Welcome to www.kalambakalibrary.org, a website, which is owned and operated by “EDUCATIONAL, LITERARY AND CULTURAL CIVIC NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMPANY OF KALAMBAKA” (with the distinctive title “KDK”) (hereinafter referred to as “KDK” or “we” or “us” or “our“), located at Solonos Street no. 10, Athens, which manages and operates the Kalambaka Library.

The use of the website www.kalambakalibrary.org (hereinafter the “Website“) is subject to the Terms of Use and the terms of this notice regarding (a) the processing of personal data through the Website and (b) the use of trackers (e.g. cookies) (hereinafter the “Privacy Policy“). The Privacy Policy has been updated to ensure compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation [Regulation (EU) 2016/679, “GDPR”] and Law 4624/2019.

By using the Website, you unconditionally declare that you have reviewed, understood and accepted all the terms contained in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any of the terms contained in the Terms of Use and/or the Privacy Policy, you should refrain from visiting and using the Website and its Services.

The Privacy Policy may be subject to modifications and updates, from time to time, as deemed necessary and without prior notice to you, which will be effective as of the date they are posted on the Website. We invite you to review the Privacy Policy regularly, as your continued use of the Website implies and indicates your acceptance of such changes.

If you do not agree to the use of your data in accordance with the Privacy Policy, please do not use the Website.

KDK is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how KDK, as a controller within the meaning of the GDPR, collects and processes personal data and other information about you, the users of the Website (hereinafter referred to as “user” or “you” or “your” or “your“), and how our Website uses cookies and other identification technologies.

1. This Website and How you can contact us. 2

2. Types of data we collect, how we collect it and how we use it. 3

Direct Data we collect from you. 3

Data we collect through the use of trackers & cookies.

Data we collect from third parties. 4

Αnonymous and Statistical Data. 4

3. Which Data we share with 3rd parties. 4

Service Prodivers. 4

Other Providers. 5

Transfer of Data outside the EU. 5

4. How we implement trackers and cookies.

Types of Trackers. 6

How to change tracker settings. 7

5. Legal basis for processing. 7

6. For how long we retain your data. 8

7. How we secure your data. 9

8. List of your rights. 9

9. Submitting a complaint. 10

1. This Website and how you can contact us

The website offers users information about the Kalambaka Library, its activities and its catalogue; it also offers the possibility of receiving specific services from the Kalambaka Library, e.g. requesting a guided tour, reserving material, etc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Services“).

If you have any doubts or questions about this Privacy Policy or if you wish to exercise any of your rights included below in section 8 (“What are your rights“) of this Privacy Policy, you may contact us by mail at the following address: ENVELOPMENTAL, LOGISTIC AND CULTURAL NON-COMMERCIAL NON-COMMERCIAL NON-COMMERCIAL SOCIETY OF CALABAKA, 9 Rhodes, P.O. Box 42200, Kalambaka, or by e-mail to the e-mail address: privacy@kalambakalibrary.org.

The Website includes links to third party websites. We draw your attention to the fact that these third parties apply their own policies regarding the processing of personal data, which policy we recommend you to study.

2. Types of data we collect, how we collect it and how we use it

When you visit the Website and, when you contact us and when you order a Service from Kalambaka Library, we collect and process certain personal data in order to enable you to benefit from the content, functions and Services offered through the Website and also in order to understand the demand for our Services and to improve the way we operate.

Personal data is information that relates to you as an identified or identifiable natural person, i.e. a natural person whose identity can be verified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as name, ID number, Internet Protocol (IP) address, etc.

3. Direct Data we collect from you

Most of your personal data that we process is provided to us directly by you.

We collect your personal data for the purposes of communicating with you, such as to respond to your requests for information and to better understand your expectations and needs; also to provide you with the Services.

In particular, when you create a “User Account” we collect and process information about you that you provide directly to us, including: name, email address, Kalambaka Library Card Number. We will use this information in order to provide reservation services and other services.

When you make a “Material Reservation” we collect and process your username and password to the Kalambaka Library automated catalogue, as well as the content of your reservation.

