends

Kanopy video subscription

The video streaming platform Kanopy is subscribed to for the University community. Kanopy has provided the unlimited access to a selection of documentaries, films and other educational streaming video content.

De Gruyter & Publisher Partner eBook Trial

From 2024 back to 1749: access more than 63,000 eBooks and 29 subject areas, including the latest titles in the humanities, sciences, and technology with the De Gruyter and Publisher Partner eBooks Trial. The access for the University community is valid to 30 April, 2024.

Exciting updates to JoVE Unlimited subscription this year

As an Unlimited subscriber, Vytautas Magnus University community will have access to all of JoVE’s product releases in 2024. JoVE video library includes 19,000+ science videos that have been proven to elevate test scores, boost student engagement, and increase the productivity of researchers.

Upcoming Releases in 2024

JoVE Education

2900 videos

Analytical Chemistry
Mechanical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Introduction to Psychology
Marketing
Microeconomics
Finance

JoVE Research

1200 videos on research methods in JoVE Journal
575 videos on Immunology & Neuroscience in JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments

Information about all databases subscribed to by the university