Loan
- Only the members of the academic community (i.e. - Teaching / Research Staff, Special & Laboratory Teaching Staff, Special Technical Laboratory Staff, undergraduate/post-graduate students and administrative staff) are eligible to borrow library material. Applicants should fill out a library card application form and send it via e-mail with a recent photo at librarycard@aua.gr. From 1/4/2016 the academic card is used as a library member card.
- Undergraduate students may borrow up to 5 documents for up to 10 days. All other members of the academic community (i.e. - Teaching / Research Staff, Special & Laboratory Teaching Staff, Special Technical Laboratory Staff, undergraduate/post-graduate students and administrative staff) may borrow up to 10 documents for up to 20 days. All audiovisual material and maps may be borrowed for 3 working days by all user categories.
- All reference material, journals, PhD theses, statistical publications may not be borrowed or removed from the Library.
- All Library users are entitled to renew the loan period twice, provided no other reader has requested the document in question. In order to renew the loan period, readers should return the document to the Library on or before the date of return. After the second renewal the user may not borrow the same document for another 3 days. Renewal is also available via library@aua.gr
- The loan period may be rescheduled at the discretion of the librarian responsible for the document or upon the instruction of a member of the Teaching / Research Staff if the document in question is on high demand during a particular time period.
- If a document is on loan, the user may complete the "hold request application form" to ensure that he/she will obtain the document in question as soon as it has been returned. The document is placed on hold for 4 days from the day of its return and, if it is not requested by the user who has made a reservation, it is placed back in the collection and is made available to other users.
- If a document is overdue, undergraduate students are charged with a 0.40-euro fine/document while all other members of the academic community with a 0.70-euro fine/document.
- All personal information of the library users collected by the library cannot and will not be disclosed to other organizations or individuals, unless specifically authorized by law or by consent of the library user.
User Category | Material type | Number of items | Loan Period |
Undergraduate Students | Books | up to 5 | 10 days |
Academic staff, Postgraduate Students, Administrativ Staff | Books | up to 10 | 20 days |
Visitors | Books | up to 3 | 10 days |
All Users | Audiovisual material / Maps | up to 2 | 3 days |
Contact info:
Maria Kanini
Tel.: 210-5294277
E-mail: marakikan@aua.gr
Stella Papoulidou
Tel.: 210-5294276
Email: arcobaleno@aua.gr
Inter-library Loan
In case the book you’re looking for is not available at our library but at another academic library across the country you may borrow it by filling out an interlibrary loan request form and submitting it either online or in print form to the circulation desk. In case the book is available at a library within Athens, it can be collected by the user in person free of charge. If the book is available at a library in another city the user is charged with the courier fees for the book to be both received and returned. Courrier fees differ according to the distance and the weight of the book.
The Library also accepts orders for articles of journals from other libraries both domestic and international, which are processed via the National Network of Scientific and Technological Libraries supported by the National Documentation Centre.
The document delivery request form may be submitted either online or in print form at the circulation desk.
The cost of the service varies depending on the number of pages, the means of delivery and the country of origin.
By post/e-mail the cost is as follows:
1-20 pages | € 2 |
21-50 pages | € 3 |
51-100 pages | € 5 |
101-150 pages | € 8 |
151-200 pages | € 10 |
Over 200 pages | € 15 |
By fax the cost is as follows:
1-4 pages | € 2.65 |
5-10 pages | € 3.80 |
11-20 pages | € 5.45 |
The delivery time for journal articles from international libraries varies from two to seven days depending on the provider of the article (first choice, second choice, etc.) and the means of delivery (e-mail/post). The cost varies from € 9 to € 13,50 per article.
Contact info:
Stella Papoulidou
Tel.: 210-5294276
Email: ill@aua.gr
Library Training
Library Training's aim is to inform all members of the academic community and make them familiar with the electronic information sources provided by the A.U.A. Library and Information Center. The service runs training courses at the beginning of each academic year for the new students and throughout the year for all the members of the academic community.
- E-Journals
- Databases
Training courses last approximately two hours. Basic computation knowledge is necessary.
