Explore 750,226 items from 59 institutions


OpenArchives.gr is the largest portal providing a single point of access to Greek scientific digital content of high quality.

It harvests the metadata of collections in Greece that are OAI-PMH compatible. Content providers are libraries, archives, academic and research institutions from Greece and Cyprus.

OpenArchives.gr has been upgrated!


ΕΚΤ has recently migrated OpenArchives.gr into a new aggregation infrastructure offering new and improved search and browsing facilities and a more user-friendly interface.

Also, OpenArchives.gr focuses mainly on scientific and academic content. Cultural collections are available through .gr, the Greek Aggregator for Cultural Heritage Content.

The Web API and Linked Data: two new ways to use data from OpenArchives.gr


OpenArchives.gr now has two new ways of publishing data. The Web API allows third-party applications to search for and display data aggregated here. Linked Data is a publishing approach which allows data integration and use.


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707,488 items have been enriched and homogenized
by EKT with regards to types


EKT enriches and homogenizes the aggregated content against a hierarchical bilingual Vocabulary of Types that has been created.

Therefore, the content of OpenArchives.gr is been classified to a compact and balanced set of types which gives it semantic cohesion and improves its searchability, presentation and multilingualism.

item types  |  navigate to the content through all item types.

72 collections  |  see all institutions and their collections .

timeline  |  navigate to the content by choosing issue or creation decade.