ABOUT THE ARCHIVE / VILIJA
Vilija Jurgutis
On LinkedIn — Vilija (Boguta) Jurgutis
FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ŽIBURIO FOUNDATION
The Žiburio Archive
Vilija founded the Žiburio Archive and leads its curatorial direction. She oversees collection stewardship, review of public catalog records, provenance documentation, rights questions, and researcher access.
She also leads Žiburio Lithuanian School in Detroit and the Skaitmeniniai Knygnešiai program. Students participate through the school partnership; their identities and work data remain private by default.
Memory infrastructure
Vilija founded CultureNet Labs, which builds AI infrastructure for cultural memory. The Žiburio Archive is the collection layer; Lietuva.AI connects reviewed records to a broader cultural-memory system that remains traceable to its sources.