A review of the library and information services in Greece: Current developments that shape LIS education

Education for Information

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 67-75

  Garoufallou, Emmanouel ^a,b   Siatri, Rania ^a,b   Hartley, R J ^c  

^a ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b Deltos Research Group   (Greece)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic libraries; Greek education; Higher education; LIS education

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349104128     PISSN: 01678329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/EFI-2008-26203     Document Type: Review

References (31)

1. N. Birk and D. Karageorgiou, Academic libraries in Greece: a new profile, Libri 38(2) (1988), 81-93.
2. G. Cacouris, Greece, libraries in, Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science, New York: Marcel Dekker, 10 (1973), 180-190.
3. G. Cacouris, Greece, library education in, Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Science, New York: Marcel Dekker, 10 (1973), 190-195.
4. L. Carnovsky, A Library Cchool for Greece: A Prospectus, Chicago: United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1962.
5. E. Garoufallou, The impact of information technology on Greek academic libraries and librarians: preliminary results, in: Digital Libraries: Interdisciplinary Concepts, Challenges and Opportunities, Proceedings of the CoLIS3, Zagreb, 1999, pp. 304-309.
6. See also: E. Garoufallou, The impact of the electronic library on Greek academic libraries and librarians, PhD thesis, The Manchester Metropolitan University, Department of Information and Communications, 2004.
7. E. Garoufallou and R. Siatri, Online services versus online chaos: evaluating online services in a Greek academic library, in: Libraries Without Walls 6: Evaluating the Distributed Delivery of Library Services, P. Brophy, J. Craven and M. Markland, eds, Facet Publishing, 2006, 35-44.
8. E. Garoufallou, R. Siatri and D. Hartley, Virtual learning environments and Greek academic libraries, in: Libraries Without Walls 5: The Distributed Delivery of Library and Information Services, P. Brophy, S. Fisher and J. Craven, eds, Facet Publishing, 2004, pp. 66-75.
9. E. Garoufallou, R. Siatri and P. Mpalatsoukas, Virtual maps-virtual worlds: testing the usability of a Greek virtual cultural map, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 9(4) (2008), 591-601.
10. P. Georgiou, K. Xenidou-Dervou and K. Synelli, Deiktes apotimisis poiotitas akadimaikon bibliothikon (Performance measurements in academic libraries), 2000.
11. Greek National Book Centre and Department of Archives and Library Science of the Ionian University, Programma katagrafis kai kodikopoihshs Ellhnikon bibliothikon: ekthesi apotelesmaton (Project of mapping Greek libraries: final report), Athina (Athens): EKB, 1998.
12. R. J. Hartley and I. Trohopoulos, Information technology in Greek libraries: problems and prospects, Program 24(4) (1990), 333-342.
13. S. Kapidakis, Document delivery system for Greek libraries, The Electronic Library 20(6) (2002), 496-503.
14. D. H. Keller, ed., Academic libraries in Greece: the present situation and future prospects, New York: The Haworth Press, 1993.
15. J. Krikelas, Academic libraries in Greece, International Library Review 16(3) (1984), 235-246.
16. J. Krikelas, Education for librarianship in Greece, Library Quarterly 52 (1982), 227-239.
17. LIBECON 2000: fact sheet, 2000, Available at: http://cordis.europa.eu/ libraries/en/projects/libecon.html and http://www.libecon.org/, [last visited 07/01/08].
18. M. Monopoli, D. Nicholas, P. Georgiou and M. Korfiati, A user-oriented evaluation of digital libraries: case study the "electronic journals" service of the library and information service of the University of Patras, Greece, Aslib Proceedings 54(2) (2002), 103-117.
19. M. Moreleli-Cacouris, Library education in Greece, in: Keller, Dean H. ed, 1993, pp. 39-53.
20. P. Papadoperakis, The automation project at Library B of Thrace University, Program 16 1982, 57-66.
21. A. Papazoglou and E. Semertzaki, Changes and developments in Greek libraries, The Electronic Library 19(3) (2001), 158-167.
22. A. Priftis and C. Oppenheim, Development of a national information policy in Greece, Information Development 15(1) (1999), 32-43.
23. R. Siatri, E. Garoufallou, I. Trohopoulos and P. Mpalatsoukas, A user-centred approach to the evaluation of digital cultural maps: the case of the VeriaGrid system, in: Libraries Without Walls 7: Exploring "Anywhere, Anytime" Delivery of Library Services, P. Brophy, J. Craven and M. Markland, eds, Facet Publishing, 2008, pp. 147-157.
24. M. Skepastianou, Promotion of preservation and conservation in Greek libraries with special reference to the education of Greek librarians, PhD thesis, University of London, 1993.
25. J. M Smethurst, M. B. Line and P. Owen, New strategies for the University library: A report for the University of the Aegean Library, 1997.
26. Study on assessing the present situation of the markets for electronic information services in Greece (MSSTUDY), Athens: National Documentation Centre, 1995, Available at: http://www.ucy.ac.cy/~ftsimp/msstudygr.pdf, [last visited 24/05/08].
27. G. Tsakonas and C. Papatheodorou, Analysing and evaluating usefulness and usability in electronic information services, Journal of Information Science 32(5) (2006), 400-419.
28. F. Tsimpoglou, Reduction of duplicate scientific journal titles in Greek libraries: an economic assessment, Journal of Information Science 26(5) (2000), 370-377.
29. C. Xenidou-Dervou, The Hellenic Academic Libraries Consortium (HEAL-Link) and its effect on library services in Greece: the case of Aristotle University library system, in: Libraries Without Walls 6: Evaluating the Distributed Delivery of Library Services, P. Brophy, J. Craven and M. Markland, eds, Facet Publishing, 2006, pp. 45-52.
30. C. Xenidou-Dervou, Moving from print to electronic: a survival guide for Greek academic libraries, Serials 16(2) (2003), 145-152.
31. G. Zachos, Greek university libraries in the European context: a comparative evaluation, PhD thesis, Loughborough University, 1994.