Established 23 May 2017 by Decision of the Council of the Faculty of Communication
Saulėtekis ave. 9, Ist building, 501–503 rooms
Tel. +370 5 236 6111
Head of the Department
Prof. dr. Aušra Navickienė
Researchers - Experts
- Media publishing and marketing
- History, theory and methodology of book and other media sciences
- Manuscript and printed heritage communication
Projects Supported by University Budget
Documentary Media Evolution and Today's Effects. Prof. Dr. A. Navickienė. 2016–2020.
The aim of the project was to analyze printed media in different historical periods and their heritage in today’s memory institutions, to investigate processes of traditional and digital publishing in network society and to develop fundamental and applied research of documental communication disciplines. Main research results in 2018 were published in one monograph, six articles in Scopus database referred journals and five articles in others peer-reviewed research journals and books. During the year 2018 inter-institutional scholarly contacts were intensively developed while taking part in international and local scientific events and organizing international conference and interdisciplinary seminar.
National Research Projects
Research Council of Lithuania. The State Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Programme for 2016–2024. The research results dissemination project “Publishing of Vilnius University Research Journal Knygotyra (Book Science)” (Nr. LIP-073/2016/ LSS-160000-398). Prof. Dr. A. Navickienė. 2016–2024.
The aim of the project was to ensure uninterrupted publishing of the open-access peer-reviewed scholarly journal Knygotyra (Book Science) and its functioning in the space of social sciences and humanities. In the year 2018 volumes 70 and 71 of Knygotyra (Book Science) were published.
Research Council of Lithuania. The State Lithuanian Studies and Dissemination Programme for 2016–2024. The research project “Martynas Jankus: a Unifier of the Nation”. (Nr. P-LIP-18-138). Prof. Habil. Dr. D. Kaunas. 2018–2021 m.
The gist of the project was to carry out research on the subject Martynas Jankus: Unifier of the Nation and Pressman. The final result will amount to a 30-quire monograph. For its preparation, in the year 2018 the search for archival material was carried out in Lithuanian and German archives, libraries and museums.
