Dear CoHSL members:
We are in the final stages of organizing the Athens meeting! If you haven't already done so, please confirm with me directly if you plan to attend. Maria Georgopoulou and her colleagues at the Gennadius are working hard on local arrangements and we are together planning the meeting schedule which will bring us all together for the first time on Greek soil. Our colleague Harry Leich, from the Library of Congress, is currently in Athens on an acquisitions trip and I just have received word that he made an excellent presentation at the Ethniki Vivliotheke (National Library of Greece) and pitched our project and meeting to the audience which consisted of several important players. (I am sure that Harry will give us the full report upon his return.) Harry actually participated in the first attempt at collaboration at the 1999 conference at LC, and has been a great help to us in organizing this meeting.

Re: Hotel accommodations, we have received a special rate from the Herodion Hotel, 4 Rovertou Galli str., Athens, which is located close to the metro station ACROPOLIS, literally next to the new Acropolis Museum, and minutes away from the site. You can check it out at: http://www.herodion.gr/homepage.asp . If you would like to stay there, please contact Mr. Panos Zisimatos either at 210 - 92.36.832/6 (tel), 210 - 92.11.650 (fax) or at herodion@herodion.gr by the end of October make your reservation. Please mention the Gennadius Library in order to get the special price (which is 72,00 euro for one bed room and 90,00 euro for a room with two bed). You will need to reserve with a credit card.

Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
All best,
Rhea

Rhea K. Lesage
Head and Bibliographer for Modern Greek
Modern Greek Section
Collection Development Department
Widener Library
Harvard College Library
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617)495-3632
FAX (617)496-8704