The article is about the long-standing director of the Lithuanian Book Chamber the bibliographer Antanas Ulpis (1904-1981), who had been director there since the foundation of the Book Chamber in 1945. Being the first ever executive of this institution, he had to face all the organizational challenges. Among his major achievements are initiation of the Lithuanian national print archive and setting up of the legal deposit system, serving as the foundation for the national bibliography. Much of his effort was focused on the realization of the idea of preparing a fundamental publication of the Lithuanian national retrospective bibliography covering the period of 1547-1940. Antanas Ulpis‘ efforts in the field of the current and retrospective national bibliographies found their continuation in activities of the Centre of Bibliography and Book Science at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania.
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