The Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is an independent specialized structure, which performs the following activities:
- Creates collections of Bulgarian and foreign literature and data bases according to the scientific profile of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- Together with the special libraries provides library and information services, including access to foreign data bases
- Develops the integrated automated library and information system ALEPH500 and creates informational infrastructure. The Central Library plays a leading role in the building of a National Academic Library and Information System. The Central Library has provided its records for machine reading to be included in NALIS Union Catalogue – the national catalogue of the academic libraries in Bulgaria and participates actively in the initiative of FNALIS for retro conversion and digitalization of the literature, rare and valuable editions from the period of the National Revival.
- Participates in national and international networks and systems, contracts and projects for providing to the scientific and applied investigations; for informing leading libraries in the world about the newly published Bulgarian literature; for digitalization and preservation of the cultural and historical heritage.
- Develops and enriches the electronic catalogue; presents the library collections in Internet; develops an authorized data base for the author responsibility, subject headings and titles.
- Performs exchange of library documents with other libraries, archives, museums, scientific associations and other institutions in the country and abroad in order to build the library collections and to distribute the academic publications abroad.
- Provides and exchange bibliographic records with leading libraries in the world.
- Provides information about the science in Bulgaria for different national and international reference editions, publications, institutions, information and computer networks.
- Performs scientific, investigation, applied, publishing and introduction activities in the field of the library and information sciences and technologies of the Bulgarian studies. The Central Library acts as a consultative centre for the requiries, connected with MARC 21 format, provides expert evaluation in the field of the librarianship and bibliography in accordance with the latest world trends and publications and popularize them in Bulgaria.
- Organizes schools and provides education base for students and for qualification of specialist in the field of library and information sciences.
FAQ
Dear donators,
The Central Library accepts donations, but it is not possible to take everything.
The library accepts only donations which are relevant to the library collections and suit the selection requirements for buying new library materials.
The library relies on the donators to contribute to the development of the library collections and necessary equipment and express sincere gratitude, but reserves the right for selection and assessment.
If one would like donate materials to the Central Library, please do not send them immediately to us. Instead of that send the relevant proposals in written form together with a preliminary inventory or contact the responsible staff:
Tatyana STOYANOVA – Head of the Acquisition and catalogue processing of monographs, tel. (02) 979 52 55, tania.stoyanova@cl.bas.bg
Tsvetanka HRISTOVA – Head of the Acquisition and catalogue processing of periodicals, tel. (02) 979 53 65, (02) 979 52 58, hristova.ts@cl.bas.bg
For more information: Правила за приемане на дарения
Price-list
of the paid services and activities, performed in the Central Library
| 1. ISSUING OF A READING CARD | |
| 1.1 FOR ONE YEAR | 10 levs |
| 1.1.1 For students and fellows (after showing the student’s licence) | 5 levs |
| 1.1.2 For pensioners | 5 levs |
| 1.2 TEMPORARY | |
| 1.2.1 For one day | 1 lev |
| 1.2.2 For one month | 3 levs |
| 2. INTER LIBRARY LOAN | |
| 2.1 INTER LIBRARY LOAN IN THE COUNTRY | |
| 2.1.1 Delivering documents or copies | According to the prices of the relevant library and the postage. |
| 2.1.2 Sending documents or copies | According to the prices of the Central Library and the postage. |
| 2.2 INTERNATIONAL INTER LIBRARY LOAN | |
| 2.2.1 Delivering documents or copies from abroad | According to the prices of the relevant library and the postage |
| 2.2.2 Sending copy of a library document abroad | According to the prices of the relevant vouchers. |
| 3. REPRODUCTION OF LIBRARY DOCUMENTS | |
| 3.1 COPYING OF LIBRARY DOCUMENTS | |
| 3.1.1 Books and periodicals (format A4) | |
| · published till 1949 (after receiving a permission by the director) | 0.15 lev/page |
| · published after 1949 | 0.10 lev/page |
| 3.1.2 Non-standard format library documents (newspapers etc., format A3) | |
| · after receiving permission by the director | 0.20 lev/page |
| 3.2. DIGITALIZATION OF LIBRARY DOCUMENTS | |
