The Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Centre (previously: ''Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute'', lt, Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras or MELC) is a

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

n publishing house that specializes in encyclopedias, reference works, and dictionaries. The Institute, headquartered in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

, is supported by the Lithuanian Republic's Ministry of Education and Science. The publishing house was established in 1997, as a reorganisation of Science and Encyclopaedia Publishers. The latter publishing house was founded in 1992 after the merger of Mokslas Publishing with the State Encyclopaedia Publishers. Its major project is the preparation and publication of the 25-volume ''

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. VL ...

'' which was completed in 2015. It also publishes several specialized encyclopedias, standard and specialized dictionaries, reference books, research monographs focusing on social science, natural science, and technology, scientific works by international authors, and popular science books.

Major publications

* ''

'' (Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia) * ''Mažosios Lietuvos enciklopedija'' (Encyclopaedia of Lithuania Minor) (4 vols.) * ''Muzikos enciklopedija'' (Encyclopaedia of Music) (3 vols.) * ''Technikos enciklopedija'' (Technical Encyclopaedia) (4 vols.) * ''Žemės ūkio enciklopedija'' (Encyclopaedia of Agriculture) (3 vols.) * ''Baltų religijos ir mitologijos šaltiniai'' (Sources for the Baltic Religions and Mythology) (4 vols.) * ''Lietuvių vardų kilmės žodynas'' (Etymological Dictionary of Lithuanian Names) * ''Senoji Europa'' (Old Europe) by

Marija Gimbutas Marija Gimbutas ( lt, Marija Gimbutienė, ; January 23, 1921 – February 2, 1994) was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of " Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, ...

* ''Vokiečių – lietuvių kalbų žodynas'' (German-Lithuanian Dictionary) * ''Rusų – lietuvių kalbų žodynas'' (Russian-Lithuanian Dictionary) * ''The History of the Lithuanian language'' by

Zigmas Zinkevičius Zigmas Zinkevičius (January 4, 1925 in Juodausiai, Ukmergė district – February 20, 2018 in Vilnius) was a leading Lithuanian linguist-historian, professor at Vilnius University, and a full member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. He ha ...

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