The
Harissios
Papamarkou
Chair
in
Education
A
generous
gift
from
Alexander
Papamarkou
(deceased
1998)
in
honor
of
his
grandfather
established
The
Harissios
Papamarkou
Chair
in
Education
at
the
Library
of
Congress.
The
scholar
filling
this
position
beginning
in
the
year
2000
will
lead
the
Library’s
educational
initiatives
in
the
National
Digital
Library.
The
National
Digital
Library
is
rapidly
expanding,
both
in
the
number
of
historic
collections
online
and
in
the
number
of
users.
It
has
become
one
of
the
most
frequently
visited
sites
on
the
Internet.
Ongoing
evaluations
of
the
project
show
that
teachers
and
students
are
using
the
collections
and
are
eager
for
more.
The
materials
are
stimulating
educators
and
students
across
the
country
and
starting
a
revolution
in
the
way
history
is
taught.
With
access
to
the
primary
documents
of
American
history
—
presidential
papers,
hand-written
drafts
of
the
Declaration
of
Independence
and
the
Gettysburg
Address,
Revolutionary
War
maps,
Civil
War
photographs,
early
documentary
films
and
sound
recordings
—
teachers
and
students
are
learning
to
go
to
original
sources
to
learn
about
history.
This
has
the
added
benefit
of
teaching
students
to
think
critically
and
to
delve
further
into
books
and
other
sources
for
answers
to
questions
that
are
raised
by
the
electronic
materials.
The
Library’s
educational
advisors
in
this
initiative,
hired
on
contract
through
a
grant
from
the
Kellogg
Foundation,
have
helped
us
get
us
on
the
right
track
in
selecting
collections
that
are
the
most
educationally
useful
to
the
K-12
community.
The
Library’s
small
staff
of
educational
specialists
are
continually
developing
online
tools
and
other
programs
to
help
teachers
learn
to
use
the
National
Digital
Library
effectively.
The
scholar
filling
the
Papamarkou
Chair
will
be
a
first-class
educational
expert
who
will
take
the
lead
in
the
important
task
of
integrating
this
new
electronic
resource
into
the
nation’s
education
system.
There
is
already
a
strong
movement
—
supported
by
foundations,
business
and
government
—
to
“hook-up”
schools
to
the
Internet.
Our
main
concern
is
that
schools
and
homes
have
access
to
high
quality
educational
materials,
easily
accessible
and
complementary
to
the
educational
curricula.
With
a
strong
leader,
we
can
make
a
vital
contribution
to
education
by
spurring
the
use
of
this
important
new
resource.