When you submit a tour request in the relevant section of the Website, we collect and process your username and password and the details of your request.

Also when you use the contact form (“CONTACT”) on the Website, we collect and process information about you that you provide to us directly, which may include: name, email address, country, the reason for the contact (subject) and the content of your message to us. We will use this information in order to contact you.

When you sign up to receive newsletters we collect and process your email address.

4. Data we collect through the use of trackers & cookies

We also use cookies and other tracking technologies and collect information about how you use the Website, technical information (which includes information about access time, volume of information transmitted, transmission status, browser type, version and language, browser plug-in type and version, IP address, operating system and system interface, time zone and location settings) and profile information, which includes

Where you provide us with your consent, we will use your data to provide you with content relevant to you based on the use of cookies. For more information on this and on how you can opt out of this processing, please see section 4 [“How we use trackers (cookies and other tracking technologies“)] of this Privacy Policy.

5. Data we collect from third parties

We receive some of the aforementioned technical data from statistical data providers, such as Google (Google Analytics).

6. Αnonymous and Statistical Data

We may process anonymized and statistical data for any purpose, in particular for statistical purposes and for the improvement of the services – information provided by the Website. Although such data may derive from your personal data, they are no longer considered as such, as they do not directly or indirectly reveal your identity (for example, we may collect data on the use of the Website in order to calculate the percentage of users who have access to certain elements of the Website). Although such data may derive from your personal data, they are no longer considered as such, as they do not directly or indirectly reveal your identity (for example, we may collect data on the use of the Website in order to calculate the percentage of users who have access to certain elements of the Website).

We do not knowingly collect and process special categories of personal data (“sensitive” personal data) through the Website, such as information about your health, race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, etc.

7. Which Data we share with 3rd parties

Service providers

KDK may appoint external/third party service providers who will act as processors and provide specific services to KDK. In particular, KDK uses IT service providers for digital services and office and productivity applications, email and data hosting (Microsoft, Top.Host), a bulk email provider (Mailchimp), a library management application and service provider (ELiDOC) and a technical support service provider. When they provide such services, the external service providers may process your personal data.

Other recipients

In certain cases, we are legally obliged to transfer your personal data (strictly to the extent required) to public, judicial, prosecutorial, investigative and regulatory authorities, for example in execution of a court order. In order to pursue and support our legal claims or defend ourselves legally we will transfer your personal data to our legal advisors and judicial/investigative authorities.

Transfers of data outside the European Union

Any transfer of your data outside the EU to achieve the above processing purposes, due to the disclosure of your data to the above recipients, will be subject to appropriate and adequate safeguards and conditions to ensure an adequate level of data protection, e.g. transfer agreements based on standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission. For more information on how KDK protects your personal data when transferred outside the EU or to obtain a copy of the safeguards KDK applies to protect your personal data when transferred, please contact us here: INFORMATION, LOGISTICS AND CULTURAL NON-COMPETITIVE NON-COMPETITIVE SOCIETY OF CALABAKA, 9 Rhodes Street, P.O. Box 42200, Kalambaka, or by email to the following email address: privacy@kalambakalibrary.org.

How we use cookies and trackers

The Website uses cookies and related technologies (hereinafter “trackers“) in order to ensure its proper and secure operation and to optimize your browsing experience.

Therefore when you visit the Website, a tracker may be installed on your device. Trackers are techniques such as: HTTP/S cookies, flash cookies, “local storage” (local storage) implemented in HTML 5, identification by calculating the digital footprint of the terminal device, identifiers generated by operating systems (whether intended for advertising purpose or not: IDFA, IDFV, Android ID, etc.), hardware identifiers (MAC address, serial number or other device identifier), etc.

The use of trackers allows KDK to recognize your device, to gather information regarding usage patterns when you navigate the Website, to store certain information about your preferences or previous actions, to improve the online experience and personalized experience. In addition, it allows us to automatically collect information about the sites you visit and about links to third-party websites that you may select through your use of our Website.

