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Geographical Collections in Greek Academic Libraries:current situation and perspectives
1. Ionian University Department of Archives and Library Science Laboratory on Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing Geographical Collections in Greek Academic Libraries: current situation and perspectives Ifigenia Vardakosta Sarantos Kapidakis {ifigenia,sarantos}@ionio.gr IC-ININFO 2011 Kos-Greece, 29 Sept. – 3 Oct.
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10. 2) services 3) collection development policies 4) repositories
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12. Discussion The rapid development of Greek academic libraries the last decade is related to: Effective use of technological infrastructure High qualification staff Efficient budget administration (European & Government funding)
13. The absence of geospatial collections in Greek academic libraries Academic libraries do not collect Geospatial data Librarians are not familiar with geospatial data Specific infrastructure needed Lack of European or National programmes Cost of geospatial data Geospatial data Produces form specific organizations Lack of co-operations ABSENCE OF GEOSPATIAL COLLECTIONS IN GREECE