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ATHENΣ BY THE BΟOK

CAREFUL |
PLANNING
The documents' A historic transportation of wisdom,
transportation has become knowledge and civilization has been taking
gradually and very place over the last few months. From
carefully. / H μεταφορά the so-called “Neoclassical Trilogy” at
τεκμηρίων γίνεται σταδιακά Panepistimiou Street, the work of Hansen
και με μεγάλη προσοχή. and Schiller, and specifically the Vallianeio
Building, to an imposing tower designed
*A N EW E R A IS DAW N I NG by architect Renzo Piano at the Stavros
FOR THE NATIONAL LIBRARY Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. We
OF GREECE, IN ITS NEW are referring to the National Library and the
PREMISES AT THE SNFCC. demanding project of its relocation, which
MΙΑ ΝΈΑ ΕΠΟΧΉ ΞΕΚΙΝΆ ΓΙΑ involves the collaboration of hundreds of
ΤΗΝ ΕΘΝΙΚΉ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΉΚΗ people and many organisations, in order
ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΆΔΟΣ ΣΤΟΝ ΝΈΟ to overcome challenges, complete the
ΤΗΣ ΧΏΡΟ ΣΤΟ ΚΠΙΣΝ. optimal transition and establish exemplary
operations with expanded services.
Approximately 750,000 documents from
the General Collection, 40,000 documents
from the Borrowing Section and 30,000
magazines of many subjects from the last
five years are being moved. At its new
premises, the National Library it began
operations gradually from April. Expert
scientists have been processing one by one
the documents from the General Collection,
as well as the 15,000 scripts from the rare
documents collection.
In addition, the National Library collections
include a large number of important
books with handcrafted or historical

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