You can configure your web browsing program, your browser, to either warn it about the use of trackers on certain services or to prevent it from accepting the use of trackers on certain or any services. If the user of the specific services and pages does not wish to use trackers to identify him or herself, he or she cannot access these services any further. In particular, you can select or exclude trackers at any time – except for absolutely necessary trackers (they are used to help us make the Website work efficiently), you can delete trackers, e.g. cookies, installed on your device at any time, you can prevent new cookies from being stored and receive a notification before a new cookie is installed by making relevant settings in your browser software.

Where certain types of trackers require you to provide your prior consent in order to be installed and used, you will be asked via a banner. If you choose not to provide access or to delete certain cookies, you will still be able to visit the Website, but its functionality may be limited. That is, blocking certain types of trackers, e.g. cookies, may affect your experience on the Site and the Services we offer you.

Types of Trackers

Χρησιμοποιούμε «μόνιμους» (persistent) ιχνηλάτες, όπως επίσης ιχνηλάτες «συνεδρίας»/ ιχνηλάτες «περιόδου λειτουργίας» (session). A persistent tracker is stored on your terminal equipment, is not automatically deleted when you close your browser, and will remain for the period of time set for that particular tracker. In contrast, a session tracker is placed only for the duration of your visit to our Website and is deleted as soon as you close your browser.

Α. Necessary trackers

These are trackers that are technically necessary for the proper and secure operation of the website (e.g. for the realization of the connection to our website or for the provision of the internet service requested by the user). These are “session” / “session” trackers, which are only placed for the duration of your visit to our Website and are deleted as soon as you close your browser / browser.

Β. Analysis trackers

If you choose to do so and provide us with your consent, we will use Google Analytics (provided by Google LLC) for the purpose of statistical analysis (web analytics) and in order to obtain information about the use and traffic of our Website, through the monitoring and analysis of the behaviour and interaction of users of the Website. For example, we will be able to know how users arrived at the Website (i.e. which links each user followed to reach the Website), which pages of the Website were viewed by users, how much time they spent on each of them, etc. Google Analytics Analytics will provide us with reports describing and analysing the Site’s traffic and demographic data relating to the Site’s users (e.g. the region from which they logged in, data on the return rate to the Site, information about the browser they use), which will help us to optimise the Site’s content and operation.

For the operation of the Google Analytics service it is necessary for Google to install the cookies in the table below on the device of the user visiting our Website, which entails the processing by Google of personal data of the user in question; specifically, Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, demographic data and user’s geographic location, user’s device technology (e.g. iOS, Android, etc.), user’s device type (mobile, computer, tablet), average session length , sessions and generally how the user interacts with the website. For the purposes of providing the Google Analytics service, this user data will be transferred by Google outside the European Union, including to countries outside the European Union, including the United States (where, under certain conditions, competent government authorities in the United States may also have access to this data). More details on the geographical location of Google’s subcontractors can be found here).

We would like to point out that in the context of the operation of the Google Analytics service we use, as a technical data protection measure (privacy by design), the “_anonymizeIp ()” function of Google, in order to hide the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the website users whose behaviour is analysed (more information can be found here). It is clarified that, even with the use of the “_anonymizeIp ()” function, in general the processed data is still considered personal data (i.e. not fully anonymized) and can be used by Google for its own purposes as well (e.g. .to improve its services, to develop new services, to measure the effectiveness of advertisements, to compile user profiles, to correlate with other data collected from user accounts in other Google services (e.g. history searches), etc., according to Google’s relevant policies, which are available and we encourage you to study here, here, here and here.

