List of libraries in Greece

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This is a list of libraries in Greece.

Libraries by region

Attica

• Gennadius Library, Athens
• Hellenic Library of the Onassis Foundation, Athens ^[1]
• Lilian Voudouri Music Library of Greece, Athens
• National Hellenic Research Foundation - Libraries, Athens ^[1]
• NKUA Library, Athens ^[1]
• National Library of Greece, Athens ^[1]
• Nordic Library at Athens
• Panteion University Library and Information Center  [ Wikidata ], Athens ^[1]
• University of Piraeus Library  [ Wikidata ] ^{[1] [2]}

Central Macedonia

• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Library  [ Wikidata ] ^[1]
• Central Public Library of Serres
• Library and Information Center of the University of Macedonia  [ Wikidata ], Thessaloniki ^{[1] [3]}
• National Map Library, Thessaloniki
• Veria Central Public Library  [ Wikidata ] ^[3]
• BIBON - Bibliotecha Oenologica. ^[4] Greece’s first Bibliotecha Oenologica. A wine library houses at Wine and Vine Museum by the Boutaris Foundation, in collaboration with the Public Central Library of Veria and the non-profit civil partnership Future Library.

Crete

• Library and Information Center of the Technical University of Crete  [ Wikidata ] ^[1]
• Vikelaia Library, Heraklion

Epirus

• Municipal Library of Preveza  [ Wikidata ]

Ionian Islands

• Argostoli Public Library
• Zakynthos Public Library  [ Wikidata ]

Mount Athos

• Koutloumousiou Monastery#Library
• Xenophontos Monastery#Library
• Zograf Monastery#Library

North Aegean

• Samos Public Central and Historical Library  [ Wikidata ]

South Aegean

• Hafiz Ahmed Agha Library, Rhodes

Thessaly

• Monastery of Great Meteoron Library
• University of Thessaly Library ^[1]

Western Greece

• Hellenic Open University Distance Library and Information Center, Patras ^[1]
• Library & Information Center, University of Patras  [ Wikidata ] ^{[1] [2]}

Western Macedonia

• Municipal Library of Kozani ^[5]

Defunct

• Hadrian's Library, Athens
• Library of Pantainos, Athens

See also

• Access to public information in Greece
• Greek literature
• List of archives in Greece
• Open access in Greece

in Greek

• Academic libraries in Greece (in Greek)
• Greek libraries on the Internet (in Greek)
• Libraries in ancient Greece (in Greek)
• Special libraries in Greece (in Greek)

References

1. "List of LIBER Libraries", libereurope.eu, Netherlands: Association of European Research Libraries/LIBER Europe, retrieved 2026-01-22
2. "Library Publishing Directory 2024", librarypublishing.org, US: Library Publishing Coalition, retrieved 2026-01-24
3. "EBLIDA Members", eblida.org, Netherlands: European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations, retrieved 2026-01-24
4. "BIBON - Bibliotecha Oenologica - Boutaris Foundation". bibon.org (in Greek and English). Naousa: BIBON, Greece’s first Bibliotecha Oenologica. A wine library by the Boutaris Foundation, in collaboration with the Public Central Library of Veria and the non-profit civil partnership Future Library.
5. "A new, modern library for Kozani, Greece", ec.europa.eu, European Commission, 2019-12-02

Further reading

• Dean H. Keller, ed. (1993). Academic Libraries in Greece: the Present Situation and Future Prospects. US: Haworth Press. OCLC   26129179.
• "Greece". World Guide to Libraries 2017. Vol. 1 (32nd ed.). Germany: De Gruyter Saur. 2017. ISBN   9783110517514 – via Internet Archive.
• Anestis Sitas; Mersini Moreleli-Cacouris (2017), "Greece: Libraries", in John D. McDonald; Michael Levine-Clark (eds.), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences, vol. 3 (4th ed.), US: CRC Press, p. 1733+

External links

• "Bibliography Search: Greece", Bibliography of Library History, 1990-Present, US: American Library Association Library History Round Table – via Penn State University Libraries
• "Library Map of the World: Greece", ifla.org, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions