Mr Aldo Pirola and other friends from Italy, visited the Public Library of Veria

A beautiful group of people from Italy, accompanied by Mr Aldo Pirola, visited the Central Public Library of Veria. Mr. Pirola has worked for more than 40 years in the domain of libraries as Director of the Municipal Libraries of Milan and as a member of International Library Organisations.

An enthusiastic supporter of the role of Libraries and the access to knowledge, he attended with great interest the tour given by the library employee, Mrs. Aspasia Tasiopoulou. The meeting was also attended by Ioannis Trohopoulos, Coordinator of the Athens 2018 World Book Capital, and a member of the Veria Public Library’s Executive Board.

It worths mentioning that during the summer period the Central Public Library of Veria becomes a pole of attraction for both Greeks from different regions of the country and people outside the borders of Greece, as evidenced by the visit of Mr. Pirola. We are particularly happy when the Library’s work is recognized even by experts who live abroad and when the group of friends of the Library grows bigger.

Newspapers and magazines from all over the world in the Central Public Library of Veria. A kind offer from the Coffee Island of Veria

More than 7,000 newspapers and magazines from around the world can be read by the Public Central Library’s readers, through Pressreader https://www.pressreader.com/, the world’s largest electronic kiosk.

It offers powerful browsing, reading, searching and listening tools, making reading an enjoyable experience. This new service is provided free of charge to the visitors of the Central Public Library of Veria, courtesy of the Coffee Island of Veria.

If you create an account with the PressReader service and log in from the Library network you have direct access for 7 days, even from other networks (home, work, etc.). A prerequisite: connect to your own device.

You can also save the issues you want so you can read them later.

In Pressreader you will find newspapers and magazines from Greece and more than 100 countries and in more than 60 languages. You can browse famous newspapers such as Kathimerini, Naftemporiki, The Guardian, The Washington Post, El Pais, Daily Mail and others on the same day of their release.

It covers many thematic categories of magazines such as history, fashion, healthy eating, physical exercise, cars, hobbies, children’s education, technology, decoration, gaming, photography, travel, sports, music, art, entrepreneurship and more.

A kind offer from the Coffee Island of Veria
https://www.coffeeisland.gr/

The Central Public Library of Veria would like to warmly thank the Coffee Island of Veria, located at 31, Venizelou Street and 178 Pierion Road, for their sponsorship for the benefit of our readers.

From 1999 until now Coffee Island coffee shops offer coffee lovers the opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of new blends and a host of useful items for making a delicious, high-quality specialty coffee.

Nowadays, the public’s response is translated into numbers: the Coffee Islands chain counts over 400 stores in Greece and abroad.

Veria Library Study Tour

14 library staff from Moldova visited the Central Public Library of Veria on Tuesday, May 22, 2018. During their day-long stay at the Library, they were informed about the traditional and new library services, they were trained in organizing actions to promote children’s learning as well as adult seminars.

Tech Talent School: Seminars free of charge about digital skills in Veria!

The Tech Talent School is now in Veria and since 16^th April it offers the possibility to the people of the city to acquire specific knowledge. It’s a free workshop which aims at developing digital competences through bringing young people closer to the digital future of a work environment.

The program is implemented with the support of “Microsoft Greece” to create equal opportunities for all but also with the support of the AEIF of the US Department of State, which supports and funds ideas for educational programs around the world.

All lessons are free of charge, delivered by teachers with experience in the labor market and addressed to students, young and unemployed who want to acquire digital skills and become familiar with cognitive subjects such as Programming, Website Design and Internet Security.

The lessons take place at the Veria Tech Lab of the Veria Central Public Library, which has a significant history of access to knowledge and the spread of new technologies and has been awarded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Whoever is interested can find more information about the program and the seminars and register at https://techtalentschool.gr/messages/veroia

The history of manned spaceflights

“The history of manned spaceflights” is the subject of the speech by the American astronaut of NASA Mrs Marsha Ivins and it will be live broadcasted live by the Veria Central Public Library, on Monday the 23d April, at 18.30’, at the Veria Tech Lab of the Library.

The speech will be given at the Eugenides Foundation within the frame of the overall activities named “the exploration of space” on Monday the 23d April 2018 thanks to the organization of “Athens, World Book Capital”.

Mrs Marsha Ivins is an American astronaut, engineer and pilot, which comes to Athens as an invited guest of the U.S. Embassy in Athens and of the Eugenides Foundation. She will share her experience about manned spaceflights and she will talk about the idea of her first space mission as well as the collaboration nowadays at the International Space Station. She will explain what it feels like to get far away from our Planet and travel in space and how is life in an environment with no gravity. Last but not least, she will provide us all the necessary information about how to become an astronaut and she will inspire the youth in order to chase their dreams and conquer the space!

The speech is suggested for kids above 10 years old and adults.

It will be broadcasted in English with simultaneous translation into Greek .

The re-broadcasting will be through live-streaming at the following link:

https://diavlos.grnet.gr/event/e1077

“I change myself, I change the whole world” an interesting talk at the Public Library of Veria

Mr. Iakovos Martidis was born and raised in Drama in 1957. He graduated with honor from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Medicine. He was specialized in Psychiatry and he received training in family and couple therapy. His master’s degree was in Social Psychiatry. He is an active member of various organizations within the field of psychotherapy, among which figures the Greek Organization of Cognitive and Behavioral psychotherapy. He lives and works in Drama and his main fields of interest are individual, family and group therapy, parents counseling and professional orientation. Throughout each year, he gives psycho-educational seminars and speeches with an aim to provide deeper self-comprehension and emotional awareness to the participants. He is the author of the books: “The secrets of the others”, “Creating happy kids” and “Love on Display”, all printed by “Armos” editions.