CoHSL-list February 2024

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Taxi to America: A Greek Orphan's Adoption Journey

by Meletios Pouliopoulos

Greetings! We have received a number of copies of the 2023 book, "Taxi to America: A Greek Orphan's Adoption Journey" and would like to place them in libraries in the USA. A preference is given to schools that have a Modern Greek Studies program. Details Title: Taxi to America: A Greek Orphan's Adoption Journey Author: Stella Nahatis Publisher: Stella P Nahatis, 2023 Language: ‎ English Paperback ‏ : ‎ 250 pages ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8986751115 Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.57 x 8.5 inches Synopsis (From Amazon): Stella’s journey from Thessaloniki, Greece to America begins with a pre-dawn taxi ride that she and her sister share while the coffin holding a loved one rides along in the taxi’s trunk. Orphaned and separated from her younger sister “for her own good” as the culture dictated at the time, Stella ends up being adopted by a Greek couple that had emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in the US. At age 11, she overcomes multiple losses and cultural differences to find a place in her new homeland, while finding ways to stay connected to those she loved in Greece. This story of resilience and perseverance follows Stella’s journey of becoming an “Amerikanaki” and eventually reconnecting with her sister, who had stayed in Greece with her own set of adoptive parents. Even as Stella embraces her new life and culture in America, she rebuilds her loving relationship with her sister after an eight-year separation. Later in life, the sisters take another taxi ride together, this time to recover important details of their birth parents’ life stories that mirror the determination to survive and thrive that marks their own. --> Please let us know if you would like to receive this book to add to your library. We will ship it free of charge within the USA while supplies last. Thank you, Meleti Meletios Pouliopoulos Greek Cultural Resources www.GreekCulturalResources.org m 603-502-9425

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Lecture at the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, 2/29/24

by Paganelis, George I

Dear Friends of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, The Angelo K. Tsakopoulos Hellenic Studies Center at Sacramento State cordially invites you to a public lecture by Stavroula Kyritsi, honorary Researcher in the Department of Classics, Royal Holloway University of London and currently Tsakopoulos Hellenic Studies Center Fellow at Sacramento State. Dr. Kyritsi's talk is entitled "Constantine Cavafy's Poetry and His Reception of Antiquity." Please see the attached flyer for complete details. Complimentary parking is available for off-campus attendees. To obtain a parking permit for the evening, all guests must go to one of the parking meters and enter the following code to get a pass: EV12976. See the following campus map for more information about parking nearest the university library: www.csus.edu/campusmap<http://www.csus.edu/campusmap>. The pass should be placed on the dashboard so that the parking attendants can see it. Best, George ----------------------- George I. Paganelis Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection University Library, MS 6039 California State University, Sacramento 2000 State University Drive Sacramento, CA 95819 USA Ph: (916) 278-4361 * (916) 278-6877 paganelis(a)csus.edu<mailto:paganelis@csus.edu> http://www.library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos Schedule a research appointment: https://csus.libcal.com/appointments/paganelis

2 months, 1 week

Free online Hellenic Research Fellowship Program lecture, Feb. 21

by Paganelis, George I

Dear Friends of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, You are cordially invited to attend a live Zoom talk entitled "Dimitrios Moschos’ Neaira, a Greek Comedy in Renaissance Italy" on Feb. 21, 2024 by our current Hellenic Research Fellow, Dr. Stavroula Kiritsi. (The event will be recorded and archived on the Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (HRFP) page at https://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos-hellenic-collection/hrfp.) See the relevant event details at the following link: https://library.csus.edu/spotlight-and-events/dimitrios-moschos-neaira-gree…. Best, George ----------------------- George I. Paganelis Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection University Library, MS 6039 California State University, Sacramento 2000 State University Drive Sacramento, CA 95819 USA Ph: (916) 278-4361 * (916) 278-6877 paganelis(a)csus.edu<mailto:paganelis@csus.edu> http://www.library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos Schedule a research appointment: https://csus.libcal.com/appointments/paganelis

2 months, 3 weeks

Extended Deadline: 2025 ASCSA Summer Session Director(s)