Trackers (third-party)
Name of Tracker	Type	Function	Duration	Processor	Recipients
_ga	Google Analytics	Statistical analysis (web analytics). Used to record the beginning and end of each visit to our website. It is used to distinguish between users.	2 years	TEIRESIA S.A. and Google LLC (joint controllers)	Google subcontractors who provide support services for the provision of the Google Analytics service, e.g. customer support, technical service support, IT facilities management. Detailed information about these subcontractors is available here and here (section “Access to data“).
_gid	Google Analytics	Registers the beginning and ending of your browsing experience.	1 day	TEIRESIA S.A. and Google LLC (joint controllers)	Google subcontractors who provide support services for the provision of the Google Analytics service, e.g. customer support, technical service support, IT facilities management. Detailed information about these subcontractors is available here and here (section “Access to data“).
_gat	Google Analytics	Adjusts the rate of requests – limiting data collection to high-traffic websites.	1 minute	TEIRESIA S.A. and Google LLC (joint controllers)	Google subcontractors who provide support services for the provision of the Google Analytics service, e.g. customer support, technical service support, IT facilities management. Detailed information about these subcontractors is available here and here (section “Access to data“).
SID, SAPISID, APISID, SSID, HSID, NID	Google Maps Preferences	For proper operation on websites that include Google Map	6 months to 2 years	KDK	Google Inc, KDK

KDK Trackers (first-party)
Name of Tracker	Type	Function	Duration	Processor	Recipients
has_js	Functional Tracker	Allows the server to know if it can use the JavaScript component for the proper functioning of the site Connects to the Drupal content management system. Drupal uses this cookie to indicate whether or not JavaScript is enabled in the visitors’ browser.	Session	KDK	–

How to change tracker settings

Most browsers allow you to control most trackers, e.g. cookies, through their settings. To learn more about cookies, including how to see which cookies have been placed on your terminal equipment, you can visit: http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htmor www.aboutcookies.orgor www.allaboutcookies.org.

Learn how to adjust cookie settings (browsers):

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Opera
• Apple Safari

5. Legal Basis for processing

We process your personal data when and as the relevant legislation allows us to do so, i.e. when we have a lawful basis for the processing. Where applicable, we process your personal data under the following lawful bases:

• You have provided your consent to the processing of data for one or more specific purposes, e.g. when you subscribe to our newsletter or for the installation and use of certain types of trackers.
• The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or in order to take steps at your request prior to the conclusion of a contract, i.e. when you submit a request to receive a Service (e.g. when you make a “Material Reservation” or submit a tour request).
• The processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation of KDK, e.g. if we are requested to access your personal data by a competent judicial authority.
• Processing is necessary for purposes of legitimate interests pursued by KDK (or legitimate interests of third parties), provided that your fundamental rights do not override those interests. Such legitimate rights include:

1. Monitoring, in order to ensure the effective and secure operation of the Website and to prevent fraud and misuse,
2. to optimise our services and the Website
3. monitor how the Website is performing, e.g. through its statistical data, in order to improve the design and information we provide through the Website, the Services, our promotions and our relationship with users of the Website,
4. Responding to your requests or queries.

Choosing not to provide your personal data in certain circumstances may result in disadvantages for you, for example, we may not be able to provide you with a Service or respond to your request.

6. For how long we retain your personal data

We generally retain your personal data for as long as necessary under the law, depending on the purpose and type of processing.

In particular, your personal data will be retained for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes for which we collect it, e.g. for as long as necessary to provide you with our Website features and Services requested. Once the purpose for which we processed the data has been achieved, we will either delete your personal data or anonymise it, unless there are legal grounds for retention.

Regarding retention periods/duration of trackers, please see section 4 [“How we use trackers (cookies and other tracking technologies)“] of this Privacy Policy.

7. How we secure the your personal data

Taking into account the latest developments, the implementation costs and the nature, scope, context and purposes of the processing, as well as the risks of varying likelihood and severity to the rights and freedoms of natural persons from the processing, KDK applies appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure a level of security commensurate with the risks of the processing.

