Mailing address: Algirdo 31, LT-03219 Vilnius, Lithuania  Telephone: +370 5 265 1137, fax: +370 5 265 2314, e-mail: arch.dep@archyvai.lt                         Director General           Mr. Vidas Grigoraitis Welcome to the Lithuanian State Archives           The mission of Lithuanian State Archival System is to ensure preservation of the National Documentary Fond and access to its documents, in order to protect legal interests of citizens, state institutions and provide public services.           The National Documentary Fond consists of activity documents of state and municipal institutions, agencies and enterprises, persons authorised by the state, activity documents of state agencies and enterprises which operated in Lithuania at various times, as well as the documents preserved in state archives. Activity documents of enduring value of non-governmental organisations, private legal and natural persons, as well as the documents of the historical heritage of Lithuania or related to Lithuania, or their copies, received from other states may be included to the National Documentary Fond.           Today, state archives play an important role in the processes of preserving and using public records of the Lithuanian National Documentary Fond, making them accessible to the citizens, governmental and public institutions, creating efficient information search systems, providing public services.           For the transparency and accountability purposes of the public administration, state archives play an important role in the processes of records management in public sector. State archives perform control approximately 2 000 institutions and agencies.