The Technical Chamber of Greece Digital Library: The Vision of a Special Organisation to Save and Disseminate its Information Work through the Network

Abstract

This presentation discusses the creation of a digital library which contains scientific work produced by the Technical Chamber of Greece and disseminated to its members through post or library services. The Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) is the technical consultant to the Government as well as the professional organisation of greek engineers (numbering more than 60.000). Among TEE activities, it conducts studies and organizes various meetings on technical and related aspects, like architecture, town planning, environment, information technology, chemical engineering, naval architecture, civil engineering and so on.

It publishes three professional periodicals: the weekly information bulletin “Enimerotiko Deltio” which is sent free to all members and contains news, comments and activities of TEE, the bimonthly journal Technika Chronika, containing studies, reports and articles on general technical subjects and the scientific publication Technika Chronika, published in five separate sections addressed to the various engineering fields, with scientific and research articles in Greek including an extended summary in English. In addition, TEE publishes scientific and technical books and translations of foreign specifications.

All above works are used heavily by engineers as well as by other scientists and students. They are disseminated through the Documentation and Information Unit of TEE in Athens as well as the libraries of its 15 regional sections connected to a network through a virtual library system.