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The Publishing History of Hestia Publishers

by KALAMOS BOOKS

Just Published! Anna Karakatsouli Στη χώρα των βιβλίων Η εκδοτική ιστορία του Βιβλιοπωλείου της Εστίας, 1885-2010 [In the Land of Books. The Publishing History of Hestia Publishers, 1885-2010] Introduction: Nasos Vayenas 17x24 cm, 370 pages / ISBN 978-960-99681-6-4 Hestia Publishers & Booksellers is the oldest Greek publishing house operating without interruption for more than 125 years. Established in Athens in 1885 by Georgios Kasdonis, publisher of the literary journal of the same name, Hestia commenced operations at a time when the printer-publisher of the 19th century began to be replaced by the bookseller-publisher of the 20th century. Originally specializing in educational textbooks which provided the business with a strong economic base, Hestia transformed its operations over time to include high-quality, Modern Greek literature. The first step to this direction was taken in 1927 when Ioannis Kollaros, Kasdonis' nephew and successor, founded Nea Hestia, a major literary journal under the direction of Grigorios Xenopoulos. The moment of crisis for Hestia occurred in 1937, when the dictatorship of Ioannis Metaxas decided to establish the Organization for Publication of School Textbooks, thus monopolizing a sector once so profitable for the company. During Nazi Occupation the publishing house limited its activities to the utmost but continued to support Nea Hestia, the only literary journal that remained to be published thereby emerging as a national intellectual expression of a high symbolic value. In 1956, at Kollaros' death, his son-in-law, Konstantinos Sarandopoulos, took over the business. Aware of the pressing need to establish an editorial identity for Hestia beyond the school textbook sector, Sarandopoulos had introduced in 1953 the "Neoelliniki Logotechnia" series. This paperback series, published at a low cost in a small, uniform and numbered format of 12 x 17, gathered the best writers of the era, namely nearly all the famed authors of the "1930s generation", including Elias Venezis, Stratis Myrivilis, M. Karagatsis, Yorgos Theotokas and Angelos Terzakis. Hestia thus evolved into a brand symbolizing excellence and intellectual distinction. The study also examines how during the dictatorship years, under Marina Karaitidi's direction, Sarandopoulos' daughter, Hestia has been labeled as a centre-right positioned publisher that stayed aloof from modern trends and political commitments. Today, Eva Karaitidi, Marina's daughter, represents the fifth generation of the Kollaros family at the head of the company. The company's production is now equally divided between literature and social sciences. The actual economic crisis however has hit hard the book sector in Greece and the future of traditional, family-owned, medium sized publishing houses, like Hestia, is uncertain. The volume includes Tables, Bibliography and Index. ========================= -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

12 years, 4 months

Fwd: [EXLIBRIS-L] Institut d'Egypte library burned near Tahrir square clash

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Fernando Baez <baezfer(a)hotmail.com> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:29:31 -0430 Subject: Institut d'Egypte library burned near Tahrir square clash For several days there has been an attempted clampdown of the military forces on the continuing street protests in Cairo. One of the victims today of the violence that has erupted has been the Institute D'Egypte and its library off Qasr al-Aini Street in central Cairo. The institute is considered the oldest scientific institute in Egypt it was established as L'Institute d’Egypte in August 1798 by Napoleon Bonaparte during the French invasion of Egypt. Its mission is to advance high quality research in various fields, ranging from biology and mathematics to fine arts and archaeology. Its library contains more than 200,000 books, including the original volumes of the "Description de l'Égypte (Description of Egypt), begun in 1798 by French scientists in Egypt. Professor Mahmoud al-Shernoby, the president of the institute, told state TV in a phone interview that the damage is a “great loss” to Egypt and that those “who caused this disaster should be punished.” The fire started on the lower floors of the building, but then spread to the higher floors. It soon got out of control and by the time firemen reached the site, there had already occurred a lot of damage, the state TV reported that the fire damaged the whole building and all of its collections. According to eyewitnesses (reported by both MENA and state TV) protesters were seen throwing a Molotov cocktail at the institute, aiming at stone-throwing soldiers <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz4ZPHsqj6E&feature=player_embedded#t=106s> at the Shura Council building, but the projectile missed the intended target and instead landed in the Egyptian Scientific Institute. Fernando Báez =========================== see also http://www.en.cybrarians.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3 35:esi June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

