26 May 2023
15:30–16:45
library-reading-room
Bissell Library is a place where academic excellence meets both art and the need to preserve and highlight preserved memory. On our premises, the students of the ACT have the opportunity to explore the history of the College, its buildings, and the city of Thessaloniki. And all this with just a visit to the library as part of their academic obligations. Bissell Library staff have made significant efforts to highlight important aspects of the Institutional history and identity, giving a different approach to what a visit to an academic library might be like. Bissell’s premises are currently hosting two exhibitions. One concerns the life and work of one of Anatolia’s first graduates from Merzifon, and the other was created as part of the Bissell Library 20th-anniversary celebrations. The events gave our community the opportunity to know the past, and to wonder, but also to learn the history of one of the most important libraries in Southeast Europe. The Covid-19 pandemic has redefined user interaction, so the past and the future meet online as both exhibitions are uploaded on the OMEKA platform and also shared with people outside our community and around the globe.