The opening up of private and religious libraries to scholarship
Organized by: CERL, Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation (IAL), and the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies
Speaker(s): Agamemnon Tselikas,Agathangelos Siskos,Aikaterini Kourou,Athanasios Oikonomopoulos,Cristina Dondi,Dionysis Kapsalis,Eleni Droulia,Evi Sahin,Filippos Tsimpoglou,Fr Theophilos,George Boudalis,Geri Della Rocca de Candal,Irini Solomonidi,Jane Thompson Webb,Konstantinos Staikos,Kristian Jensen,Leonora Navari,Marc Lauxtermann,Maria Georgopoulou,Marian Lefferts,Michalis Tzekakis,Panos Laskaridis,Patrick Morantin,Raphaële Mouren,Stavros Grimanis,Triantaphyllos Sklavenitis,Ulf Göranson,Vladan Trijić,Yannis Kokkonas
The international conference, which took place in Athens on 20-21 March 2017, focused on the subject of Greek libraries, their management, the promotion of their collaboration, and the integration of their resources.
It was co-organised by the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL), the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation (IAL), and the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
The conference was divided into two parts:
- On Monday 20th March, the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation hosted an open conference, showcasing a large number of public institutions, private foundations, libraries and universities, with the aim to open up a dialogue among Greek libraries and promote better communication, exchange of ideas and projects, and future collaboration.
- On the morning of Tuesday 21st March, the Gennadius Library hosted a workshop, with Greek and international specialists, specifically designed to answer the needs of Greek librarians (but open to anyone interested). It offered an extremely useful ‘crash-course’ on a number of crucial issues that affect Greek libraries, particularly those with scarce funding: basic measures for theft security, emergency pest prevention, conservation, training and cataloguing techniques, and, finally, small funding opportunities for libraries, as well as models of sharing digital data and metadata.
The workshop was followed by a discussion, so that all those attending had a chance to ask questions.
Programme
Monday, 20 March 2017
“Greek research and historical libraries: opportunities for connection and collaboration”
Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation (2nd Merarchias 36, Piraeus)
– 9.00-9.30: Registration
– 9.30-10.00: Panos Laskaridis, President of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation
Ulf Goranson, Chairman of CERL
SESSIONS:
After the proceedings of the conference, guests will have the opportunity to visit the exhibition of Greek incunabula from the collection of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation.
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
“Library management workshop: security, conservation, cataloguing, digitisation and funding”
Auditorium Cotsen Hall, The Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies at Athens (9 Anapiron Polemou St., Athens)
– 9.00-9.10: Coffee
– 9.10-9.15: Maria Georgopoulou (Director of the Gennadius Library)
SESSIONS:
All participants are welcome to attend a lecture by Dr Cristina Dondi, Visualising 500 years of circulation of Greek incunabula in European and American Collections, at 19.00 in Cotsen Hall (9 Anapiron Polemou, Athens).