Call For Papers
For a Special Volume of the ‘Knygotyra’ (Eng. Book Science) International Scholarly Journal of Vilnius University
The volume is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Professor Vladas Žukas (1925–2014)
Editors: Prof. Habil. Dr Domas Kaunas and Assoc. Prof. Dr Tomas Petreikis
Deadline for submitting scholarly articles in Lithuanian and English:10 January 2025
The special volume 85 will be published in December 2025
Remarkable figures formed the basis for the growth of Book Science, Bibliography, Librarianship and related Information and Communication Sciences in the second half of the 20th c. in the Baltics, East, Central, and North Europe. Although conditions were different across the countries, national research schools were established, specialists required for the sector of libraries were trained, information resources became more abundant and advanced, scholarly journals that brought teams of researchers and united them were established. Vladas Žukas (1925–2014), Professor from Vilnius University, Doctor of Philosophy (HP), Managing Editor and Member of Editorial Boards of ‘Bibliotekininkystės ir bibliografijos klausimai’ (Eng. Issues of Librarianship and Bibliography) and ‘Knygotyra’ (Eng. Book Science) scholarly journals was among the most famous Lithuanian researchers and teachers at that time. The Professor has actively worked in the fields of book science, bibliography, and cultural research; before being removed from his privileged position, initiated and led the bibliophilic movement during the Soviet period, and was immensely interested in collecting the works of Lithuanian painters. These fields of interest have also shaped the personalities of other remarkable research originators. These research originators had a surprising ability to remain relevant and maintain academic backbone in defending the vitality of research and national culture, dissemination of interests and maturity under difficult conditions of ideological restrictions and separation from Western academic research which were the reality for research communities in the Baltics, East and Central Europe.
The example of research originators prompts us not only to turn back to research phenomena in the past, rethink the heritage of remarkable figures and their contribution to the development of the research idea but also puts contemporary researchers on the track towards continuing book science, bibliographic, and related information sciences research.
Themes in the special volume of the ‘Knygotyra’ journal
Book Science from the 20th c. to the early 21st c. Sources, development, achievements, and issues. Research schools. The history of books. The economics of books. Publishing research and statistics. The theory of book marks. The culture of books. The sociology of books. The art of books. Reading research. The heritage of the press. Documentary communication. Contemporary situation in research and studies in the Baltics, East, Central, and North Europe.
Bibliographic research, applied activities, and studies from the 20th c. to the early 21st c. Sources, development, and achievements. Change in paradigms. Preparation of information resources. Applied bibliographic research and activities. National bibliography. Research communication. Information technologies and systems of libraries. Information and media literacy. Contemporary situation in research, studies, and vocational training across Europe.
Research originators and making their heritage meaningful. Research originators (conception, traits, and relevance). Turns for (hobby) spiritual and cultural self-expression as a sign of personal maturity. Preservation of life, research process, and research heritage. Clusters of manuscript and print heritage. Memorial memory. Researcher’s personal library and its preservation. Bibliophily and its impact on book studies, bibliography, and librarianship. Contemporary needs for research in the history of information and communication sciences.
For more information, please contact the editors of the special volume:
Prof. Habil. Dr Domas Kaunas, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Knygotyra’ Journal, Vilnius University, email: domas.kaunas@kf.vu.lt
Assoc. Prof. Dr Tomas Petreikis, Member of the Editorial Board of the ‘Knygotyra’ Journal, Vilnius University, email: tomas.petreikis@kf.vu.lt, phone: +37067340401
Please submit your articles via the journal platform (OJS) of the Vilnius University Press:
https://www.journals.vu.lt/knygotyra/about/submissions
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General contact details of the journal’s editorial board:
Editor-in-Chief Prof. Dr Aušra Navickienė, email: ausra.navickiene@kf.vu.lt
Managing Secretary Assoc. Prof. Dr Kšištof Tolkačevski, email: ksistof.tolkacevski@kf.vu.lt