Facing Challenges of New Media on the Crossroads of East-West and Past-Future (Lithuanian Case Study)

The presentation focuses on three aspects of applying advanced information communication technologies (ICT) in the field of cultural heritage: preservation, dissemination, and training on ICT in case of countries in transition Lithuania is one of such countries. The aim is to specify economic and social conditions for ICT development in such countries and to show how advanced ICT provide equal opportunities to big or small countries, of prosperous or transient economics, as well as to ethnic minorities, illuminating their cultural or religious diversities and making all this a common Heritage of mankind and allowing for the preservation of cultural identity. Problems of cultural heritage accessibility and need of training in informatics for the humanities considered.