Users interested in training courses are kindly requested to fill in the participation form online here
Further information is provided by the Department: User Training
Contact details:
Maria Kanini
Tel.: 210-5294277, 5294275
Email: marakikan@aua.g
a. BPC meeting room (groups of 14 persons are defined)
b. BPC lecture room (designated groups of 20-50 people)
c. BCP offices (personal assistance is provided to users)
d. Computer workstations in the departmental laboratories (by arrangement with faculty members)
Personal data are kept in the BCS archive for statistical purposes, are protected and are not given to any third party.
Further information is provided by the Department: User Training
Contact details:
Maria Kanini
Tel.: 210-5294277, 5294275
Email: marakikan@aua.g
Material Acquisition
All the members of the academic community who are also members of the Library are eligible to submit a purchase request.
The A.U.A Library Commission, after considering the funds allocation policy, decides whether the order shall be approved or not.
In case the material requested already exists in the Library collection, the request must be justified.
The purchase request can be made either in print or in electronic format.
- Purchase request for print material
- Purchase request for non-print material
- Online purchase request for print material
- Online purchase request for non-print material
Note: We kindly request you to check with the Library’s OPAC in order to avoid double ordering.
For further information you may contact the Ordering Service:
Christos Ziogas
Tel.: 210-5294279
E-mail address: christosziogas@aua.gr
Online Reference Desk
Users should state clearly their question(s) and include some key words. The questions must be associated only with research and/or educational issues of the agricultural science and related cognitive subjects (Natural Sciences, Applied Sciences, etc.). Users may send their request via e-mail to library@aua.gr.
The Online Reference Desk will contact you as soon as possible depending on the level of difficulty of your question and the workload of the librarians. The answers refer users to printed or online bibliographic sources. The average response time is 5 working days.
The personal details (name, address, etc.) of the users are not made available to any third party and are not included in the database.
For further information you may contact the Online Reference Desk:
Tel.: 210-5294277
E-mail address: marakikan@aua.gr
Perma CC - Websites Management
Many times in the writing of articles and other research essays, references to websites are used. As the internet is constantly changing, it is possible that after some time these references become non-functional and the hyperlink does not lead to the correct source. The website may have moved or been deleted. "Broken" links are a problem as the source used in the text referencing a web page cannot be cross-referenced. Using the Perma.cc service ensures that the material referenced in a research paper is always accessible to readers.
Users go to https://perma.cc/sign-up and create an account with their founding email, in the "Create an individual account" field"
Turnitin - Plagiarism Prevention Software
Turnitin is a web-based tool widely used to detect copying and plagiarism of academic papers. It enables lecturers to verify the originality of undergraduate, bachelor's and master's theses and dissertations. It is available to GPA faculty members and those with institutional teaching responsibilities. The control of postgraduate theses and doctoral dissertations was deemed mandatory by decision of the Rector's Council (Session: 55th/07.12.2020) from 1 January 2021.
Contact details:
Christina Businaki
Tel.: 210-529 4267
Email: christina@aua.gr
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
The VPN service offers the possibility to those who connect to the Internet through different Internet Service Providers to have safe access to the A.U.A. intranet.
With the use of the VPN service the Personal Computer is virtually transported to the network of the University irrespective of its physical or network location. In this way the user has the possibility of remote access to the electronic resources of the Library (such as electronic journals & books, databases, etc.), which, until recently, was possible only from the University premises.
In order to activate the VPN Service please follow the instructions given below:
http://tdd.aua.gr/applicationforms
For further information you may contact the person in charge of the VPN service:
Users with Disabilities
The Library staff is available at all times to assist any user with disabilities, balancing (somehow) the lack of further special equipment.
Kostas Koufos
Tel.: 210-5294268-88
Email: k.koufos@aua.gr
Harry Alatzas
Tel.: 210-5294923
Email: alatzas@aua.gr
1. One adaptive technology PC (Microsoft Windows XP Professional)
2. One screen reader that scans the conventional screen and passes its content to the Braille screen, while simultaneously transforming it into speech through the Speech Composer. It also transforms text (at the moment of typing) into speech.
3. Screen Analysis Maximizer which combined with a flexible color transformer results in the improvement of the visual effect.
4. One Braille printer (inside a noise reduction cabin)
5. Software:
SUPERNOVA Dolphin
Ε-rhetor (Speech Composer)
WinBraille (for converting text into printable Braille)
