LIETUVOS BIBLIOTEKŲ, ARCHYVŲ IR MUZIEJŲ PRIEVOLĖ TEIKTI INFORMACIJĄ VISUOMENEI: INFORMAVIMAS, INFORMACIJOS TEIKIMO ĮTVIRTINIMAS LIETUVOJE
SINSTITUTIONS OF MEMORY AND CULTURE IN THE PUBLIC ADVISING: LITHUANIAN LEGAL REGULATION OF THE OBLIGATION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Summary/Abstract: The article gives an analysis of the legal regulation of information activities of institutions that provide the access to information: libraries, museums, archives and discusses peculiarities of realization rights to access to information. Under reviewing trend of legal and political regulations in the EU author of the article gives on regulation of information activities of these institutions. According to analysis of documents author states that libraries, museums and archives haven’t any legal obligation to provide access to information to the public, because there are no compulsory rules to regulate their information activities. Special action programs are used to stimulate cooperation in information activities and to encourage of information society services. Lithuanian legal regulation of information activities of libraries, museums, archives does not provide for any obligation of access to information. In the special legal regulation this obligation is only indicated and mentioned. Importance of access to information, that memory and culture institutions affords for the public, is declared in the political documents and asserted in the practice, that correspond to EU initiatives and plans. The article reveals that the obligation of access to information only for archives fixed in legal protection of right to access to governance information and right to free, public access to archives’ information.

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