The paper presents the Hellenic fulltext
database on Librarianship and Information Science EVIVA
(Ellinike Vivliothikonomike Vase), developed by
the Library of the University of Cyprus. The objectives
of E-VIVA is to identify, gather, organize, digitize and
promote the research, conducted in Greece and Cyprus
in the scientific fields of Archival, Library and
Information Sciences. Data are provided concerning the
coverage, the content, the format and the environment
of the database as well as the steps that have been
followed for the development. The legal framework
related with the copyright issues that are raised is also
discussed. Furthermore a comparison is attempted
between E-VIVA and eLIS. Finally the next plans of the
Library of the University of Cyprus for the project are
presented.