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Ambassadors of the book - Competences for heritage librarians Antwerp, 1-2 february 2012

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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: raphaële mouren <mourenr(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:10:49 +0100 *Ambassadors of the book Competences for heritage librarians *An international conference* *University of Antwerp 1 and 2 February 2012* The Library and Information Science Department of the University of Antwerp<http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.ENGLISH> , the Ecole nationale supérieure des sciences de l’information et des bibliothèques (ENSSIB <http://www.enssib.fr/>, Lyon) and Flanders Heritage Library <http://www.vlaamse-erfgoedbibliotheek.be/en>, organise an international conference on the competences that heritage librarians need to face the current and future challenges of their profession. This two-day conference <http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.IBW&n=103518> will take place at the University of Antwerp (Belgium) on *Wednesday 1 and Thursday 2 February 2012*. The conference is organised under the auspices of the IFLA-Rare Books and Manuscripts Section <http://www.ifla.org/en/rare-books-and-manuscripts>, the LIBER Steering Committee for Heritage Collection and Preservation<http://www.libereurope.eu/committee/heritage>, and the Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL)<http://www.cerl.org/>. The conference will be held in English. Program : *Wednesday 1 February 2012: COMPETENCES<http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.IBW&n=103545&ct=103545&e=283711> * 9:00 *Coffee and registration* 10:00 *Welcome* by Prof. Alain Verschoren, *vice-chancellor of the University of Antwerp* *Session 1 *Chair: Pierre Delsaerdt, *Library and Information Science Department,* *University of Antwerp* - 10:10 Pierre Delsaerdt, *University of Antwerp, **Introduction to the conference theme* - 10:30 Deirdre Stam, *Rare Book and Special Collections Program, Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University [retired], **Challenges for heritage librarians* 11:15?11:30 *Discussion* - 11:30 Lily Knibbeler, *National Library of the Netherlands, The Hague, **21st-century librarianhood: training specialists or generalists?* - 12:00 Garrelt Verhoeven, *University Library Amsterdam, **The text, the book, the collection and its curator. The curator as ambassador of the book in special collections* 12:30-12:45 *Discussion* 12:45-14:00 *Lunch* *Session 2* Chair: Mel Collier, *head librarian KU Leuven* - 14:00 David McKnight, *University of Pennsylvania Libraries, the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Images, **The Bits and Bytes: Digitization Competencies for Special Collections Library Directors and Administrators* - 14:30 Per Cullhed, *Cultural Heritage Library Group, Uppsala University Library, **Transience in old and new librarianship* - 15:00 Claudia Engelhardt and Stefan Strathmann, *Goettingen State and University Library, **Training needs in digital preservation and curation ? Results of a DigCurV survey* 15:30-15:45 *Discussion* 15:45-16:15 *Coffee* - 16:15 Nicholas Pickwoad, *Ligatus Research Centre, the University of the Arts London, **An unused resource: bringing the study of bookbindings out of the ghetto* - 16:45 Mark Purcell, *Libraries Curator, The National Trust, **?A Great Number of Curious Books?: Libraries, collections, people and places* 17:15-17:30 *Discussion* *19:00 Conference dinner **(optional)* * * *Thursday 2 February 2012: EDUCATION<http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.IBW&n=103546&ct=103546&e=283712> * 9:30 *Coffee* *Session 3 *Chair: Trudi Noordermeer, *head librarian University of Antwerp* - 10:00 Susan Allen, *California Rare Book School, University of California Los Angeles, **Educating heritage librarians on the Pacific Rim: California Rare Book School - the past, the present, and the future* - 10:30 Hélène Richard, *Inspection générale des bibliothèques, ministère de la Culture/ministère de l?Enseignement supérieur, Paris, **Education of librarians in heritage matters in France* 11:00-11:15 *Discussion* - 11:15 Monique Hulvey, *Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon,* and Raphaële Mouren, *Université de Lyon-enssib, **Preparing heritage librarians to welcome readers* - 11:45 Adriana Paolini, *University of Trento, **History of writing and the book for children and adults: enhancing rare books collections and the promotion of reading* 12:15-12:30 *Discussion* 12:30-14:00 *Lunch* *Session 4* Chair: Sylvia van Peteghem, *head librarian Ghent University* - 14:00 Diederik Lanoye, *Flanders Heritage Library, **The STCV workshop: a practical training in analytical bibliography for collaborators of heritage libraries* - 14:30 Anne Welsh, *Library and Information Studies, University College London, **Experiential learning in historical bibliography* 15:00-15:15 *Discussion* 15:15-15:45 *Coffee* - 15:45 Giliola Barbero, *Università Cattolica, Milan, **Cultural heritage and IT competence at the Catholic University, Milan* - 16:15 Katie Henningsen, *Access Archivist, University of Kentucky, **Preparing librarians technologically for the 21st-century library* 16:45-17:00 *Discussion* - 17.00-17.45 *Conclusions* by Michael Suarez, *Rare Book School, University of Virginia* *17.45 Closing reception* Information and inscription : http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.IBW&n=103508 Pierre Delsaerdt, Antwerp University, for Antwerp University and Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheek Monique Hulvey, City Libraries, Lyon, for CERL and LIBER Marian Lefferts, CERL, for CERL and LIBER Raphaële Mouren, Enssib, for Enssib and RBMS IFLA -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

