Giedrė Sabaitytė

Head of Scientific Communication Department at Vytautas Magnus University Library

Giedrė Sabaitytė holds a PhD in History (2010) from Vytautas Magnus University. G. Sabaitytė also completed her earlier studies at Vytautas Magnus University in the field of history (Bachelor’s degree in 2004, Master Degree in 2006). Since 2006, she has been employed in the Vytautas Magnus University Library. Currently, she serves as the Head of the Scientific Communication Department at the Vytautas Magnus University Library, leading initiatives in scholarly communication, University scientific output registration, University Research Management system VDU CRIS, bibliometrics, and open science. Her recent work focuses on the role of academic libraries in advancing citizen science. VDU CRIS profile: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/148715

Library builds comprehensive University research profile

This presentation introduces Vytautas Magnus University Library’s journey in creating and managing an information system related to research and scientific activities. Starting with DSpace repository administration in 2015, the library developed it into the implementation of Vytautas Magnus University Research Management System (VDU CRIS, based on DSpace-CRIS open source software) in 2019.

VDU CRIS operates as a unified platform designed to collect, manage, preserve, evaluate, and disseminate the university’s research and academic information, including publications, research data, final academic papers, projects, researcher profiles, research units, events, and other data. The system addresses essential institutional needs: automating research information processes, increasing research visibility and openness, ensuring accessibility for both the University and external stakeholders, and maintaining compliance with international standards and FAIR principles.

The system’s key benefits include improved decision-making through structured data analytics, streamlined reporting for national and international evaluations, support for open science initiatives, and enhanced research collaboration opportunities. The presentation will cover the system’s objectives, tasks, integration capabilities with external databases, and other results from more than six years of operation.

The presentation reveals how an academic library can evolve from traditional repository managers to strategic partners in institutional research management, demonstrating the transformation of scattered research and scientific activity information into a comprehensive, accessible, and analytically powerful research system.

Date and time: 2025-12-02, 16:20-16:40 (20 min)

Hall: GAMMA