Korgialenios Library

Argostoli Public Library, additionally referred to as Korgialenios Library, is a Greek public library in Argostoli, Kefalonia. The library shares the identical building as the Korgialenio History and Folklore Museum. The Korgialenios Library of Argostoli became based in 1924 as bequeathed by way of the desire of Marinos Korgialenios, whose call the library bears. The library is supervised by way of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs inside the course of presenting visitors statistics offerings and get entry to to its sources as well as encouraging research and cultural development in the nearby society.

In conjunction with the Korgialenios Folklore Museum and the co-located archive collections of the prefecture of Kefalonia, it has been stated that they comprise a "huge focal point of medical and intellectual activity on a international scale". The library commenced operation in 1925 and in 1926 it became merged with the older Public Library, which operated in Argostoli due to the fact that 1887. The 1953 Ionian earthquake totally destroyed the library constructing, however the books had been salvaged.

The Korgialenios Foundation spent a considerable amount of the last budget of the will to rebuild the library in its current constructing. Today both the library and the museum rely on nation funding, which has in the course of time disrupted their ordinary operation. As a end result of economic troubles on 15 January 2017 the Board of Directors of the Korgialenios Foundation determined to lessen the hole hours of the library to a few hours each day.