The document discusses national and academic libraries in Greece, with a focus on the University of Ioannina Library. It provides an overview of the role and collections of the National Library of Greece and describes the higher education system. It then details the establishment and collections of the University of Ioannina Library, which consolidated several departmental libraries into a central library and now houses over 500,000 items across six floors. The library building, staffing, technology infrastructure and administrative structure are also summarized.
1. THE NATIONAL AND ACADEMIC LIBRARIES IN
GREECE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO UNIVERSITY
OF IOANNINA LIBRARY.
Georgios K. Zachos
Director, University of Ioannina Library,
Frm. Gen. Director, National Library of Greece
2. Outline
National Library of Greece
Higher Education in Greece
Greek Academic Libraries
University of Ioannina Library
7. Role
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a) It Develops and preserves the national collection,
which includes material produced in Greece, as well
as material produced abroad but id connected or is
relevant to the people, the country , the traditions,
and the culture of Greece, in any given language or
form. For this reason, it collects, processes,
preserves, protects, presents and offers
accessibility to the material of the collection to
everyone, in an equal manner, keeping in mind the
freedom of education, information, and research.
b) It develops activities relevant to its mission, in
order to improve cultural and intellectual life of the
country
c) Operates as national bibliographic and
information centre and is a recipient of the
mandatory deposit of material
8. Role
d) Compiles and publishes past and current national
bibliography, as well as catalogues of manuscripts and
printed material or in any other format that exist in its
collection or in other libraries.
e) Operates as the official national centre of directions,
guidelines and standards in matters related to bibliography,
preservation, conservation, digitization and material
restoration and produce the informational material related
to them.
f) Provides national services of international book
numbering, of books (ISBN), periodical publications (ISSN),
music (ISMN)
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10. Resources / Situation (Cont.) Infrastructure
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Library Building:
Lack of space for Library operations, Housing of collection and
provision of services. Fragmentation of services in rented
buildings
Information Technology infrastructure:
Installation of new Hardware, software and network
infrastructure in recent years.
12. Higher Education in Greece (1)
Higher Education in Greece in Provided by the State (No
Private Institutions)
Is divided into Universities and Technological Education
Institutes (TEI).
Universities (23 Institutions) concentrate on theoretical and
scientific studies.
Divided into School and Departments
Technological Educational Institutes ( 14 Institutions) provide
education and skills in technical, artistic, scientific and other
professional fields.
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Educational System in Greece - Background Info
Provided for free in all levels
Tertiary institutions (Universities & Higher Technological
Institutions) are autonomous, however the Ministry of
Education is responsible for their funding, and the
distribution of students to undergraduate courses
Admission to higher education: based on students’
performance in nationwide examinations
Undergraduate University courses: 4 years (5 in
Engineering Schools and some Technical/Art Schools, 6 in
Medical schools)
Postgraduate (MSc level) courses last from 1 to 2 years
Doctorates (PhD level) from 3 to 6 years
14. Higher Education in Greece (2)
Multi campus Universities (Several places in a city, Campuses
in a number of Cities ( Univ. of Thrace, Aegean, Crete,
Peloponnesian i.e.).
Most Technical Institutions are located in several cities and
towns.
Traditionally University Libraries were located in
Departments, Schools or Campuses. Now most Universities
have Central University Libraries.
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University of Ioannina
The University of Ioannina is a medium
size university in Greece
It is a Public University
Offers a broad range of subject areas,
including humanities, arts, sciences,
technologies, medicine and economics
Founded in 1964
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University of Ioannina in numbers
14 Academic Departments
Large Campus, 6 kms from the Ioannina city
center (350 hectares, Premises: 236,250
sq.m.)
13,523 undergraduate students
3,517 postgraduate students
650 members of academic and research
staff
78 members of technical & laboratory
teaching staff
230 members of administrative staff
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Academic Departments
School of Philosophy
Department of Philology
Department of History and
Archaeology
Department of Philosophy,
Education and Psychology
School of Sciences
Department of Mathematics
Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Computer
Science
School of Education
Department of Primary School
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Academic Departments (Continued)
School of Medicine
School of Sciences & Technologies
Department of Materials Science and
Engineering
Department of Biological Applications
and Technologies
Department of Plastic Arts and Art
Sciences
Department of Economics
21. LIBRARY BUILDING
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Total building area 17.396,62 m2
Library area 14.127,93 m2
Six floors for library material
Room for continuing and bibliographic education
Library auditorium, 140 seats
26. Library Constitution (1)
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Consolidation of 16 departmental libraries
2002-2004: Medicine, Department of Biological
Applications and Technologies , Department of Economics ,
Department of Plastic Arts and Art Sciences, Department of
Materials Science and Engineering
2004 -2005:Department of Chemistry, Department of
Physics, Department of Computer Science, a part of
Department of Mathematics, School of Education
(Department of Primary School Education
Department of Pre-School Education, Department of
Philosophy, Education and Psychology
2007 Department of History and Archaeology
27. Collections
Scientific books 320000
Books in Braille 600
CDs, Video,Microfilms 4.500
Old, Rare Books 25.000
Reprints 5.700
Students collection 8200
Slav collection 12000
Arabic collection 2600
Child collection 3400
Bound volumes of journals 210000
Bound volumes of newspapers 2400
Total collection 594400
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45. Administrative Structure
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• Administration and Financial Management Department
• Services and Collections Department
• Acquisitions Department
• Cataloguing Department
• Electronic services Department
46. Hardware
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Servers, (Information management systems, Web, Digital
collections)
Users PC’s: 45
Total PC’s: 75
Photocopiers: 8
Photocopier- Scanners: 10
Braille Readers
Book Scanners
Wi-Fi Network etc.
47. Software
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Information Library Management System (Horizon)
OCR etc.
Web Design
Monitoring electronic subscriptions
In Cite
Web site:
http://www.lib.uoi.gr