Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija

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The 9th volume of Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija

The Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija or VLE (translation Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia) is a 25-volume universal Lithuanian-language encyclopedia published by the Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute from 2001 to 2014. VLE is the first published universal encyclopedia in independent Lithuania (it replaces former Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija which was published in 13 volumes in 1976–85). The last volumes was published in July 2014. An additional volume of updates, error corrections, and indexes is planned for 2015.

Editorial board

Coordination and editing of Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija is carried by prominent Lithuanian scholars:

• prof., habil. dr. Algirdas Ambrazas;
• prof. habil. dr. Antanas Bandzaitis;
• dr. Jonas Boruta;
• prof. habil. dr. Juozapas Girdzijauskas;
• prof. habil. dr. Bronius Grigelionis;
• prof. habil. dr. Leonas Kadžiulis;
• doc. dr. Algirdas Kiselis;
• prof. habil. dr. Vytautas Kubilius (R.I.P. 2004)
• dr. Elvyra Janina Kunevičienė;
• prof. habil. dr. Alfonsas Skrinska;
• prof. habil. dr. Antanas Tyla;
• akad. prof. habil. dr. Zigmas Zinkevičius

Additionally, editorial-scientific boards of 23–25 scholars were established for the main science branches. In total, there were 2,957 authors.

See also

• Lithuanian encyclopedias
• Academic History of Lithuania

External links

• Website of Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute