Elena Macevičiūtė

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Elena Macevičiūtė
Born(1954-01-17)January 17, 1954
Kaunas, Lithuania
NationalityLithuanian
Alma materVilnius University, Moscow Institute of Culture
Known forInformation management, digital libraries, digital inclusion
Scientific career
FieldsLibrary and Information Science
InstitutionsVilnius University, University of Borås

Elena Macevičiūtė (born 17 January 1954 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian information scientist. She is a professor at Vilnius University[1] in Lithuania and at the University of Borås[2] in Sweden. Her research focuses on information management, digital communication, digital libraries and publishing, information behavior, and the role of libraries in addressing digital inequality.

Early Life and Education

Macevičiūtė attended Salomėja Neris secondary school (now Vilniaus Vyčio Gymnasium[3]) in Vilnius. She developed an interest in languages and is fluent in six languages besides Lithuanian. She studied information science at Vilnius University and earned her doctoral degree in 1990 from the Moscow Institute of Culture with a dissertation entitled The Influence of UNESCO Librarianship Programs on International Library Cooperation.

Academic Career

Since 1977, Macevičiūtė has worked at Vilnius University, lecturing and conducting research in information and communication science.[4] She became a docent in 1991 and was awarded a habilitation certificate in 2004, officially recognizing her expertise. During the 1990s, she led a Tempus project for a Master's degree in International Communication[5] in the Vilnius University Faculty of Communication.

Since 2000, she has worked in the Swedish School of Library and Information Science at the University of Borås, becoming a professor in 2008. Her research covers topics such as information resource management, e-books and digital reading, digital inclusion, and intercultural communication. She played a key role in restructuring Swedish library and information science education, including leading a Master's program in Digital Library and Information Services (2008–2022).[6]

She has published over 100 articles and six books on topics including digital libraries, national bibliography, and e-books as a social innovation.

Research Contributions

Macevičiūtė's research has influenced academic and practical library services in both Lithuania and Sweden, having contributed to 42 national and international research projects. In Lithuania she has contributed to the library and bibliographic system through studies of the role of libraries in the 20th and the present centuries[7], and has explored how libraries can assist in reducing digital inequalities.[8]. Continuing her interest in the impact of digital technologies, her study, funded by the Lithuanian Research Council, explored digital reading as a means of reducing the digital divide[9], and an investigation funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was part of a programme studying the global impact of public access to information and communication technologies.[10]

In Sweden, she has been involved in an investigation supported by the Swedish Research Council into the role of various interested parties, from publishers to readers, in the e-book marked, and in other studies of the role of e-books in niche markets. [11][12]. A continuing interest in information behaviour research led to a number of projects (for example, a study of how people with deafblindness seek and use information. [13] Together with T.D. Wilson she also carried out a Delphi study into the research needs of libraries in Sweden[14]

Macevičiūtė has had a long-term interest in aspects of the digital economy [15], and this is reflected in her involvement in projects financed by the European Union, beginning with the SHAMAN project (Sustaining Heritage Access through Multivalent Archiving EU FP7, 2007–2011)[15])[16], and continuing with the follow-up project PERICLES – Promoting and Enhancing Reuse of Information throughout the Content Lifecycle (EU FP7, 2013–2015)[17]. She has participated in the SUITCEYES project (Smart, User-friendly, Interactive, Tactual, Cognition-Enhancer (EU Horizon 2020, 2018–2021)[18], which developed haptic communication technologies for deaf-blind people.

Macevičiūtė has also contributed to library development projects of the Swedish International Development Agency in Egypt (Library of Alexandria) 2002-2006, Rwanda (National University of Rwanda)2013-2018, Uganda (Makerere University) 2015-2019, and Mozambique (Eduardo Mondlane University).

Other Activities

In the period immediately before Lithuania regained its independence, and immediately following, in addition to her work in Vilnius University, Macevičiūtė also served as a biblographer in the Lithuanian National Library, as Senior researcher, in the Centre of Bibliography and Book Research of the Lithuanian National Library, and, most significantly as Secretory General, Lithuanian National Commission for UNESCO, for the period 1993-1994. Doctoral students: Macevičiūtė has supervised 21 doctoral students at Vilnius University, University of Borås, and Makerere University.

Editorial roles: She served as Deputy Editor for Information Research (1996–2024), and has worked on the editorial boards of six other research journals. At present she co-edits Knygotyra[19] (Book Science) and is a board member of The Serials Librarian[20]] and Bibliotechnyi Visnyk.[21]

Current Activities

She continues her work at the Faculty of Communication at Vilnius University and as a Professor Emerita at the University of Borås. Current projects include: MuseIT (Multisensory, User-centred, Shared Cultural Experiences through Interactive Technologies, EU Horizon, 2022–2025)[22]

  • SILVANUS – Integrated Technological and Information Platform for Wildfire Management (H2020-EU Green Deal, 2021–2025)[23]

Her research currently focuses on information behavior and digital culture.

