Six years after the creation of the Association Melissa for Hellenism (Dec. 2016), Mr. Georgios Sgourdos, President, will talk about the background and the purpose of the creation of our library and will present to the Lausanne public a selection of books and historical documents, with emphasis on the ancient books of the 16th century from our collection, published in Greek language in Switzerland. A discussion with the public will follow as well as an aperitif.
This event will be a great opportunity to get to know each other better and strengthen our relationships.
(Article in French, we apologize for the incovenience)
En février 2021, nous avons réalisé le déménagement de notre bibliothèque dans de nouveaux locaux, généreusement mis à disposition par Madame M. Parginou, directrice de l’Ecole Minerva à Lausanne.
La prochaine étape sera l’élaboration d’un catalogue de nos 5’000 titres afin qu’ils soient accessibles au public.
L’École Minerva à Lausanne et quelques livres de notre collection dans leur nouvelle “maison” (photos : Melissa)
Madame Maria-Margarita (Marili) Parginou, originaire de Corfu, est un des premiers membres de notre association et directrice de l’École Minerva à Lausanne (rue de l’Etraz 4, rue de l’École Supérieure 5). Son geste généreux permettra le développement de nos projets pour une bibliothèque accessible au public grec et suisse, avec la possibilité de prêt. Le comité de notre association exprime ses remerciements et sa reconnaissance envers Madame Parginou.
En février 2021, nous avons réalisé le déménagement de notre bibliothèque dans de nouveaux locaux, généreusement mis à disposition par Madame M. Parginou, directrice de l’Ecole Minerva à Lausanne.
La prochaine étape sera l’élaboration d’un catalogue de nos 5’000 titres afin qu’ils soient accessibles au public.
L’École Minerva à Lausanne et quelques livres de notre collection dans leur nouvelle “maison” (photos : Melissa)
Madame Maria-Margarita (Marili) Parginou, originaire de Corfu, est un des premiers membres de notre association et directrice de l’École Minerva à Lausanne (rue de l’Etraz 4, rue de l’École Supérieure 5). Son geste généreux permettra le développement de nos projets pour une bibliothèque accessible au public grec et suisse, avec la possibilité de prêt. Le comité de notre association exprime ses remerciements et sa reconnaissance envers Madame Parginou.
Our association Melissa (=bee in Greek) joins Coccinelle (=ladybird in French), a cozy coffee shop in the center of Lausanne, in order to share with the public selected books from our collection.
The library includes about 150 books in recent editions, in English and French, selected out of the 5’000 titles of our collection. A variety of subjects is offered, from all-time classics of world literature to studies on important questions of our changing world, such as artificial intelligence, relationships, work, children.
The books of our library on the 1st floor of Coccinelle café
These printed books are presented on the shelves of Coccinelle café. The book catalog is an OPAC (Open Public Access Catalog) system, easy to use, accessible from a smartphone. No need for any intervention of the coffee shop’s employees.
The homepage of our online catalog
After a single registration, you receive a unique “patron ID” number with which you can borrow, in a few simple clics, the books you want for a period of 14 days. Then, you return them to the coffee shop, without any fee.
On September 28th, the Institute Le Rosey (Rolle, VD) held for the second time its annual Bookfête, celebrating books, reading and writing.
On this occasion, Melissa was invited with a guest exhibition of rare books printed in Switzerland in the 16th century. Among them, the first edition of Plato’s complete works (Geneva, 1580), Appian of Alexandria’s Roman History (Geneva, 1592), and two pocket editions – the Iliad and Eschyle’s tragedies.
Curious students and staff had the opportunity to learn interesting details about printing techniques and about the persons involved in the precious books’ production and travel through time in a presentation given by Melissa’s president, Mr. Georgios Sgourdos.
The book exhibition was open to the public during concert evenings until 15th October.
Our association presents three young Greek authors living in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.
With: Giorgos Kouvas, Valia Tsaita-Tsilimeni and Kyriaki Chatziioannidou.
Sunday December 9th, 2018 at 6 pm
Hotel Continental, place de la Gare 2, Lausanne