8. List of your rights

Subject to the conditions set out in the relevant legislation, you have the following rights regarding the protection of your personal data:

• Right of access: you can contact KDK in order for us to inform you and explain to you if and which data we hold about you and how we process it. You can also request a copy of the personal data KDK holds about you.
• Right to rectification. If you believe that your data is inaccurate or needs to be updated, you have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal data and the completion of incomplete information.
• Right to erasure: Under certain circumstances, such as, for example, when the data is no longer necessary, you have withdrawn your consent, the data has been unlawfully processed, you may request KDK to delete it.
• Right to restrict processing: If you believe that your data is not accurate, or the processing is unlawful, or you believe that the data is no longer needed by KDK, or you object to automated processing, you have the right to request the restriction of processing.
• Right to object: You can object to the processing of your personal data by KDK for reasons that concern you and are related to your particular situation, unless, among others, there are compelling and legitimate reasons for the processing that override the interests, rights and your freedoms. You also have the right to object where a decision concerning you is based solely on automated processing, including profiling, and that decision produces legal effects or significantly affects you (statutory exceptions apply).
• Right to portability: You may request to receive data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, and to have your data transferred to another organisation (controller), which you will indicate to KDK.

You can find out further and more detailed information about your rights by visiting the website of the Data Protection Authority (www.dpa.gr). If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at privacy@kalambakalibrary.org or as described above in section 1 (“The Website and how to contact us“), exercising your rights (access, objection, etc.) and we will respond.

9. Submitting your complaint

You have the right to appeal to the Data Protection Authority (DPA) on issues concerning the processing of your Personal Data. The DPA is located in Athens (Kifissia 1-3, P.C. 115 23). Regarding the competence of the DPA and the way to submit a complaint, you can visit the website of the DPA (www.dpa.gr).

Kalambaka Library has attained and maintains a culture of quality in all its departments and activities as well as our interactions with the wider community through our outreach program. This level of commitment to quality is monitored and expected of our staff, our partners and all program participants. We adapt our governing principles of total quality to environmental changes and emerging imperatives by rigorous process planning that centers on the development and support of our human capital, and deployment of leading-edge technologies throughout our infrastructure.

The Kalambaka Library Quality Management System hinges on the continuous process improvement that aims at maximizing the level of services provided to our clients.

Our governance follows the basic principles of evidence-based quality management, with quality goals established by our Board of Directors and Associates under the guidance of the Board of Advisors.

The basic principles, as they are expressed in the procedures of our Library Quality Management System are:

• Compliance with specified partner and user requirements.
• Constructive cooperation with all partnering individuals and organizations.
• The continuous professional education and development of our staff.
• Root cause analysis of all client complaints or incidents of non-compliance resulting in corrective action.
• Safeguarding the availability, integrity and confidentiality of all data created, received, stored and exchanged by our activities.
• Maximizing the reliability of the Library’s information resource.

The principles of the System as well as the objectives for Quality are reviewed at regular intervals by the Management of Kalambaka Library, in order to adapt to the new needs and developments in the field of education and culture, legislative requirements but also to achieve the goal of continuous improvement of the Library’s operations.

Through the continuous reviews of the above, the Administration is in a continuous search to identify both human and intangible needs. The Administration is committed to providing the required resources to cover the needs, as they arise and are shaped by the existing situations, to the best of its abilities.

All the Departments of the Kalambaka Library have the responsibility to respond, assimilate and apply the procedures required by the Quality Management System through their daily activities.

It is also the responsibility of the Administration of the Kalambaka Library to ensure that the Quality Policy is communicated, understood and applicable by all of the Library’s human resources, with the ultimate goal of continuous, stable and unwavering adherence to its principles and the continuous offer to users – its partners, high quality services.

The Library of Kalampaka provides each user or group of users, of the age of 13 or over, the possibility of free reservation of area and equipment, available at the opening hours and days of the Library.

	Areas	Equipment
Level 0	0.06 Multimedia Room (46 seats without tables / 30 seats with 6 tables)	CD/DVD Player Sound System Microphone System
	Garden (90 persons, out of which 50 seated)
Level 1	1.09 Reading Area (4 tables and 16 seats )	Desktop
	1.10 Interaction Area (25 seats )	Interactive Screen Interactive Table
	1.11 Actions Balcony (9 seats )
	1.13 Children’s Balcony (15 persons)
Level 2	2.07 Main Collection (4 seats )	Desktop Interactive Board
	2.11 Reading Lounge (4 seats )
	2.08-2.09 Multimedia Room (26 seats and 7 tables) 2.08 Multimedia Room (16 seats and 4 tables) 2.09 Multimedia Room (10 seats and 3 tables)	Interactive Board Sound System
All levels		Video Camera (only at the presence of personnel) Laptop Headphones

The areas are available for use up to 2 hours a day with a right of renweal in the case there is no other reservation. Delayed arrival over 15 minutes of an hour provides the Library with the right to cancel reservations.

