Pleias is the main digital collection of historical Greek periodicals of the Library and Information Center from the 19th century until the mid- 20th century (not excluding periodicals published later, till the end of 20th). It is a continuous and active effort to systematically digitize and index important modern Greek periodicals (mainly literary titles) which were published in Greece, and in other areas with Greek population, such as Istanbul, Izmir etc.
The main goals and objectives of this effort are:
- the systematic recording, digitization and long-term preservation/protection and use of important material of our cultural heritage
- dissemination of material for educational and research purposes in a variety of subject areas: philology, literature, linguistics, history, social sciences etc.
- use of the digital platform, and of the provided services as useful tools for the research and the interaction with the scientific community to continuously enrich the content with additional information: terminology/authorities for creators/contributors, subject indexing, comments, addition of historical information etc.
In this context, the collection is continuously growing thanks to constructive collaborations with considerable organizations and holders of primary content: the Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive (ELIA), the Library of the Hellenic Parliament, the Municipal Library of Patras, other libraries and individuals. In an attempt to create added value to the existing content, LIC invites the members of the scientific community to use the content of the collection in their educational and research activities (master and dissertation theses, internship programmes, research projects etc.)
Pleias is the natural continuation of the successful development of Kosmopolis digital collection, hosting the content of 16 fully indexed digitized periodicals, published between 1834-1930.
The initial phase of Pleias was implemented within the framework of project Teleplaessa: Provision of electronic services to the academic community by the Library and Information Center (LIC) of the University of Patras. The action was realized in collaboration with a group of Philology graduates and the Hellenic Literary and Historical Archive (ELIA), and resulted in the digitization and indexing of the following periodicals: Athēnais (1876-1881), Akropolis Philologikē (1888- 1889), Apollōn (1883-1892), Armonia (1900-1903), Asty (1885-1890), Attikon Mouseion (1883-1892), Edem (Κων/πολις) (1862), Ethikon Ēmerologion Bretou (Paris) (1861-1871), Europaikos Eranistēs (1840-1842), Efēmeris tōn Paidōn (1868-1893), Zakynthios Anthōn (1874-1878), Thelxinoē (Istanbul) (1856), Ilissos (1868-1872), Kastalia (Istanbul) (1861), Kleiō (1885-1892), Melissa tōn Athinōn (1864-1865), Neologou Evdomadiaia Epitheōrēsis (1891-1894), O Abdēritēs kai tou Diavolou ta Pēdēmata (1857-1858), Homēros (1873-78), Pandōra (1851-1872), Parthenōn (1908), Parnassos (1877-1895), Pinakothēkē (1901-1926), Sabbatiaia Epitheōrēsis (Istanbul) (1877-1878), Philologia (1841), Philologikē Ēchō (1893-1897), Asmodaios (1875-1885), Deltion tēs Estias (1877-1892), Eklekta Mythistorēmata (1884-1894), Estia (1876-1895), Kritikē (1903-1904), Melissa (1886-1887), Bouketo (1924-1936), O Rōmēos (1883-1918), Tram/Ena Ochēma (1971-1972, 1976-1979), Philologia (1841-1843), Chloē (1889).
You may find more information about the contributors on the “About” pages of each periodical.
The content of the collection is freely available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 3.0 license.