Chrysa E. Nikolaou has been appointed Director General of the National Library of Greece (NLG), by decision of the Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, Kyriakos Pierrakakis.

She is an Archivist, Librarian, and Museologist, and a graduate of the Ionian University with postgraduate studies in Cultural Unit Management and Historical Demography. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Sociology. She has extensive professional experience in libraries and has recently worked as Head Librarian at the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation Library. Her research interests include the role of libraries in the Information Society through networking and the creation of social capital. She has participated in research programs and various training and education programs in Greece and abroad. She is married and a mother of three children.

The four-year term position is full-time and exclusive with the possibility of being extended once.

The NLG welcomes the new Director General wishing her health, happiness and a successful career ahead.