Library & Information Centre

Library & Information Centre Presentation: Dimitris Kasimatis, Eleftheria Koseoglou Thessaloniki • • • • Is the 2nd largest city of Greece, 1.000.000 North of Greece, capital of Macedonia region 2.300yrs history City of Alexander the Great, Aristotle Philosophy and very important Byzantine city • One of the most important trade and business hubs in Southeastern Europe Thessaloniki Aristotle University (AUTH) • Thessaloniki has 2 Universities and 1 Technological Inst. • 99.000 students • Biggest Uni of Greece is Aristotle Uni of Thessaloniki, established 1925 :11 faculties, 84.500 students 2024 lect. and 95 librarians. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki The AUTh Library The AUTh Library includes: • Central Library with Students’ Main Reading Room (1000 seats) • 48 Departmental Libraries First building of Central Library 1927 – 1974 Faculty of Philosophy old building Building Central Library, Main building (1974-2000) Central Library, New wing (2000-), Reference desk Main Students’ reading room, 1300 seats European funding 1994-1999 EPEAEK I – OP for Education and Initial Vocational Training 2000-2009 EPEAEK II – OP for Education and Initial Vocational Training 2011-2014 ESPA – Digital Convergence Library collection 1.000.000 printed and electronic books through the Library Catalog, http://search.lib.auth.gr/ 16.000 electronic journals 36 bibliographic databases through the library website, http://www.lib.auth.gr/ >2.370.000 digitized pages (archival collections, books, articles, newspapers, doctoral & postgraduate dissertations, research papers published by AUTh Faculty,etc.) through Psifiothiki and IKEE, http://search.lib.auth.gr/ Services (funded by EPEAEK I, II) Online Reference Ask or chat with a librarian InterLibrary Loan - ILL Borrow books or articles from other academic libraries Training Seminars regarding use of AUTh information resources Electronic coursepacks Learning Management System Psifiothiki Digitized out-of-copyright books and artifacts from our rare collections New services (funded by Digital Convergence) open access source Library website Branding, new website, unified search mechanism / Opac Koha Institutional Repository upgrade Open Access to PhD Dissertations, Masters’ Theses, Preprints, Postprints Prothiki System for managing Open Access Journals Synedriothiki System for managing Open Access Conferences Psifiothiki Digitization of over 1.000.000 pages www.lib.auth.gr Consortium /Heal-Link Hellenic Academic Libraries Link (HEAL-Link)-1997 Search.lib.auth.gr (VuFind=metasearch engine) E-journals and e- books/ summon Economic crisis / libraries • Budget cuts • New opportunities – Collections (cataloguing, digitization, Open Access) – Services (Open source software, develop expertise) – Cooperation (other units in AUTh) – EU funded programmes Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Psifiothiki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – Psifiothiki Rigas Velestinlis Charta Otho, 1815-1867 surrounding by his Greeks and Bavarians collegues' Lithography Greek girl=/Lewis, John Frederic, 1937, χαλκογραφία KohaCon16 • The Library & Information Centre at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is pleased to host the KohaCon16, from 30 May to 4 June 2016. KohaCon16 • • • • http://www.lib.auth.gr/en/thesswiki Thank you very much