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This digital document is an article from Information Outlook, published by Special Libraries Association on June 1, 2004. The length of the article is 1268 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details
Title: Lithuania marks 100th anniversary of press freedom.(SLA and the World)
Author: Audrone Glosiene
Publication: Information Outlook (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2004
Publisher: Special Libraries Association
Volume: 8 Issue: 6 Page: 26(2)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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Library Week in Lithuania is a special event, indeed. We celebrate not just libraries, but the freedom to have them in the first place.
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The Lithuanian Parliament has proclaimed 2004 to be the Year of Language and Books (www.spaudos.lt) to commemorate the 100th anniversary of ending the ban on the Lithuanian press.
In 1864, the Czarist Russian authorities banned printing, publication and dissemination of books using Latin characters. Lithuanians were allowed to print and read only in Cyrillic script. The ban also applied to Lithuanian schools and libraries. Lithuanian books in Latin characters were printed abroad and smuggled into the country illegally and disseminated under great risk.
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