Each reservation request should be performed by each user at least 5 working days before the desired reservation date. The reservation request may be performed a) electronically by filling in the form Reservation Request b) by the user’s physical presence at the Library or via telephone. At each reservation the number of the extra persons that may possiby participate must be defined, and (if any) the respective body/association/school which the applicant represents. For a reservation to be considered valid, you must receive a reservation confirmation email or/and telephone call.

The applicant has to sign the Area Reservation Solemn Statement before the use of the room, at the Information Office. The users that have caused damage on equipment and furniture are obliged to replace them in full.

Regarding the use of the Library equipment, the users must comply with the applicable laws on intellectual property, both the domestic and the international laws included.

Scheduled guided tours take place in the Library premises, group or even individual tours, such as students, members of associations/ corporations/bodies, individuals. The tours always take place during the Library working hours and include an informative tour at all its levels, with reference to the technological infrastructure and services it provides as well as the possibility, upon request, of additional activity – educational, artistic activity on the interactive board and introduction to the Library services.

Specifically, the tours are organized in accordance with the Library tour program and are categorized as follows:

1. Guided tour-Tour in the Library premises and technologies.

The duration of the tour circle is 30 minutes. For group tours each tour circle is addressed to a group of 20-25 persons.

2. Guided tour and induction to the Library services.

The duration of the circle of the particular tour is 45 minutes. At the type of the particular guided tour, an introduction to the Library services through educational programs is performed, getting to know and being familiar with its electronic catalogue, its website, the sources of information e.t.c.

3. Guided tour and activity on the interactive board.

The duration of the circle of the particular tour is 45 minutes. The type of this guided tour mainly concerns schools αand part of it is getting to know the educational applications on the interactive board.

4. Guided tour and artistic activity.

The duration of the circle of the particular tour varies, depending on the kind of the additional artistic activity.

The person concerned should state the date of the guided tour as well as the details required, a week (5 working days) prior to its performance. This applies either if he arranges the tour via telephone or by filling in the relevant form via the Library website.

According to the Library’s policy, at the end of each guided tour, the completion of a comments and impressions form necessary for the continuous improvement of its operation and statistical reasons is requested.

• The malicious access, modification, damage or destruction of any computer system, network, program or data is not allowed to the users.
• The Library bears the obligation to maintain a hospitable, comfortable, safe and free of harassment environment for the employees, the membrs and each visitor of the library. The use of the library computers should suppot such an environment.
• In accordance with the spirit of the principles of the Library, the users of the library must behave with politeness, sensitivity and respect to others during their access to and view of material on the Internet as well as during the use of the library computers in general.
• See also Library Use Policy.
• The computers may not be used for commercial purposes or in violation of the applicable policies of the Library.
• The users must comply with the applicable laws on intellectual property, both the domestic and the international laws included.
• The users must comply with the licenses of the electronic resources, the agreements and the guidelines, including those that restrict or prohibit the systematic downloading, copy, transfer, sale or comercial exploitation.
• The users must comply with all the applicable restrictions and the guidelines regarding the use of the equipment and the electronic resources.
• The maximum allowed duration of use of the computers at the children’s department of level 1 of the building is thirty minutes (30’) and at the adolescents & adults department of level 2 of the building is sixty minutes (60’). The extension of the use of the compters by a member of the library is only allowed in certain cases (study, project elaboration e.t.c.). It is also possible to extend the use of the computers beyond the allowed time limits or for the computers to be used anew by the same member within the same day in other cases as well, only following communcation with the library personnel.
• Up to two (2) persons are allowed to sit in front of a computer, so as to ensure the unobstructed movement of the members, the visitors and the personnel of the library in all the areas close to the above working spots.
• The Internet use is governed by distinct rules which have been οι implemented at a level of local network of the library with the use of materials of hardware firewall appliances (hardware firewalls), aimed at the users’ safety, and which are subject to constant controls and updates by the library personnel.
• The use of personal portable storage media (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Portable Hard Drives, USB flash drives e.t.c.) or of other personal devices (laptop computers, tablets, mobile phones e.t.c.) which belong to the members is only allowed, following relevant approval by the Library personnel. More specifically:
  • the use of portable storage media is possible, provided that they are exclusively connected to one PC which belongs to the Library, and which is indicated by the Library personnel. If the member wishes to store or, in general, make use of data from and to this medium, then this is only achieved via a specific network folder or disk, which is also indicated by the Library personnel
  • the use of a personal portable PC (laptop, tablet, mobile phone e.t.c.), is possible, provided that it is declared by the member on entry to the Library, and it is connected to a specific wireless network of the Library (GUEST) for Internet access provision.

