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    • The ptolemaic library project 

      Thompson, D.J. (2008)
      This paper discusses the foundation of the Library of Alexandria, probably to be dated under Ptolemy I, and argues for its location within the temple complex of the Mouseion. Modelled in part on Aristotle's library in ...
    • Public libraries and innovation in Greece: An option or a necessity? 

      Μονιάρου-Παπακωνσταντίνου, Βαλεντίνη; Βασιλακάκη, Ευγενία; Moniarou-Papaconstantinou, Valentini; Vasilakaki, Evgenia (2016)
      Innovation is proven to be an essential element of every organisation that wants to achieve survival and sustain its presence. Libraries as information organisations are transformed into innovation incubators because of ...
    • Public library services in Greece: report of a Unesco study tour 

      Popma, L. (1984)
      Report of a study tour in June 83 to advise the Greek government on the creation of a mobile library network. Almost of the 10 million Greek population live in rural communities. Illiteracy, which is estimated at 15% of ...
    • Public records in Cyprus before and after Independence 

      Γεωργαλλίδης, Γ. Σ.; Georghallides, G.S. (1983)
      Presents the text of a speech delivered by G.S. Georghallides at the Second International Congress of Cypriot Studies, held in Nicosia in April 1982. Management of public records under the British colonial administration ...
    • Publishing Trends in Library and Information Sciences Across European Countries and Institutions 

      Olmeda-Gomez, Carlos; De Moya-Anegon, Felix (2015)
      Ten bibliometric indicators were used to assess European publishing intensity in journals listed in Scopus under the subject category "Library and Information Science" between 2003 and 2012. The findings were analyzed for ...
    • Quality control and optimization of the conservation treatments applied to the material of the archives of the Greek Communist Party 

      Μοροπούλου, Αντωνία; Ζέρβος, Σπύρος; Μαβραντώνης, Π.; Moropoulou, Antonia; Zervos, Sryridon; Mavrantonis, P. (2001)
      Presents a study of the quality control of the conservation treatment (deacidification with calcium hydroxide solution) applied to the paper of the Historical Archives of KKE (Greek Communist Party) after the flood of 1994. ...
    • Quality of service in networks supporting cultural multimedia applications 

      Κανελλόπουλος, Δημήτριος; Kanellopoulos, Dimitris (2011)
      Purpose -- This paper aims to provide an overview of representative multimedia applications in the cultural heritage sector, as well as research results on quality of service (QoS) mechanisms in internet protocol (IP) ...
    • Query containment under bag and bag-set semantics 

      Γεργατσούλης, Μανώλης; Αφράτη, Φώτο; Damigos, M.; Gergatsoulis, Manolis; Afrati, Foto (2010)
      Conjunctive queries (CQs) are at the core of query languages encountered in many logic-based research fields such as AI, or database systems. The majority of existing work assumes set semantics but often in real applications ...
    • Query Transformation in a CIDOC CRM Based Cultural Metadata Integration Environment 

      Γεργατσούλης, Μανώλης; Γαϊτάνου, Πανωραία; Μπουντούρη, Λίνα; Παπαθεοδώρου, Χρήστος; Gergatsoulis, Manolis; Gaitanou, Panorea; Bountouri, Lina; Papatheodorou, Christos (2010)
      The wide use of a number of cultural heritage metadata schemas imposes the development of new interoperability techniques that facilitate unified access to cultural resources. In this paper, we focus on the ontology based ...
    • The ramification problem in temporal databases: a solution implemented in SQL 

      Παπαδάκης, Νίκος; Πλεξουσάκης, Δημήτρης; Χριστοδούλου, Γιάννης; Papadakis, Nikos; Plexousakis, Dimitris; Christodolou, Yannis (2012)
      In this paper we elaborate on the handling of the ramification problem in the setting of temporal databases. Starting with the observation that solutions from the literature on reasoning about action are inadequate for ...
    • Reading Behaviour of the Greek Population 1998-1999: national Book Centre of Greece 

      Καμπουρόπουλος, Σωκράτης; Χωριανοπουλος, Αντωνης; Βερναρδάκης, Χριστόφορος; Παπαμιχαήλ, Γιάννης; Ζορμπά, Μυρσίνη; Chorianopoulos, Antonis; Kabouropoulos, Socrates; Vernardakis, Christophoros; Papamichail, Yiannis; Zorba, Myrsini (2000)
      The National Book Centre of Greece has conducted a quantitative research in November 1998--January 1999 that covered the whole country of Greece, with sample size of 3.807 Greek citizens, aged 15 years old and over. The ...
    • The reading behavioural patterns of the Ionian University graduate students: reading policy of the Greek academic libraries 

      Κωσταγιόλας, Πέτρος; Ολένογλου, Άννα Μαρία; Μπάνου, Χριστίνα; Kostagiolas, Petros; Banou, Christina; Olenoglou, Anna-Maria (2008)
      Changing times call for a reading policy which should be high on the list of priorities of academic libraries. This paper aims to probe the reading behavioural patterns and perception of the students of the Ionian ...
    • Reasoning against a semantic digital library framework based on grid technology 

      Παπαδάκης, Ιωάννης; Αβρααμίδης, Αγάπιος; Χρυσικόπουλος, Βασίλειος; Chrissikopoulos, Vassilis; Avramidis, Agapios; Papadakis, Ioannis (2005)
      Purpose - Aims to bridge the gap between grid computing and semantic exploitation of information commonly met in digital library infrastructures. Design/methodology/approach - This paper introduces a semantic digital library ...
    • The recovery of the past 

      Weston, Paul Gabriele (Ένωση Ελλήνων Βιβλιοθηκαρίων, 1995)
    • Reduction of duplicate scientific Journal titles in Greek libraries: an economic assessment 

      Τσιμπόγλου, Φίλιππος Χ.; Tsimpoglou, Filippos Ch. (2000)
      In 1983, the National Hellenic Documentation Centre started the development of the Union Catalogue of Periodicals in the Hellenic Scientific and Technological Libraries. The union catalogue was developed in a database form. ...
    • Report on Modern Greek Studies Association conference, Chicago, November 3-5, 2005 

      Leich, Harold (2007)
      The author details library and archival panels related to Modern Greece held at the November 2005 biennial conference of the Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA). He also summarizes several scholarly panels on linguistic ...
    • Report on the Modern Greek Studies Association Conference, New York, October 13–15, 2011 

      Leich, Harold (2012)
      The first part of the report, for October 13, describes a formal panel with presentations on Modern Greek library and bibliographic matters. It also describes the meeting of the Association’s Library Committee. The second ...
    • Report on the Semantic Digital Archives Workshop held September 27, 2012. 

      Unknown author (2012)
      The article discusses the highlights of the 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Digital Archives (SDA) that was held in Paphos, Cyprus on September 27, 2012. The event was held in conjunction with the International ...
    • Report on the Workshop on Digital Curation in the Human Sciences at ECDL 2009 

      Δάλλας, Κωστής; Doorn, Peter; Dallas, Costis (2009)
    • Report on Travel to Athens, Greece September 9-21, 2006 

      Leich, Harold (2006)
      The author reports on a visit to Athens, Greece, in September 2006 to visit book dealers, libraries, archives, and other institutions with which the Library of Congress has relations, for acquisitions and for collaborative ...