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Access to citation information
Access to full texts of subscribed online and open access databases
Automatic speech recognition
Automatic translation service on platform Hugo.lv
Creating of bibliographic references
Cultural routes
Data of culture objects
Latvian films online
Museum Data
Portal of digitized video and audio recordings Diva.lv
Reading e-books
Reserving copies of books and extending the issue period in libraries of national significance and universities
Search and selection of information in the catalogs of national and university libraries
Searching for information in academic resources
Speech synthesis
The reader's personalized account in libraries of national importance and universities
Viewing Museum Collections
Viewing Virtual Museum Exhibitions
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About us
Fields of Activity
Organizational Chart of CISC
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The Culture Information Systems Centre offers diverse e-services to institutions and citizens individually - in the fields of libraries, museums, archives, language technologies and artificial intelligence.
Services for individuals
Automatic translation of text, documents and websites into 24 European Union languages. Users are also offered synonyms and a dictionary of terms to be translated, as well as automated pronunciation of the textual translation on the translation site.
Access to citation information
Ability to obtain citation statistics of a specific publication and apply active links to reference sources.
Access to full texts of subscribed online and open access databases
Using the Internet search engine Primo, authorized users can access full texts from online databases subscribed to by the relevant library. Unauthorized users have access to online data resources up to annotation level.
Automatic speech recognition
Automatic speech-to-text conversion from a pre-recorded audio file or dictated text.
Automatic translation service on platform Hugo.lv
Automatic translation of text, documents and websites into 24 European Union languages. Users are also offered synonyms and a dictionary of terms to be translated, as well as automated pronunciation of the textual translation on the translation site.
Creating of bibliographic references
The possibility for users of the Internet search engine Primo to create bibliographic indications of the information resource in accordance with international standards (APA, Harvard, MLA).
Cultural routes
Diverse routes have been developed that include various cultural objects of Latvia. You can get important information about each route, including the map, the mode of travel, the duration and the level of difficulty.
Data of culture objects
Contact information of cultural objects and institutions (more than 7,500), working hours, descriptions of activities and services provided.
Latvian films online
The opportunity for everyone to access a selection of more than 400 Latvian films, which can be viewed for free online from anywhere in Latvia.
Museum Data
Contact information of the accredited museums of Latvia and information about museum items included in the Joint Catalog of the National Holdings of Museums.
Portal of digitized video and audio recordings Diva.lv
Diva.lv is an access portal to digitized video and audio recordings of Latvia, where historical, informative and educational materials about Latvian social processes, everyday life and cultural values are available free of charge to all Latvian residents.
Reading e-books
Access to more than 500 original Latvian authors` and translated into Latvian e-books free of charge from the publishing houses "Zvaigzne ABC", "Apgāds Mansards", "Prometejs", "Latvijas Mediji" and "Jumava", as well as several e-books of Latvian bank and individual authors Zane Nuts and Andra Manfelde. To register for reading e-books, you must be a…
Reserving copies of books and extending the issue period in libraries of national significance and universities
Users registered in the relevant library can create a reservation request for a copy in the library's stock, as well as extend the deadline for returning the book.
Search and selection of information in the catalogs of national and university libraries
Extensive search and browsing options in national and university library catalogs according to various criteria; it is possible to refine or filter the set of found records. Entries can be saved to e-shelf or local computer, as well as sent to a specific e-mail address in various bibliographic formats.
Searching for information in academic resources
Internationally recognized Internet search engine Primo, which offers information search in the resources of five libraries of state importance and universities - the National Library of Latvia (LNB), the University Library of Latvia (LUB), the Scientific Library of Riga Technical University (RTU ZB), the Library of Riga Stradins University (RSUB) and the…
Speech synthesis
Pronunciation of written text in an automated synthetic voice.
The reader's personalized account in libraries of national importance and universities
When registering a user in the respective library, a personalized account is created for him, where user information, books issued in the library, issue history, reservation requests, request history and payments can be viewed.
Viewing Museum Collections
Access to images and descriptions of museum items included in the Joint Catalog of the National Holdings of Museums, in general, to information on more than 2 million Latvian accredited museum items. Users registered on the portal can create their own collections of museum objects.
Viewing Virtual Museum Exhibitions
An opportunity to view virtual exhibitions of various themes created by Latvian accredited museums.
Services for institutions
Maintenance of Business Support Systems for Culture Institutions
To receive the service, institutions must conclude electronic agreements in the VIRSIS system. The agreement must be concluded for all works included in the service together. The service for the Ministry of Culture and its subordinate institutions includes: (1) centralized management of Microsoft 365 software; (2) centralized management of user…
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Hugo.lv platform nominated for prestigious international ICT award WSIS 2025
The Latvian public administration language technology platform Hugo.lv has been nominated for the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS Prizes 2025) project award in the category “Cultural…
23.04.2025.
Artificial Intelligence
Language Technologies
Hugo.lv has been integrating with the world-wide popularity talk boot ChatGPT on the Microsoft Azure Open AI platform
With the aim of assisting in day-to-day work, the virtual Assistant (VA) or conversational bots coaches of public…
19.02.2024.
Artificial Intelligence
Language Technologies
Several technological solutions developed and maintained by the Centre for Culture Information Systems Centre have received the annual Platinum mouse 2023 award from the ICT industry
At the end of November, several technological solutions developed and maintained by the Centre for cultural information…
19.02.2024.
Artificial Intelligence
Language Technologies
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