On 26-29 June library professionals from Russian Federation visited Lithuania and took part in the meetings and seminars arranged within the framework of the Offsite Part of the 11th International Conference of the ARBIKON Consortium and the Exhibition Library Consortium: Technologies and Innovations in Lithuania (about the conference [1]). The delegates visited the libraries of the higher education establishments and the public libraries, met with their representatives, discussed common tendencies in the development of the library consortia in Russian Federation and Lithuania. The attention was focused on the experience gained by the libraries in implementing the projects related to the advanced technologies and their application in the libraries.