by ASCSA Programs

Deadline: March 1, 2024 *new extended deadline* DIRECTOR(S) OF THE ASCSA SUMMER SESSION GERTRUDE SMITH PROFESSOR(S) The Summer Session has been a centerpiece of ASCSA programming since 1925, and it remains a vital part of how the School reaches out to students and teachers wishing to acquire or expand on their firsthand knowledge of Greece. The staff in Athens and many past Summer Session leaders stand ready and willing to provide all manner of assistance. Individual leaders or co-leaders are welcome to apply. SIX-WEEK ASCSA SUMMER SESSION Term: Summer 2025. The specific dates for the 6-week program will fall between June 1 and August 15 each year. The program cannot begin before June 1 or end after August 15. Eligibility: Applicants should have experience designing and leading travel study programs, preferably in Greece, and at least two years of teaching in a post-secondary educational institution. Joint applications by two scholars who have worked well together in the past are welcome. Gertrude Smith Professors should have at least some knowledge of modern Greek and the ability to be engaging, organized, flexible and positive under often-demanding conditions. Qualified applicants in all areas of classical studies, including archaeology, art history, epigraphy, history, and languages are encouraged to apply. Description: See more information about the ASCSA Summer Session: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/programs/summer-session <https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/programs/summer-session>. Duties: Plan the itinerary of the session, in consultation with the staff in Athens, at least six months prior to the session; collaborate with the Committee on the Summer Sessions in the selection of participants; correspond with participants concerning travel, equipment, academic requirements, etc.; supervise all aspects of the program in Greece, including teaching, coordinating with on-site expert lecturers, keeping a detailed log of the sessions, managing incidental expenses within a pre-approved budget, and submitting a report to the Director of the School. Compensation: Stipend of $10,000, plus travel and expenses, housing for the Summer Session leader(s) for eight weeks in total as available June 1 to August 15. See the policy <chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/uploads/general/Summer_Program_Policy_on_Spouses_and_PartnersJoint_Directorship.pdf>. Application: An online application consisting of a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of support. More information can be found at: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/about/staff/positions-available <https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/about/staff/positions-available>. The selection committee may conduct a short interview as part of the application process, the finalists will be notified in advance. Inquiries can be sent to: application(a)ascsa.org <mailto:application@ascsa.org> The appointments will be announced by March 29. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national or ethnic origin, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation when considering admission to any form of membership or application for employment. — American School of Classical Studies at Athens 321 Wall Street Princeton, NJ 08540-1515 Email: programs(a)ascsa.org <mailto:programs@ascsa.org> Website: https://www.ascsa.edu.gr <https://www.ascsa.edu.gr/> Connect with the ASCSA facebook.com/ASCSAthens/ <http://facebook.com/ASCSAthens/> • twitter.com/ASCSAthens <http://twitter.com/ASCSAthens> • instagram.com/ascsathens/ <http://instagram.com/ascsathens/>

2 months, 4 weeks

Entity Management Using RDA and Wikibase: A Case Study at the National Library of Greece

by KALAMOS BOOKS

This looks interesting, but it is trapped behind the Taylor & Francis paywall June S. ---------------- Michalis Gerolimos Head of Cataloguing Department @nlgHead of Cataloguing Department @nlg New published paper The National Library of Greece (NLG) has been actively adapting its policies, workflows, and tools to make its data LD-ready. Within this context, NLG has developed -in cooperation with Open Knowledge Greece- an entity management prototype using RDA/RDF in a Wikibase instance. The vision is to build a shared entity management system used by all memory institutions in Greece to describe entities of Greek interest. *https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19386389.2024.2307208 <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19386389.2024.2307208>* ======================= tandfonline.com • 1 min read The force driving the implementation of Linked Data (LD) technologies in libraries is the aspiration for widespread interoperability of library data and for advanced information services. Toward th... like 14 Afroditi Fragkou and 13 others ================ Michalis GerolimosORCID Icon,Eftychia KoufakouORCID Icon &Charalampos BratsasORCID Icon Published online: 05 Feb 2024 Cite this article https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2024.2307208 CrossMark LogoCrossMark Abstract The force driving the implementation of Linked Data (LD) technologies in libraries is the aspiration for widespread interoperability of library data and for advanced information services. Toward these goals, libraries change their data models, update their communication formats, and develop prototype applications that use new models and formats and enable entity-based cataloguing. The National Library of Greece (NLG) has been actively adapting its policies, workflows, and tools to make its data LD-ready. Within this context, NLG has developed -in cooperation with Open Knowledge Greece- an entity management prototype using RDA/RDF in a Wikibase instance. The vision is to build a shared entity management system used by all memory institutions in Greece to describe entities of Greek interest. Data is to be stored as a knowledge graph that can be exported in RDF serializations, and in legacy MARC format. This paper first examines related efforts from other National Libraries, and then outlines the steps involved in the publication of the NLG Authority File as linked data; namely dataset selection, modeling, data curation, mapping, and publication. The development of the NLG entity management prototype is also presented. The paper concludes with challenges, lessons learned, and next steps. Keywords: Entity managementlinked dataWikibasenational librariesNational Library of Greece Disclosure statement No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s). Notes 1 https://github.com/RDARegistry/RDA-Vocabularies. -- 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

2 months, 4 weeks

GREEK SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS

by KALAMOS BOOKS

A list of school textbooks - mostly vintage - designed for children in Greece or used to teach Greek to the children of Greek immigrants in Canada & the USA *https://docs.google.com/document/d/12HrziT0Jqk74_0juCqJIvrFbWTc7lW9Kg8EbHhPcVsk/edit <https://docs.google.com/document/d/12HrziT0Jqk74_0juCqJIvrFbWTc7lW9Kg8EbHhP…>* ======================= All prices are listed in US Dollars - but you can pay in your choice of Canadian $ /US $ /Euros / UK Pounds @ the current rate of exchange. FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT 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

2 months, 4 weeks

Free online Hellenic Research Fellowship Program lecture, Feb. 13

by Paganelis, George I

Dear Friends of the Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection, You are cordially invited to attend a live Zoom talk on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 9 a.m. Pacific Time by our current Hellenic Research Fellow, Dr. Justin Willson. The talk is entitled "Maksim Grek Between Two Worlds." The event will be recorded and archived on the Hellenic Research Fellowship Program (HRFP) page at https://library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos-hellenic-collection/hrfp. See the following link for full details about the event: https://library.csus.edu/spotlight-and-events/maksim-grek-between-two-worlds. Best, George ----------------------- George I. Paganelis Curator, Tsakopoulos Hellenic Collection University Library, MS 6039 California State University, Sacramento 2000 State University Drive Sacramento, CA 95819 USA Ph: (916) 278-4361 * (916) 278-6877 paganelis(a)csus.edu<mailto:paganelis@csus.edu> http://www.library.csus.edu/tsakopoulos Schedule a research appointment: https://csus.libcal.com/appointments/paganelis

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