Frequently Asked Questions

LIBIS Library Card can be obtained at Registration and Information (K. Donelaičio g. St. 8, I floor lobby), phone (8 37) 32 42 59 and other service areas. In order to get LIBIS Library Card it is obligatory to present a valid ID card (containing your full name, personal number and a photo); fill in and sign the Registration Form (agreeing that the person provided valid personal information, got familiar with the Library rules and accepts that the Library will manage the personal information); present a proof that the person lives and/or studies in Kaunas; LIBIS Library Card (if the person owns one from another library) or obtain it at KCPL. LIBIS Library Card is free of charge. New LIBIS Library Card instead of lost – 2 EUR

LIBIS Library Card is valid in the libraries which had joined LIBIS system. Click the link to see the list of these libraries: http://www.libis.lt/content/info/libraries.jsp.

If you have lost your LIBIS Library Card, please inform our staff as soon as possible either by phone (8 37) 32 42 59, by e-mail [email protected] or in person at Registration and Information Desk located at K. Donelaičio g. St. 8, I floor lobby (bring an ID). LIBIS Library Card is valid for unlimited time. Until 31st March you have to to refine personal data: in person at the Library, by phone (8 37) 32 42 59 or www.ibiblioteka.lt.

A primary password is your surname typed in Lithuanian letters (if the surname includes any). Later the password can be changed.

*It is not necessary to fill in all the fields on the form.

If you know the title of the publication, fill in the field Title. If the title is long, write only the beginning of it. If you know only a part of a title, after filling in the Title field choose search option (on the right) All words. Click Search.

If you know the author of the publication, fill in the field Author. Group. First write surname, then last name (only a surname is enough). You can use the author database by clicking the option with ellipsis punctuation mark. Click Search.

In the field Any word you can type in any word, phrase or part of it. You can replace part of a word by symbols ‘‘*’’ or ‘‘_’’ (‘‘*’’ replaces part of the word regardless of its length and ‘‘_’’ replaces one symbol in a word).

• If you are searching for publications in Russian, both Russian and Lithuanian symbols can be used. In the Advanced search option you can search for publications using more specific information (to get short explanations of search options click on the option title). If you are searching for publications on a particular topic, fill in the field Subject; type keywords you want to appear in the search results or click the option with ellipsis punctuation mark to get the subject data basis. Click Search.
• If you are searching for information on a prominent person, fill in the field About person. Click Search.
• If you know the Index of Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) for the topic that you are searching, type it in the field UDC Index. Click Search.
• Fill in the field Date of publication to search for publications published in a specific time period (typing the same year in both fields will search for publications which were published in one year period). In the table Data of copy mark the fund from which the publication should be ordered. Fill in Library Card number and Password. Click Order.

You can renew your books (exceptions are very popular publications) in person at the Library or by contacting the department which had lent the publication. The contacts are:
• Publications Loan and Return – (8 37) 32 44 43, (8 37) 32 43 57;
• Fiction Literature Reading room – (8 37) 32 44 42;
• German Publications and Swiss Publications Libraries – (8 37) 32 42 29, [email protected];
• Art Publications Reading room – (8 37) 32 42 43, [email protected];
• Music publications Reading room – (8 37) 32 43 27, [email protected];
• Children‘s Literature Reading room – (8 37) 32 42 25, [email protected];
• Periodical reading room – (8 37) 32 43 21, [email protected].

You can also renew items online before their due date. In the Electronic Catalogue click on My area and login with your LIBIS Library card number and Password (be sure the information is correct). After clicking Login you will see the list of borrowed items. Then click Renew on the chosen item and enter a new due date and click the option Renew. Please note that the items which had reached the deadline cannot be renewed.

Publications can be reserved in ibiblioteka.lt.

It depends on a lending department. Books are loaned for 30 days at these locations: Fiction, Central Depository and Art Reading Room (very popular publications - for 15 days), Music Department, Natural Sciences and Humanities, German and Swiss Libraries. Books are loaned for 15 days at these locations: Periodicals Department and Children’s Literature Department.

All registered readers can borrow materials from Library. For more information about the borrowing, please read Library Regulations.

If a reader loses or damages a book, he/she must replace the item by a new copy or another item which is approved by the Library. Purchase an exact replacement book and bring it to the department from which it was borrowed. If it is not possible to return the replacement copy, please contact a supervisor of the department for more information about other replacement options.

If KCPL user (from age 16) does not return or renew the items before or on the final due date she/he has to pay a fine for each day the book is overdue, starting the following day after the due date. Fine rate is 0,03 EUR per item per day. The days when the Library is closed are excluded.

If KCPL user is under age 16, he/she will not have to pay any fines. However, he/she will not be able to borrow any Library material (temporarily). The length of suspension depends on the period of time after the final deadline of overdue unless it is longer than 6 months.

For more information please read Library Regulations.

If a consumer does not find the necessary publications at KCPL he can order them or their copies from other Lithuanian or foreign libraries. You can submit an order to the library staff member at K. Donelaičio g. St. 8, 104 room or by e-mail [email protected]. This service is free.

For more information please read Library Regulations.

You cab return a publication not during the working hours by using a 24-hour self-service device (K. Donelaičio St. 8 (by the library entrance), Radastų St. 2 (by the 24-hour book machine).