University of Crete
Established in 1973, the University of Crete is a young public educational institution committed to excellence in research and teaching. The seat of the University is the Gallos Campus in Rethymnon, where the Schools of Philosophy, Education, Social, Economic & Political Sciences are located. The Voutes Campus in Heraklion is home to the School of Sciences & Technology and the School of Medicine, as well as a number of affiliated research-oriented infrastructures and facilities, including the University General Hospital.
About
The University accepted its first students in 1977-78. Currently, over 18,000 undergraduates and 3000 postgraduate students are registered here. They are educated by an outward-looking academic faculty of around 450 members, supported by adjunct lecturers, post-doctoral researchers, laboratory staff and instructors, as well as around 300 technical and administrative staff.
The international orientation of the University is reflected in its track record of collaborations with many of the leading research and educational institutions in Europe and worldwide, as well as active promotion of mobility and exchange programmes. Research and research training at all levels benefits also from the de facto regional cluster of research institutions.
Reflecting its research activity and associated initiatives, the University of Crete is the first Greek University to have signed the EU Charter and the Code for the recruitment of researchers, and forms part of the Euraxess European network for the mobility of researchers. The University fully participates in quality assurance mechanisms both for its academic and administrative structures, and it is a strategic choice of the University that there will be an ongoing effort to meet quality in all its structures.
Located on the island of Crete, a site rich in ancient and modern Mediterranean cultures, the University offers a vibrant social and intellectual environment for research and education.
Project Coordinator
Manolis Koukourakis is Director of Library Services at the University of Crete. Previously he worked for the Information Technology, Research and Development Department at the University of Crete Library. He has participated in various projects that deal with the introduction and implementation of information technologies in libraries, including library automation systems, digital libraries, digitization technologies and standards, systems for the administration/conservation of the cultural legacy, IL skills in an academic environment. He has participated in many EU funded projects in EU programmes such as TEMPUS and CBHE and has significant experience of designing and implementing library staff training and development programmes within EU projects.
Contact
University of Crete Library
University Campus
74100 Rethymno, Greece
123-456-7890