| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 226 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Academic Libraries in Greece; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the Editor; Contributors; Introduction; International Interlibrary Cooperation: Exchanging Goals, Values, and Culture; What We Have to Offer; What We Have to Gain; The Kent State/Aristotle Exchange; Academic Libraries in Greece; Background; Greek Universities; The Aristotelean University of Thessaloniki; Academic Libraries in Greece: A New Profile; The Greek Educational System; The Evolution of Academic Libraries; Examination of Individual Library Systems; Legal Aspects; Problem Areas |
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AfterwordLibrary Education in Greece; Background; Pre-1977 Library Education; Post-1977 Library Education; The Students; The Curriculum; The Staff; The Graduates; Conclusion; Appendix; Library Automation in Greece: A Visitor's Perspective; Introduction; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; University of Crete; Automation Options for Greek Libraries; The Character Set Problem; Trends; Automation of the National Library of Greece; The Automation of the NLG: Assumptions and Requirements for a Comprehensive System; The Present Situation; Prospects; Afterword |
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Collection Development and Interlibrary Loan in Greek Academic LibrariesThe American Center Library in Thessaloniki, Greece; Automation and the University of Crete; Introduction; Background; The Libraries; Automation: Phase I; Automation: Phase II; Conclusion; Academic Libraries in Transition: A Case Study of the Library at the University of Crete in Rethymnon; Introduction; Background; The University of Crete Libraries: An Overview; Collections; Bibliographic Control; Public Service; Management; External Factors Influencing Greek Academic Libraries; Prospects for the Future |
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The Library of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Organization, Operation, and PerspectivesThe Library of the Department of English Language and Literature at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece; Introduction; Layout of the Library and Size of the Collection; Primary and Secondary Texts: English and American Literature; Journals; Book Ordering; Classification; Cataloguing; Stock Circulation and Loan Periods/Procedures; Staff Organization and Training; A User Survey of the English Department Library at Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece; Introduction |
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The English DepartmentPurpose of the Study; Limitations; Method; Data Needed; Description of the Sample; Reasons for Library Use; Frequency of Use; Nonuse of the Library; User and Nonuser Responses; Attitudes Toward the Library; Satisfaction; Changes; Recommendations; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, and Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece: An Exchange Program; A Greek Librarian in America: Personal Reflections on an Eight-Month Practicum at the Kent State University Libraries; Introduction; Exchange Program; Technical Services Training; Attending Classes |
| Summary |
Become better informed about Greek academic librarianship at a time of great potential for changes and advances in academic libraries in Greece! Rapid changes are occurring in these libraries as more professionally and technically trained Greek librarians are available, contact with American, British, and European librarians is increased, and new technology becomes readily available. Academic Libraries in Greece provides complete information on such varied subjects as automation, collection development, departmental libraries, education for librarianship, interlibrary loan, and libra |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Academic libraries -- Greece
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science -- Archives & Special Libraries.
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Academic libraries
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Universiteitsbibliotheken.
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Bibliothèques universitaires -- Grèce.
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Greece
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Keller, Dean H
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| ISBN |
9781317951124 |
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1317951123 |
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