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 the former Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija which was published in thirteen volumes from 1976 to 1985). The last volume, XXV, was published in July 2014.[1] An additional volume of updates, error corrections, and indexes was published in 2015.[2]

The 9th volume of Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija

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
  • 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.[3]

See also

References
  1. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija. T. XXV : Venk–Žvo
  2. ISBN 978-5-420-01754-8 "Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija: Papildymai" (in Lithuanian).
  3. "Baigta "Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija" (in Lithuanian). Verslo žinios.
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