Funds and catalogs

Department Acquisition and registration Acquisition is the main activity in the library, meant to meet the information needs of its readers, as well as to keep up and develop the library book funds. The enrichment of the library fund is done through deposit, purchase, donations. Under the law on compulsory deposit of copies of printed works, which was enforced in 1897 and its amendments of 1954, the library receives free copies of the entire Bulgarian printed output, and according to the amendments of 2000 - deposit copies of publications in circulation of more than 300 units.

Phone: +35954 877 332 ext. 107
Opening hours: Monday - Friday: from 8.00 to 18.30
Weekends: Saturday and Sunday

Department for processing and catalogs. “Cataloguing sector" process, signs and catalogs new received library documents. It manages a system of catalogs in conventional and electronic form. The technological processing of library records has been automated since 1994. The department completes the electronic catalogs retrospectively. The cataloguing activities are related to the conservation, preservation of library documents in the book depositories and placing them at the readers’ disposal in the reading-rooms. The department manages:

• Catalog of periodicals
• catalog cartographic editions
• catalog of single sheets
• catalog of rare and valuable editions
• Catalog of incunabular collection
• catalog of books in Bulgarian and foreign languages

Phone: +35954 877 332 ext.108
Opening hours: Monday - Friday: from 8.00 am to 18.30 pm
Weekends: Saturday and Sunday