Published Works

Macevičiūtė's major publications include:

  • Digital Reading as a Means to Diminish Digital Exclusion (2018)[24]
  • Book on Screens: Players on the Swedish E-book Market (2017)
  • Feasibility Study of the Development of Lithuanian State and County Public Libraries (2014)[25]
  • Introducing Information Management (2005)[26]
  • Lietuvių nacionalinė bibliografija 1945-1990 metais (1991)[27]

Translations

Macevičiūtė has also worked as a translator of information science and other books from English and French to Lithuanian. Among others she did translations of Reflections on the revolution in France by Edmund Burke, The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought,[28] N'esperez pas vous debarrasser des livres by Umberto Eco, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Jean-Philippe de Tonnac, From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure by Christine L. Borgman, Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman, Exploring Information Behaviour by Thomas D. Wilson, and many others.

References

  1. ↑ "Elena Maceviciute". Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University. University of Vilnius. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Elena Maceviciute". University of Borås. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  3. ↑ https://www.vyciogimnazija.lt/
  4. ↑ "Elena Maceviciute". Visuotinę lietuvių enciklopediją. LNB Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "International Communication". International Communication. Vilnius University. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Master's programme: Library and Information Science, Digital milieu". Masterprogram-i-informationsvetenskap-digitala-miljoer/. University of Borås. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Macevičiūtė, Elena; Janonis, Osvaldas (2008). "Conceptions of Bibliography in the Russian Federation: The Russian Phenomenon of Bibliographic Theory". Libri. 54 (1): 30-42. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  8. ↑ Manžuch, Zinaida; Macevičiūtė, Elena (2020). "Getting ready to reduce the digital divide: Scenarios of Lithuanian public libraries". Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 71 (10): 1205-1217. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  9. ↑ Wilson, Thomas D.; Maceviciute, Elena (2018). "Overcoming the digital divide through the promotion of digital reading". Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries. 7 (2): 193-203. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Beresnevičiūtė, Vida; Butkevičienė, Eglė; Macevičiūtė, Elena; Sadunišvili, Renata. "Using an information ecology approach to identify research areas: findings from Lithuania". International Development Research Centre. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  11. ↑ Macevičiūtė, Elena; Wilson, Thomas D.; Gudinavičius, Arūnas; Šuminas, Andrius (2017). "E-books in academic libraries: results of a survey carried out in Sweden and Lithuania". Information Research. 22 (3): paper 762. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  12. ↑ Bergström, Annika; Höglund, Lars; Macevičiūtė, Elena; Nilsson, Skans Kersti; Wallin, Birgitta; Wilson, Thomas D. (2017). Books on screens: players in the Swedish e-book market (PDF). Gothenburg, Sweden: Nordicom. p. 237. ISBN 978-91-87957-69-7. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  13. ↑ Olson, Nasrine; Macevičiūtė, Elena (2020). "Information worlds of people with deaf-blindness". Information Research. 25 (4): isic2012. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  14. ↑ Maceviciute, Elena; Wilson, Thomas D. (2009). "A Delphi investigation into the research needs in Swedish librarianship". Information Research. 14 (4): Paper 419. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
  15. ↑ Macevičiūtė, Elena (2012). "Long-term digital preservation and scholarly communication" (PDF). Encontros Bibli: Revista eletrônica de biblioteconomia e ciência da informação. 17 (2): 1-18. doi:10.5007/1518-2924.2012v17nesp2p1. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  16. ↑ "Sustaining Heritage Access through Multivalent ArchiviNg". European Union. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  17. ↑ "PERICLES - preserving and sustainably governing cultural heritage and landscapes in European coastal and maritime regions". European Union. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  18. ↑ "SUITCEYES". SUITCEYES. European Union. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  19. ↑ "Knygotyra".
  20. ↑ "Learn about the Serials Librarian".
  21. ↑ "HOME | Library journal [Bìblìotečnij vìsnik]".
  22. ↑ "MuseIT: Multisensory, User-centred, Shared cultural Experiences through Interactive Technologies 2022 - 2025". European Union. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  23. ↑ "SILVANUS: Integrated Technological and Information Platform for Wildfire Management". European Union. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  24. ↑ Macevičiūtė, Elena; Wilson, Thomas D.; Manžuch, Zinaida; Gudinavičius, Arūnas; Šuminas, Andrius (2018). Skaitmeninio skaitymo skatinimas kaip skaitmeninės atskirties mažinimo priemonė. Vilnius, Lithuania: University of Vilnius Press. p. 82. ISBN 9786090700938. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  25. ↑ Manžuch, Zinaida; Macevičiūtė, Elena; Adomavičius, Benas (2014). Lietuvos valstybinės reikšmės ir apskričių viešųjų bibliotekų paskirties, funkcijų, paslaugų ir valdymo plėtros galimybių studija (PDF). Vilnius, Lithuania: Lietuvos Kultūros Tarybos. p. 114. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  26. ↑ Macevičiūtė, Elena; Wilson, Thomas D. (2005). Introducing information management: an Information Research reader. London: Facet Publications. p. 235. ISBN 9781856045612. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  27. ↑ Macevičiūtė, Elena; Janonis, Osvaldas (1991). Lietuvių nacionalinė bibliografija– 1945-1990 metais: paskaitų konspektas. Vilnius, Lithuania: Vilnius University. p. 70. Retrieved 4 March 2025.
  28. ↑ "The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Political Thought".

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