National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos"

Library

The National Research Foundation “Eleftherios K. Venizelos” has established a specialised library with recent and rare editions, series of official publications, newspapers and magazines, diplomatic documents, treaties, albums, studies, conference proceedings. The Library has already collected 5.000 titles and the gradual collection of 15.000 titles is estimated. The link e-Library gives access to the library's online public access catalog (OPAC), which is being constantly updated. Furthermore, the Foundation plans to collaborate with similar Greek and foreign libraries.
The theme of the library is “Eleftherios Venizelos”, and it comprises current bibliography and rare editions of his public speeches, Parliament speeches, interviews, translations, commemorative publications, and books of his personal library, mainly in German, English and French that are part of the closed collection of the Residence-Museum of Eleftherios Venizelos (Halepa, Chania).
The main subject area is “History”, on international political, financial and social developments of the 19th and 20th century, and equally significant are the subject areas “Crete” (books on the history of the island, albums, studies of social, political and economic history, conference proceedings), “Balkan Wars and First World War” (historic, military, treaties, diplomatic documents), “Asia Minor-Destruction of Asia Minor” (refugee, historic, military, testimonials, society, politics).
The library includes editions on specialised subjects, such as social, economic and political history of regions like North Epirus, Macedonia, Thrace, Smyrna, Istanbul and Cyprus. The collection also comprises general editions (dictionaries, encyclopedias, series) and art, literature books etc.