The cultural treasure of the city
Municipal Library of Patra
Adress: 110 Maizonos Str., Patras
Tel. of Reading Room +30 2610 224813
mail: [email protected]
https://patraslibrary.weebly.com
Municipal Library of Patra
The origins of the Municipal Library of Patras lie in the donation of the library of the “Patra Craft Company” to the Municipality of Patras in 1903.
Δημοτική Βιβλιοθήκη Πατρών – Αναγνωστήριο / Municipal Library of Patras – Reading Room
In 1908, after petitions through the local Press, the Municipal Library of Patras was founded, and the first Supervisory Committee was elected. The Library was housed in the school on the corner of Gounari and Karaiskaki Streets. Two years later, in 1910, the official opening ceremony took place.
The Library closed in 1926, abandoned, and its contents were stored in the basement of the Municipality until 1944, when a group of book lovers transported them to the house of former mayor Ioannis Vlachos and subsequently to the Karamandani Mansion, on 42 Maizonos Street.
Δημοτική Βιβλιοθήκη Πατρών – Αρχιτεκτονικό σχέδιο / Municipal Library of Patra – Floorplan
In 1947 the postwar Municipal Library was inaugurated, with 18,200 books, mostly donated by the public. In 1948, by royal decree, the Library became a legal entity governed by public law. In 1955 the new building was inaugurated, and the books transported there.
Since 2011, the Library is part of a newly founded legal entity governed by public law, under the name “Municipal Library-Cultural Organization of the Municipality of Patras”. It comprises the Central Library (110 Maizonos Street) and the Annex (Eleftheria Square, 26 Fokaias Street). The ground floor houses the Children’s Department and the Municipal Gallery. Visitors can use the reading room, borrow books, access the Internet, use the computers for research purposes, and there are workstations for people with disabilities.
Head of the Library is the librarion Ms. Aikaterini Kourou
Future plans
The Municipal Library of Patras falls under the category of public libraries. Within this framework, its plans include the restoration of the buildings and the upgrading of services and functions, in order to develop into a large central public library that will support the right to self-education and public education, providing access to every resident of the city. Furthermore, it may also become the centre of a network of municipal/public libraries in the neighbouring municipalities and regions.
Δημοτική Βιβλιοθήκη Πατρών – Εκπαιδευτικό πρόγραμμα / Municipal Library of Patra − Educational programme
For the moment, a study for the creation of a modern section for children/teenagers, a department for digital technologies and an exhibition of rare books and documents is underway.
Moreover, funding is being sought for the installation of digital services through the use of radio-frequency identification technology (RFID).
ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ
Estia Nea Smyrni| Event for the great Greek mathematician Constantin Carathéodory | 11 September 2024
ESTIA Nea Smyrni will hold a tribute to the great Greek Constantine Carathéodory , the eminent mathematician, scientist and enlightened teacher, the organizer of the University of Smyrna. The biographer of Con. Carathéodory and spiritual child of his daughter, Despina Vlachostergiou-Vasvateki, will take the audience on a journey through Brussels, Egypt, Berlin, Smyrna, Athens, Munich, and the interesting, exciting, successful and disappointing life of the man whom Einstein recognized as his teacher in mathematics. The presentation of the views of Constantine Carathéodory's contemporaries and scientists, by the leading Greek actress, playwright and director Mimi Denisi, will shed light ...More
Ioannina Castle| Work is progressing at an intensive pace at Its Kale
In the context of the implementation of the strategic plan of the Ministry of Culture and the Municipality of Ioannina for the unification of the two Acropolises of Ioannina, as well as the promotion and sustainable use of the emblematic monumental ensemble as a single archaeological and cultural site, the maturation of the studies for the restoration of parts of the walls and the southern bastion of the SE Acropolis was completed. The Castle of Ioannina is located in the south-eastern corner of the modern city, on the top of a rocky promontory and constitutes the ...More
Zoumboulakis Galleries| Voula Karampatzaki- Structures| 12 September-05 October 2024
Zoumboulakis Galleries presents the exhibition of Voula Karampatzaki entitled "Structures", from 12 September to 5 October 2024. This is her first solo exhibition at the gallery. She will present her installation consisting of sculptures, paper constructions of various sizes and wall pieces. The installation includes works that seem timeless and scattered in a non-place. Her buildings started in a "spontaneous and instinctive" way. But then the connection between human construction and one of the most basic human needs, the need for protection, was identified. The buildings protect him from man himself, from nature, but they also ...More
Inter-Institutional Postgraduate Course “Oceanography and Management of the Marine Environment”| Call for applications (2024-2025 academic year)
Applications for registration in the Inter-Institutional Postgraduate Course (IIPGC) "Oceanography and Management of the Marine Environment” can be submitted for the academic year 2024-2025. The IIPGC "Oceanography and Management of the Marine Environment" receives BSc holders from the Departments of Geology & Geoenvironment, Biology, Chemistry and Physics, as well as from Departments of Schools of Science, Environment, Agriculture, Engineering, and other pertinent scientific domains. The minimum attendance at the IIPGC for obtaining the Master's Degree is 4 (four) academic semesters, including the elaboration of the Master thesis. Students who intend to complete their undergraduate studies during ...More
Leave A Comment