gr-006558
type: Institution
general context: Greece
accessibility: https://goo.gl/maps/go8FAjVXHLFvhYov8
is or was holder of: gr-006558-gr thap vha
is or was holder of: gr-006558-gr thap megas
has or had agent name: ΒΚΠ ΑΠΘ
agent has or had location: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/gr-006558/locations/1
public areas: There is a cafeteria at the Central Library Building.
has or had agent name: AUTh Library
has or had agent name: Library and Information Centre Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
sources: Official library website (English version) > www.lib.auth.gr/en
has or had agent name: Πανεπιστημιακή Βιβλιοθήκη
reproduction services: For more info please check: https://www.lib.auth.gr/en/printouts-photocopies-digitisation-rare-books
opening hours: Scientific reading room: Mon-Fri: 08:00-20.00. Student reading room: Mon-Fri: 08:00-02.00, Weekends: 08:00-00.00. Administrative services: Mon-Fri: 07:30-15.30. Summer/Holidays: Contact the Library
research services: The AUTh Library & Information Centre offers the following services: 1. Reading rooms (Student reading room & Scientific Reading Room) 2. Loan and ILL services 3. Reference services (onsite and online) 4. Training 5. eCourses support 6. Digitization 7. Institutional repository 8. Collections (printed and electronic ones) For more info please check: https://www.lib.auth.gr/en/services
has or had agent name: Βιβλιοθήκη ΑΠΘ
is or was holder of: gr-006558-gr thap fortunoff
is or was holder of: gr-006558-gr thap mapping
name: Βιβλιοθήκη και Κέντρο Πληροφόρησης Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης
history: Prime Minister Alexandros Papanastassiou decided to found a university in Thessaloniki in 1924. The University of Thessaloniki started operating in 1925 and the University Library was founded in 1927. All schools of the University including the Library were located in a building right next to the Jewish cemetery. The mansion on the Ethnikis Amynis St served as the 2nd Military Hospital of the city during the WWI and hosted the university administration and the library till the 1970s. The AUTh Library started operating in 1927 with an almost zero budget. The need for scholar information motivated professors and Greek scholars from diaspora to actively engage in enriching the library’s collections. The initial core of the Library collection was the donation of G. Konstantinidis, books from school libraries, namely Gymnasium of Thessaloniki, the All-Male Teacher Training School and the Education Academy of Thessaloniki. To this initial core more books from school collections were added; books that were initially collected for the"Frontistirio" of Trebizond (K. Konstantinidis’ donation) but never reached Asia Minor due to the destruction of 1922 and books from other Asia Minor schools saved from destruction and transferred in Thessaloniki by the “Fund for Exchangeable Property”. Georgios Konstantinidis was a former National Library of Greece Director (1890-91, 1895) and donated his library of 8.000 books to the Aristotle University. Gymnasium of Thessaloniki was a Hellenic school operating during the Ottoman occupation in Thessaloniki and its books were mostly Ancient Greek literature classics. All-Male Teacher Training School was a 3-year school operating during 1914-1929. Its books were mostly historic and travel books. K. Konstantinidis was a rich trader from Trebizond (1856 - 1930) that worked hard for the creation of an independent Democracy of Pontos. Library's collection further developed through printed journals subscriptions and important private collections ei…
conditions of access: Archival collections are available for study upon request.
sources: Koseoglou, E., & Zapounidou, S. (2019). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Library & Information Centre: A new-old library. In Boutoura, C., Tsorlini, A., & Livieratos, E. (ed). (2019). Proceedings 14th ICA Conference Digital Approaches to Cartographic Heritage, Thessaloniki, 8-10 May 2019 (192-196). Thessaloniki: International Cartographic Association, Commission on Cartographic Heritage into the Digital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Available at: http://eprints.rclis.org/38835/
has or had agent name: Vivliothiki kai Kentro Pliroforisis Aristoteleiou Panepistimiou Thessalonikis