VENETIA KOGOU

Venetia Kogou is a PhD Candidate at the Department of Archival, Library and Information Studies of the University of West Attica (2021). She holds a Master’s Degree (M.A.) in Museum Studies from the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and a bachelor Degree from the Department of Library Science and Information Systems of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens. 

From 2007 till now she works at the Library of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE). She is a member of the Union of Greek Librarians (EEVEP) and the International Council of Museums (ICOM). Her current research interests are related to Museology, History of Museums and Libraries, Contemporary operation of Museums and Libraries, Museum objects and collections, Documentation of museum collections. 

Indicative Title of Doctoral Dissertation: The contribution of museum libraries to museum operations as shaped by the unified information management environment 

Summary 

The present research will attempt to study museum libraries. The function and roles of the museum library will be studied in relation to the fulfillment of the mission and the functions of the museum itself. The research will focus on the information environment of the organization and explore how the museum library can become its information center. 

The data that will emerge from the theoretical investigation of the operation of museum libraries will be the tools to examine the museum libraries of Greece. More specifically, it will be investigated whether those involved with the museums of Greece -museum employees and visitors- are supported for their information needs by information centers within the museums. The existence of libraries within the museums of Greece will be researched, the information that museum manages holistically, including the information originating from the objects of their collections themselves, the information they provide to the visitors as well as the information needs of the managers (employees) in the museums. The main research question is whether the existence of a museum library as an information center can contribute to all the functions of the museum to effectively fulfill its purpose. The data that will emerge based on the research will compose a model of the operation of a museum library as an information center in a Greek museum.