12 years, 4 months

FIND OF THE WEEK

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Just a little piece of ephemera A 4 page folded sheet ------------------- Aristides Evangelus Phoutrides April 17 1887 - August 26 1923 Memorial Meeting at Chipman Hall, Tremont Temple Boston Sunday October 7, 1923 at 3.30 pm -------------- Includes list of people giving addresses and inside are the concluding stanzas of "Embers" a previously unpublished poem by Phoutrides Laid in is a small folded card with a photograph tipped in ============== Condition good, but with a slight crease where the paper has been folded in the past $15.00 June S ======================== June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

12 years, 4 months

FIND OF THE WEEK

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Just a little piece of ephemera A 4 page folded sheet ------------------- Aristides Evangelus Phoutrides April 17 1887 - August 26 1923 Memorial Meeting at Chipman Hall, Tremont Temple Boston Sunday October 7, 1923 at 3.30 pm -------------- Includes list of people giving addresses and inside aue the concluding stanzas of "Embers" a previously unpublished poem by Phoutrides Laid in is a small folded card with a photograph tipped in ============== Condition good, but with a slight crease where the paper has been folded in the past $15.00 June S ======================== June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

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FIND OF THE WEEK

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Kardasi, Vasili A. Syros : Stavrodromi Tis Anatolikos Mesogeiou (1832-1857). Athens: Morphotiko Idryma Ethnikes Trapezes, 1987. 1st Greek Ed.. Original Wraps. As New Series : Meletes oikonomikes istorias, 9. 473p. bibliography. index. Clean crisp copy, some pages uncut [only a dozen copies listed in WorldCat] $55.00 -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

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Fellowship opportunities U. Buffalo Libraries

