The Central Library is located in a 6-storey building divided in two
sections (section A: spaces inside the main library, Section B: spaces
outside the library).The library occupies 14.500 sq. f. out of the
total 17.396, 62 sq.f. of the entire building.
The
library & information center of the UI consists of:
- i. The central library which is located in a building in the center of the university campus and houses the following disciplines: Medicine, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Science, Biology, Economics, Arts, Preschool Education, Philology, Philosophy, History and Archaeology, Psychology
- The library of mathematics which is situated in the building of
the School of Mathematics
- The library of the university School of Agrinio which consists of
three disciplines :
a) Department of Business Administration of Food and Agricultural Products
b) Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management
c) Department of Cultural Heritage Management and New Technologies
- The closed collection which contains materials of limited demand
(back issues of journals and books) and is housed in the basement
of the former library of the medical School of the UI
The collection is organized according to the DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification)
System
Ground Floor (A):
|
Student collection, Theses & dissertations,
Series, Encyclopedias, Journals of general interest, videotapes,
rare books, BRAILLE collection. |
1st Floor:
|
Books |
| 2nd Floor: |
Journals |
3rd Floor:
|
Books |
4th Floor:
|
Journals |
5th Floor:
|
Administration |
| 6th Floor: |
Reading Space |
The
library services are located throughout the library building:
| Ground Floor (B): |
Book acquisition,
Journal acquisition, Technical Services |
| 1st Floor (1.B): |
Computing & Digitizing
office, Gallery, Seminar Lab. |
| 2nd Floor (2.
B): |
Auditorium,
Meeting Lounge |
| 5th Floor: |
Library
Director, Administrative office, Technical Services |
| 6th
Floor: |
Private
research offices, Total Quality Management Unit (TQMU), European
Community Administrative Office. |
Throughout
the library building there are 504 reading spaces for the library
users
Location |
Reading
Spaces |
Available
PCs |
Ground
Floor A |
152 |
22 |
1st
Floor 1. A |
134 |
3 |
2nd
Floor 2. A |
31 |
2 |
3rd
Floor |
132 |
2 |
4th
Floor |
33 |
2 |
5th
Floor |
11 |
|
6th
Floor |
11 |
|
There
are photocopying machines in the ground floor, the 1st, the 2nd, as well
as the 4th floor.
|
