The Greek library scene: an overview

Abstract

Paper presented at the Fourth National Congress of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists held in Braga, Portugal, in Mar 92. In Greece, libraries are low priority and the profession has little status. Over the last decades, there have been some changes, with the introduction of new technology (computerized cataloguing, online information, CD-ROM) and production of basic bibliographic tools hitherto lacking (national bibliography, lists of subject headings, bibliographic standards). However professional training curricula are out of date, and the education system does not promote reading habits. EC programmes have benefited some, mainly university, libraries and the Greek Librarians Association is beginning to be more active in this area.