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In connection with the transition to a new server, in the period March 17-21, 2025, online requests will not be fulfilled and no reader cards will be issued. The electronic catalog and digital collections will be available online.
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New platform for managing the digital collections of the University Library
The platform provides access to 22,000 objects, of which over 17,000 are full-text, searchable in full-text documents (excluding old editions and manuscripts). Developed by the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the platform offers an intuitive interface, easy navigation and the possibility to use open …
Trial access to Scite
During the period 06.03.2025 – 03.04.2025, the University Library is offering trial access to Scite, a tool with built-in artificial intelligence that performs contextual analysis of scholarly citations. This includes citations from open access publications available in subject and multidisciplinary repositories. Unlike traditional scholarly metrics databases, Scite categorises the citations …
Trial access to the database BiblioRossica
In the period 06.03.2025 – 30.04.2025 the University Library “St. Kliment Ohridski” together with the Bulgarian Information Consortium organises a trial access to the database BiblioRossica. The BiblioRossica platform was developed by the American publisher Academic Studies Press and contains more than 29 900 book titles published until 2024. The …
Trial access to Muteferriqa
During the period 03.02.2025 – 07.03.2025, the University Library provides trial access to Muteferriqa – an online research portal containing books and periodicals in Ottoman Turkish, most of which were published in the Ottoman Empire in the period 18th – mid-20th centuries. The platform allows searches and reading in Ottoman, …
Trial access to Scopus AI and SciVal modules – SciVal Trends and SciVal Collaboration.
During the period 15.01.2025 – 14.02.2025, the Bulgarian national consortium provides trial access to Scopus AI and SciVal modules – SciVal Trends and SciVal Collaboration. Access to SciVal is only possible with registration for Elsevier databases.
Relocation of the Zograf Room
From the beginning of 2025, the Zograf Electronic Research Library can be used in the Central Library, Media Reading Room. As previously, users can access digitized manuscripts from the University Library’s only offline collection in the new dedicated space, as well as manuscript inventories, phototype editions of artefacts and other …
Trial access to De Gruyter’s Complete Journal Package collection
During the period 1.12.2024-31.12.2024, the University library provides trial access to De Gruyter’s Complete Journal Package collection. The collection includes 345 journal titles in the fields of medicine, mathematics, physics, humanities and social sciences. Access is active within the university computer network: https://www.degruyter.com/ For remote access use the institutional login …
Elsevier Publishing is hosting a webinar to showcase innovations in the utilization of Scopus AI.
This innovative platform is changing the way researchers` and librarians` access and analyse academic data. The Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) is the first institution in Central and Eastern Europe to use Scopus AI. Its experts will demonstrate how this tool builds on the processes of accessing and analysing …
A visit to a National Institution – University Library “St. Kliment Ohridski” in the city of Bitola, Republic of North Macedonia
On 19th November the Director of the University Library visited a National Institution – University Library “St. Kliment Ohridski” in the city of Bitola. Accompanied by the Consul General of the Republic of Bulgaria in Bitola, Assoc. Prof. Bilyana Yavrukova had a meeting with the director of the library Mr. …