{"id":45204,"date":"2023-11-02T10:12:35","date_gmt":"2023-11-02T08:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalambakalibrary.org\/?page_id=45204"},"modified":"2024-02-09T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T13:52:13","slug":"printed-electronic-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kalambakalibrary.org\/en\/services-2\/collections\/printed-electronic-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Printed & Electronic Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Efrosine Soulemanis<\/strong> and Athanassios Demoulas<\/strong> were born in Kalambaka, Greece<\/strong>. They moved to the United States in 1914 and were married in Lowell, Massachusetts, where they started a family.<\/p>\n

Their son, George Demoulas<\/strong>, loved to see his relatives in Kalambaka He visited often and enjoyed their hospitality. Over the years he helped build the first high school<\/strong> and the St. Vassarion church<\/strong>, when the town needed them.<\/p>\n

George Demoulas\u2019 daughter, Diana Demoulas Merriam<\/strong>, inherited her father\u2019s love for Kalambaka. She established the Kalambaka Educational, Literary and Cultural Civil Not for Profit Company<\/strong> (KDK<\/strong>) in 2012<\/strong>. Its mission is to provide informational, educational, cultural and recreational services, both traditional and online, to enhance the social, cultural and economic vitality of Kalambaka\u2019 s citizens.<\/p>\n

KDK<\/strong>\u2019s first project has been to renovate and refurbish the building in the city center that housed the Municipal Library, which comprised just two rooms and a minimal book collection. The renovation was completed and the Library<\/strong> opened on July 19, 2015<\/strong> in honor of the birth date of George Demoulas.<\/p>\n

Through an agreement with the Municipality, KDK<\/strong> will manage and operate the new Library<\/strong> for a minimum of five and up to a maximum of fifteen years, when the Library will revert to the management of the Municipality.<\/p>\n

The new Library<\/strong> is a cultural anchor in the city, with a special focus on the needs of children and teens.<\/p>\n

Kalambaka Library\u2019s<\/strong> logo highlights its commitment to education, access<\/strong> and opportunity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Its goals are to:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Develop services tailored to the library users\u2019 needs<\/li>\n
  • Provide free<\/strong> access to library resources and services using state of the art technology<\/li>\n
  • Offer a place for informal learning and social cohesion<\/li>\n
  • Create an attractive physical environment supported by highly qualified staff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Diana Demoulas Merriam\u2019s vision is for Kalambaka Library to become a hub of creativity and opportunity, preparing the next generation of Kalambakiotes, as well as the population of the surrounding area, to thrive in the global future.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    The Library’s collection is classified according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System. The printed collection covers various thematic categories and it is constantly enriched with donations and purchases.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Children’s \/ Young Adults’ Department<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The children’s collection includes: <\/p>\n

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    • Information material.<\/li>\n
    • Supplementary books on school subjects and educational packages.<\/li>\n
    • Scientific and literary books.<\/li>\n
    • Foreign language books.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n


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      Adults’ Department <\/strong><\/p>\n

      The adult collection is divided into the Main Collection<\/strong>, the Reference Collection<\/strong> and the Special Collections<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

      The Main Collection<\/strong> includes scientific books of all thematic categories, Greek and foreign literature books as well. <\/p>\n

      The Reference Collection<\/b> includes:<\/p>\n

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      • Encyclopedias & Dictionaries.<\/li>\n
      • Brochures.<\/li>\n
      • Magazine Collection & Local Press. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n


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        This material cannot be borrowed and can be used only in the reading room.  <\/p>\n

        The Journals Collection<\/b> consists of titles published in Greece and abroad. The collection includes the award-winning by the Academy of Athens historical magazine Thessalian Diary<\/em><\/b> and the scientific journal Trikala<\/b><\/em>, an annual philological historical folklore magazine. <\/p>\n

        In the Special Collections<\/b> there are available old publications exclusively for studying within the Library. The oldest editions of the Special Collections are the works: Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence There<\/em> <\/b>(1836), On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right<\/b><\/em> by Rousseau, published by Garnier Freres (1873), [Traveling<\/em> Notes of Macedonia, Epirus, the New Boundary Line and Thessaly]<\/em><\/b> by Nikolaos Th. Schinas (1886), as well as the [<\/b>History of the Greek Nation]<\/b> <\/em>(1896) by Konstantinos Paparigopoulos, a Greek historian, who is considered the founder of modern Greek historiography. <\/p>\n

         In addition, the collection includes two copies of the [Rigas\u2019 Charta<\/em> (Map) of Greece<\/em>]<\/b>, one of the most important works of the Modern Greek Enlightenment by Rigas Velestinlis, who was a Greek writer, political thinker and pioneer of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n

        The electronic collection consists of a CD-ROM with educational software for primary school students and students with learning difficulties. The students have the opportunity to consolidate the curriculum through a specially designed series of fun exercises, as the software acts as an adjunct to school teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n

        The training packages are:<\/p>\n

        I write simply – I read easily <\/strong><\/p>\n

        An application that is a language development tool for first grades primary school students as well as for students with learning difficulties, parents and language development professionals, such as speech therapists, special educators, and psychologists. <\/p>\n

        Images-Words and Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n

        An educational game for kindergarten and first grades primary school students as well as children with learning difficulties to support their language development. <\/p>\n

        Shape, Size, Color, Space<\/strong><\/p>\n

        A language development tool for children who have difficulties in speech and\/or understanding shapes, sizes, colors, space, opposite concepts. <\/p>\n

        Dysalex’s CB-Pom<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Funny animated stories about dyslexia. Includes games\/educational activities aimed at addressing children\u2019s learning difficulties.<\/p>\n

        Rays<\/strong><\/p>\n

        A package of 112 educational programs designed for preschool children.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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