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From: "Nuzzo, Nancy" <nuzzo(a)buffalo.edu> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 09:59:23 -0500 Subject: [EXLIBRIS-L] Fellowship opportunities Dear colleagues, I would appreciate your help in spreading the word about these fellowships that support research in the University at Buffalo Libraries' special collections. Thank you. University at Buffalo Libraries Special Collections Fellowships The UB Humanities Institute, in collaboration with the UB Libraries, is offering two fellowships for visiting scholars and graduate students working on their dissertations to use the UB Libraries' outstanding special collections, which include the Poetry Collection, University Archives, Rare Books, the Music Library, the Polish Collection, and the History of Medicine Collection. Follow this link to find out more about some of the more notable collections in the UB libraries: http://humanitiesinstitute.buffalo.edu/fellowshipsresearch/LibraryCollectio…<http://www.humanitiesinstitute.buffalo.edu/fellowshipsresearch/LibraryColle…> The fellowships provide stipends of up to $4,000 ($5,000 for the James Joyce Fellowship) to cover the cost of fellows' travel to Buffalo and accommodation and expenses during the time of their stay. In addition to the stipend, Fellows will receive library and parking privileges at UB and are invited to participate in any Humanities Institute events that occur during the time of their visit. If feasible, Fellows are invited to give one public lecture on their research. Fellows are also asked to submit a one page, single-spaced report on the value of having used the collection at UB that will be posted on the Humanities Institute website. The timing and duration of the Fellows' residence in Buffalo are flexible, though we would anticipate a minimum stay of two weeks. Both graduate students at an advanced stage of dissertation research and more senior scholars are invited to apply. * The James Joyce Fellowship: for scholars and graduate students whose research is centered on the writings of James Joyce, Modernism, Joyce-related research, research on Sylvia Beach, Modernist publishers, Modernist genetic criticism, Joyce's literary circle, his literary colleagues, or his influences. * The Charles D. Abbott Library Fellowship: for scholars and graduate students whose research would be enhanced by any of the books, manuscripts or unique documents in the UB Libraries special collections, which include materials from the Poetry Collection, University Archives, Rare Books, the Polish Collection, the Music Library, and the History of Medicine Collection. Please note that applicants may apply for only one fellowship per academic year. Selection Criteria and Application Procedure The deadline for applications for the 2012/2013 academic year is January 13, 2012. Applications must include the following in a single PDF file or portfolio: * Cover letter; * Brief two- to three-page, single-spaced research proposal, including length and approximate timing of proposed visit; * Current two- to three-page CV that indicates in detail previous and upcoming research support (grants, fellowships, leaves, etc.); * Letter of support from department chair or dissertation director. Fellows will be selected based on the relevance of UB's special collections to the proposed project, the value of the project to the applicant's field, and the qualifications of the applicant as indicated by research experience and other academic achievements. Applicants must email all application materials as a single PDF file or portfolio by Friday, January 13, 2012 to the program administrator at huminst(a)buffalo.edu. The program description is also available at http://www.humanitiesinstitute.buffalo.edu/fellowshipsresearch/index.shtml#… ********** Nancy Nuzzo Director, Music & Special Collections University at Buffalo Libraries 112 Baird Hall Buffalo, NY 14260-4750 716.645.2935 716.645.3906 (fax) nuzzo(a)buffalo.edu<mailto:nuzzo@buffalo.edu> http://library.buffalo.edu/music/ http://library.buffalo.edu/specialcollections/

12 years, 5 months

FINDS OF THE WEEK

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ICONS OF THE HOLY MONASTERY OF KARAKALLOU MOUNT ATHOS For the first time in its history Karakallou Monastery of Mount Athos is revealing its iconographic treasures to the general public. Karakallou Monastery, one of the oldest monasteries on Holy Mountain, is celebrating its millennium of uninterrupted coenobitic life with the publication of this richly illustrated volume devoted to its portable icons; thereby bringing to light a virtually unknown part of ancient Athonite culture and its spiritual heritage. >From among the hundreds of holy icons in the monastery's possession, 152 were carefully selected for this edition. Historically, they span from the late 14th to the early 19th century and include masterpieces that are inaccessible to most of the monastery's pilgrims. Quite significantly, the Karakallou monastery's holdings feature the largest collection of works by Dionyssios of Fourna, a prominent byzantine iconographer of the 18th century. Gazing at these stunning photographic reproductions, the viewer can sense the presence of divine grace that has been absorbed by these sacred artifacts through the course of centuries of prayer and liturgic life. The book's rich visual content combined with an extensive and well documented analysis of the artistic and historical background of each icon provides not only a unique insight into post-Byzantine orthodox iconography, but also invaluable material for amateur and professional iconographers alike. The accompanying text was composed by six Greek and Russian professors who specialize in Byzantine Art, History and Archaeology. Although the text is written in Greek, non-Greek speaking readers can navigate their way through the book by utilizing the bilingual picture captions (Greek-English) as well as by turning to a chapter written in English summarising the most important aspects of the Karakallou icon repository. The edition is privileged to be blessed by His All Holiness, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, who graciously wrote the foreword. 2011, Linen-bound hardcover with glossy jacket plus protective case (optional), 552 pages (23x32 cm) showing 241 colour icons (most of these are full-size icons and with details). $300.00 ==========================-- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal -- June Samaras KALAMOS BOOKS (For Books about Greece) 2020 Old Station Rd Streetsville,Ontario Canada L5M 2V1 Tel : 905-542-1877 E-mail : kalamosbooks(a)gmail.com www.kalamosbooks.com http://kalamosb.alibrisstore.com/ http://www.antiqbook.com/books/bookseller.phtml/kal

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