On the 9th October 2019 (Wednesday) in the National Archaelogical Institute with Museum was officially opened the exhibition "Tomić Psalter in Bulgaria. Literature and spirituality", organized together with the State Historical Museum - Moscow and with the support of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Centre for Slavo-Byzantine Studies "Prof. Ivan Dujčev", Ministry of Culture, Sofia Municipality and Bulgartransgaz EAD. This exhibition is part of the events, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. For the first time in Bulgaria, Tomić Psalter will be in the National Archaelogical Institute with Museum until the 8th December 2019. This is one of the most valuable and illuminated manuscripts of the medieval Bulgaria from the XIVth century. The psalter is part of the collections of the State Historical Museum - Moscow and has undergone a long restoration. It is a (private?) prayer book, consisting of 305 pages and illustrated with 109 miniatures. At the press conference was signed a protocol for the transfer of the digital copies of the Tomić Psalter, provided by the State Historical Museum - Moscow, to the Central Library, St. St. Cyril and Methodius National Library and University Library "St. Kliment Ohridski". Our readers could see the digital copy of this valuable manuscript in the reading room "Acad. Stefan Panaretov".  

On the 2nd October 2019 (Wednesday) at 11:30 am on the bridge of the National Palace of Culture Prof. Julian Revalski, DSc, President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, officially opened an exhibition, included in the calendar of events, dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the institution. Thanks to 60 posters with different photos and annotations in Bulgarian and English people could learn more information about the history and achievements of the scientific structures of the academy. The Central Library is also presented with its activities and success in building the electronic catalog and digitizing the library collections. The exhibition will be opened until the 14th October 2019.  

On the 26th September 2019 (Thursday) in the "Prof. Marin Drinov" was again officially presented a prototype for Citation index of the publications by Bulgarian authors (social sciences). This time the guests were authors of scientific publications. Among them were scientists and specialists from different section of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, library specialists, representatives from the Sofia University, NACID, the Ministry of Education and Sciences, etc. The event is a part of the project "Design and development of a prototype of the information system Citation index of the publications by Bulgarian authors (social sciences)", funded by the Scientific Research Fund (2017; contract № ДН 15 / from the 11th December 2017).