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TheNationalLibraryofGreeceparticipatesininternationalfora
(e.g.EuropeanLibrary,IFLA,UNIMARC)andcooperateswithother
librariesnationwide.
TheLibraryoftheGreekParliament
Thelibrarywasestablishedin1844tosupporttheworkofparlia-
mentandcongressmen.ThankstoGeorgeTertsetis,thefirstarchivist,
thelibraryflourishedasaculturalandintellectualcenterofthatperiod
oftime.TimoleonFilimon,electedin1875,enlargedthecollection
throughdonationsfromGreeceandabroad.Between1875and1887,
Filimonmanagedtoincreasethecollectionfrom5.000to100.000vol-
umes(http://www.hellenicparliament.gr).
Atpresent,thelibrarycontains600.000volumesofbooks(average
annualincreaseis4.000Greekand1.000foreigntitles),12.000volumes
ofrarebooks,600manuscripts,5.000maps,alldocumentsrelevantto
theParliament,100.000volumesofjournalsandperiodicals,historical
archivesofGreekfamousandimportantpersons,21.000microfilms,
2.500CDROMandabout1.000artefacts.Thelibraryhasadigital
collection[8]of18thcenturyjournalsandperiodicals,thehistorical
parliamentaryarchive,andtheconstitutionsandregulationsofGreece.
Thecollectionsareopentothegeneralpublic.Althoughthemain
goalofthelibraryisthesupportofparliamentarywork,itsupports
researchanddocumentationbyanyscientificandpublicorganization.
Queriescanbesubmittedelectronically,bye-mail,faxortelephone.
Thelibraryoperatestheinterlibraryloannetwork.
Academiclibraries
Thereare23universitiesand15TechnologicalEducational
Institutions(TEI)inGreece,andtheyhavecentral,departmental,and
laboratorylibraries.Theolderlibrarieshavegoodprintcollectionsand
rarebooksaswellasdepartmentalandlaboratorylibraries.
Inthepast,academiclibrariesofferedratherlimitedservicesand
theirtechnologicalinfrastructurewaspoor.Theirbuildingswereill-
adjusted,theirroutinesnotautomated,andtheirpersonnelwasinad-
equatelytrainedandspecialized.1996wasabreakthroughthankstothe
fundingbytheEUSecondCommunitySupportFramework.Thedriving
forcebehindthetransformationwastherecognitionofthecrucialedu-