Reservation/Borrowing of Computers and other technological equipment

• The reservation of one computer by one or more members is allowed, following communcation with the library personnel, and filling in of the respective application form which is available in the library. The simultaneous reservation of a quantity of more than one computer or/and one interactive board/screen by the same member is not allowed.
• Each member of the Library, over the age of 13, is entitled to request the reservation of a computer, on condition that the aforementioned application is performed at least 1 working day in advance. In the case at which the application for reservation concerns the same working day, the Library reserves on the availability of the equipment which this reservation concerns.
• To reserve a computer or other technological equipment there must be reasons, such as:
  • elaborating a project (school, university,professional or other)
  • conducting a teleconference for educational, professional για or other reasons.
• The library reserves the right to deny or to annul the application for reservation of computers, if it deems it appropriate for specific reasons, such as:
  • in the case of unavailability of equipment, due to:
    • many reservations by members within the same time period.
    • use of the equipment at events-workshops organised by the library.
    • maintenance of the aforementioned equipment.
  • in the case it is deemed that there is no reason which justifies the reservation.
• Borrowing a computer or other technological equipment is not allowed for use outside the premises of the library.
• The area of istallation and use of the computer is defined and agreed following communication among the members and the personnel of the library.

• The Special Collections room hosts the documents of the Library of fifty years ago, editions of 1965 and earlier, which cover various fields of human knowledge.

  1. The Special Collections are open from Monday to Friday at the Library working hours.
  2. The users have access to the shelves and can study the documents in the premises of the Library with some exceptions which are listed as follows.
  • For the documents kept in specially locked shelves, the users are served by the competent employees on request.
  • Documents, whose condition does not allow it (worn out), or which are under conservation, are not given for study.
  3. The users ought to use the material with great care, always bearing in mind that its bigger part is irreplaceable.
  4. The material of the Special Collections cannot be borrowed.
  5. The use of the material of the Special Collections automatically entails its users’ compliance with the rules of the Library of Kalampaka and the applicable laws and provisions on intellectual property.
  6. Reproduction of documents from the closed collections is performed only by the Library, where necessary.

The Library of Kalambaka accepts donations of printed material and games aiming at the enrichment and development of its collection.

The donator’s communication with the Library of Kalambaka is required for the acceptance of material donation, in order to be decided, whether the donation shall be included, and under which terms, in its collection. The donation request may be performed a) electronically by filling in the respective form (donation request) in the Library webpage, b) with the donator’s physical presence at the Library and c) via telephone.

In any case, the Library of Kalampaka is responsible for the acceptance or not of the donation, taking into account parameters such as the general collection development policy, the quality and the size of the material, any necessity of creation of multiple copies in the collection, the physical condition of the material and the donator’s terms. The Library personnel is responsible for the method and the duration of the registration of the donations, as well as for the area, where they will be placed.

Donations that are deemed not to serve the Library needs may be disposed to other bodies such as schools, cultural associations or other institutions or be exchanged with material of other Libraries.

When receiving the donation, it is necessary to fill in the special Material Donation Form.