Jolė Stimbirytė
Jolė Stimbirytė studied sociology in Vilnius university and received her master degree in 1999. From 1995 till 1999 she worked as an Archivist of Sound and Video Documents Department at the Lithuanian Archive of Image and Sound (later – Lithuanian Central State Archive). Since 1999 till February 2023 she was the institution’s Head of the Audiovisual Documents Preservation Department. Since February 2023 she is the Head of Film Department. She was also responsible for management of different national and international projects (MIDAS, EFG, EUScreenXL, E-kinas, etc.). She regularly participate in international events related to audiovisual heritage, make presentations. Jolė Stimbirytė is a Board member of Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council, Chair of Lithuanian Archivists Association and a member of Cinema Culture Association.
Laura Kerušauskaitė
Audiovisual heritage specialist at the Lithuanian Central State Archives. Advisor at the Photodocuments Department and archivist at the Film Department. I work with photographic and film heritage, focusing on the preservation, digitization, description, and accessibility of audiovisual collections. My work includes historical photographs, as well as film metadata description and cataloguing. I studied Cultural History and Anthropology at Vilnius University. I am the newest member of the E-KINAS (E-Cinema) team and am interested in further developing my work in the field of audiovisual heritage.
Topic summary
In this presentation, we are pleased to introduce our virtual audiovisual archive E-kinas, which last year was honored with the international FIAT/IFTA award in the nomination “Mastery in Disseminating the Value and Potential of Archives.” Although the Lithuanian Central State Archives first recognized the need for such a platform back in 2012—when the initial pilot version of the website was created—the journey toward today’s E- kinas has been a long and ambitious one.
A major breakthrough came in early 2022, after the Archives completed a nearly €3.5 million project funded by the European Union Structural Funds and the Republic of Lithuania. This milestone enabled the launch of a renewed and significantly expanded version of E-kinas. Since then, the platform has continued to evolve, with substantial improvements implemented each year. Today, E-kinas brings together three integrated archives: film, photography, and audio documents. In this presentation, we will introduce each of these collections, highlight the platform’s key functionalities, and share our future plans—including the development of new features and the integration of AI-based solutions.
