THE NEW LIBRARY OF KOZANI

KOVENTARIOS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY OF KOZANI KOVENTARIOS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY OF KOZANI - KMLK

. Our History . Our new building complex . Financing from private and / or public funds . Our benefits . Our expectations KMLK - OUR HISTORY

. One of the most important historical libraries in Greece . Founded in the second half of the 17th century (ca ~1670) as school library . In the beginning of the 20th century (1923) the Library becomes Municipal . October 2018: the grand opening of the new building of the Library KMLK – OUR HISTORY KMLK – OUR NEW BUILDING COMPLEX

. Financing: NSRF (the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement) 2007 – 2013 & 2014 - 2020, European Regional Development Fund and the Regional Operational Programs “Macedonia – Thrace” & “Western Macedonia 2014-2020” . 2010: Start of the construction of the building . 2016: Completion of the construction . October 2018: the grand opening of the new building of the Library KOVENTARIOS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY OF KOZANI KMLK – FINANCING FROM PRIVATE/PUBLIC FUNDS

DIGITALIZATION, SCIENTIFIC DOCUMENTATION AND DIGITAL •Financing from the Operational Program “Information Society” 2000-2006 •Budget: 456.590,63€ CATALOGING OF THE CULTURAL •Contents: Supply of equipment, Website creation and development of applications, DOCUMENTS OF THE KOZANI Digitalization and scientific Documentation of many cultural documents MUNICIPAL LIBRARY

DIGITALIZATION, SCIENTIFIC •Financing from the Operational Program «Information Society” 2000-2006 DOCUMENTATION AND DIGITAL •Budget: 149.750€ •Contents: Scientific Documentation and Digitalization of 800 books from the Psarianos CATALOGING OF THE CULTURAL Collection (one of the major donations to the Library), 3.500 foreign language books, 150 DOCUMENTS OF THE KOZANI manuscipts MUNICIPAL LIBRARY •(digitalization digitization of about 15-20 pages) and Publiciy

•Financing from …… WESTERN MACEDONIAN LIBRARY •Budget: 54.940€ NETWORK •Target: Creation of an interregional digital library in Western Macedonia • Contents: Supply of equipment, Creation of a digital Library application KMLK – OUR BENEFITS

Our benefits: over 100,000 digitized pages, scientific documentation of a large part of our cultural documents, use of n e w o p e n s o u r c e p r o g r a m s (KOHA, ATOM) for libraries, experience in documentation and digitalization KMLK – OUR EXPECTATIONS

Our expectations: active participation in European policy- making, continued funding from national and international financial instruments, the transfer of experience and know-how to other cultural organizations THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

KOVENTARIOS MUNICIPAL LIBRARY OF KOZANI