| 3.2.1 Scanning of books and periodicals (without an electronic carrier) | 1,50 lev/image |
| 3.2.2 Copy of a digitalized document (without an electronic carrier) | 1,50 lev/image |
| 3.2.3 Scanning and providing of a microfilmed document (without an electronic carrier) | 1,50 lev/image |
| 3.2.4 DVD carrier | 1.00 |
| 3.2.5 Photographing with camera or digital photographic camera | 0,50-1,00 lev/image |
| 4. INFORMATION SERVICES | |
| 4.1 TRADITIONAL INFORMATION SERVICES | |
| 4.1.1 Written bibliographical references | |
| General price | |
| · review 1 year of an index in Bulgarian | 5 levs |
| · review 1 year of an index in foreign language | 10 levs |
| · review a catalogue and non-periodical bibliography index | According to the circumstances |
| · authentic information source – 1 source | According to the circumstances |
| Additional payment to the general price | |
| · for each found title in Bulgarian from a secondary source | According to the circumstances |
| · for each found title in foreign language from a secondary source | According to the circumstances |
| · for each found title “de visu” | According to the circumstances |
| · for each found title in rare languages | According to the circumstances |
| 4.1.2 Written factographical references | |
| General price | |
| · review a catalog “de visu” | According to the circumstances |
| Additional payment to the general price | |
| · for each determined fact | According to the circumstances |
| 4.1.3 Bibliographical consultations | 5 levs |
| 5. SPECIALIZED LIBRARY SEVICES | |
| 5.1 CONSULTATIONS AND USING OF LIBRARY DOCUMENTS FOR EXHIBITIONS, RADIO PROGRAMMES, SCREENPLAYS, FILMS, CONCERTS, OPERAS, OPERETTAS, BALLET AND THEATRICAL PLAYS ETC. |
20-200 levs |
| 5.2 TEXT TYPING | |
| 5.2.1 From a hand written material | 1 lev/page |
| 5.2.1 From a typed text | 0.50 lev/page |
| 5.3 LAYOUT ACCORDING TO ASSIGNED CRITERIA | 1 lev/page |
| 5.4 SCANNING AND LAYOUT FOR PRINTING | 2 levs/page |
| 5.6 EDITING | |
| 5. 6.1 In Bulgarian | 3 levs/page |
| 5. 6.2 In English | 8 levs/page |
| 5. 6.3 Bibliographical editing | 12 levs/page |
| 5.7 MAKING A SUMMARY | |
| 5. 7.1 In Bulgarian | |
| · for an article | 5 levs |
| · for a book | 50 levs |
| 5. 7.2 In English | |
| · for an article | 15 levs |
| · for a book | 150 levs |
| NOTE: The prices of the paid services and activities are updated periodically. |
The reader replaces the lost library document by another of equal worth or pays for it 5 times more expensively after the assessment of the Library Funds Committee.
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The copying of library documents is carried out every working day from 13.00 to 18.00, but only in case that their physical condition allows it. Consult “Price-list”.
The microfilms are used only in the respective reading room for this purpose of the Sector of Official Editions and Microfilms, equipped with the necessary technology – microfilm readers.
Editions of the World Bank;
Editions of UN;
Politology Collection;
Microfilm collection of Old Bulgarian manuscripts;
Microfilm collection of Old Bulgarian, Old Greek and Syrian manuscrips from the Monastery of Synaia “St. Ekaterina”.
The ordered literature is taken from the librarian on duty and after using is returned to him. The reader may keep in the reading room a library document up to 7 calendar days from the day of the last using. Dictionaries, reference books, encyclopaedias, periodicals and other library documents from the collection of the reading room should not be taken away. If necessary, the reader leaves his personal card to carry the library document to the xerox. The readers have no right to take away for copying any literature from the building of the Central Library.
Old printed works;
Rare and valuable books;
Periodicals;
Books printed before 1949;
Reference books;
Dissertations;
Microfisches, microfilms and electonic carriers.
The readers may lend for home reading no more than 5 volumes at one and the same time. Fiction and textbooks may be lent for one month, scientific literature – up to three months. The term for lending may be prolonged once: the book should be presented and preregistered at the Sector of Library Services. Only books published after 1949 are lent for home reading. The books published before 1949 and all periodicals are used only in the reading room. If the rules are broken, the reader is warned and is exempted from the right to use library documents for 6 months and he is imposed on a fine for each week delay. Consult “Price-list”.
References are made and the necessary literature is searched for in the catalogues.
When necessary the librarian on duty from the Sector “Library Services” gives consultation.
The signature in the upper right corner of the catalogue card is filled in.
The librarian on duty from the Sector “Library Services” checks whether the respective library document is free to be ordered.
A loan check (red for the reading room or white for using at home) is filled in.
The orders are run for within 20 minutes.