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The Wróblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences went through several periods of development. It was founded in 1912 by the famous Vilnius lawyer, public figure and bibliophile Tadeusz Stanisław Wróblewski (Tadas Stanislovas Vrublevskis, 1858–1925).

In January 1941, the library became the Central Library of the Academy of Sciences of Soviet Lithuania. The Central Library provided all possible assistance to institutions of the Academy of Sciences for scientific research, supplying them with scientific literature and bibliographical publications, propagating research literature from the Soviet Union and foreign countries, and carrying out research and methodological studies in book science, bibliography, etc. In 1941, the library’s stock totalled 380,000 documents. In 1945, it came to 500,000 documents. In 1960, it was 1,508,000 documents. And in 2009, it was 3,784,000 documents. In 1945, the library had 67 readers. By 1960, this number had grown to 2,300. And in 2009, it was 9,595.

After the restoration of Lithuania’s independence, significant changes took place in the functioning of the library. The Presidium of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences adopted new regulations for the Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. The most important was the dissolution of the classified holdings. Also, new departments were established (including the Department of Old Periodicals). The compilation of the electronic catalogue started in 1995. In September 2009, the Presidium of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences restored the former name of Wróblewski to the library. Today, the Wróblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences is a scientific library of state significance, a cultural, scientific and educational institution. Its founder is the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. All citizens of Lithuania and foreign countries are entitled to use the services of the library. On 1 January 2015, the stock of the library included 3,733,514 volumes. On 1 January 2015, the Wróblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences had 12,274 registered users. The Manuscript Department holds about 276,000 manuscripts, which are divided into 424 funds.

Since 2003, the Zbigniew Raszewski Institute has been documenting, promoting, and animating the Polish theatrical life. The Institute manages the largest collection of various documents related to the theatre in Poland. It runs the portal e-teatr.pl – which is entirely devoted to the Polish theatre as well as the Internet “Encyclopedia of the Polish theatre” (www.encyklopediateatru.pl). Vistors have also acces to a library, a media library and a specialised bookshop. 
The Theatre Institute’s archive holds the largest collection of documentation on the contemporary Polish theatre. The archive offers an access to a huge collection of news articles, reviews, photos, theatre programs, playbills, posters, documents referring to the activities of individual scenes, private archives of artists and archives of various institutions. The whole collection – including the portfolios of newspaper clippings, related to the individual artists’ works, various editions of theatre and film festivals, theatre schools and theatre magazines – is available in the Archive’s reading room. 

The branch library in Király Street (in the 4^th district of Budapest) preserved the CDs of the popular music collection at Rottenbiller Street. On the Facebook page of the library, one finds more than 800 pictures of CD covers. The catalog of the CDs is available online.

Spolek byl založen dne 12. 3. 1968. Byl nezávislým sdružením studentů a absolventů Filozofické fakulty UJEP. Organizace to byla na svoji dobu neobvyklá, neboť byla zcela nezávislá na centrálně řízených masových mládežnických a studentských organizacích. Vzhledem k této skutečnosti a také proto, že byl tento spolek oficiálně povolen ze strany Jihomoravského KNV, stal se od druhé půle roku 1968 platformou dalších studentských organizací – stávkového výboru a od ledna 1969 také akčního výboru. Obě tyto součásti spolku měly celouniverzitní kompetenci. V této době se tedy Spolek posluchačů filozofie stává prostředím pro formulování svobodných názorů celé univerzity. Kromě iniciativy vyvíjené uvnitř univerzity pěstoval také kontakty k dalším vysokým školám v Československu i školám v zahraničí (např. Freie Universität v Západním Berlíně). Spolek se stal také iniciátorem vytvoření nové studentské organizace, a sice Moravského svazu vysokoškolského studentstva, který by vedle existujícího Českého a Slovenského svazu zohledňoval zájmy moravských univerzit a jejich studentů. Během své existence nepravidelně vydával časopis „Ruch“. S nastupující normalizací začátku 70. let se nezávislá a demokratická platforma spolku stávala pro komunistický režim stále větším problémem, načež byl spolek v roce 1970 rozpuštěn.