The Ministry of Education and Science and the publishing house Elsevier have signed an agreement to renew the subscription to the Scopus and Science Direct databases. The new agreement will include books in addition to periodicals. The agreement also extends the opportunity for Bulgarian scientists to publish in hybrid periodicals. …
The University Library is organizing a webinar on “Reputable vs. Predatory Journals – How to Distinguish Between Them,” which aims to familiarize Sofia University faculty members and PhD students with predatory publishing and techniques for identifying questionable journals and publishers, fake metrics, predatory conferences, and other unethical practices. The webinar …
On 7th of October, 2025, a cooperation agreement was signed between Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and the National Library “St. St. Cyril and Methodius.” The agreement establishes that the National Library will grant Sofia University the right to use digital copies of 167 Slavic manuscripts and fragments, which will …
The University Library organizes year-round in-person and online training courses in order to improve the information literacy of the students at Sofia University. Six online training courses are planned for the beginning of the academic year. They will include useful information on how to use the library`s electronic catalog & …
Dear readers, From 27th September 2025, the Central University Library will also be open on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. From 6th October, the extended working hours of the Library will apply: Monday to Saturday from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
During the period 09.09.2025 – 09.10.2025 The Ministry of Education and Science provides a trial access to ProQuest Central Premium. ProQuest Central is a multidisciplinary full-text platform covering publications from 1845 to the present. The databases include thousands of articles from journals and newspapers, book chapters and books, theses and …
Dear Readers, Starting from July 7th, 2025, the Central University Library will switch to summer working hours: Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 8 PM, Saturdays and Sundays are non-working days.
The University Library’s new digital collections management platform has been integrated with the Bulgarian Open Science Portal (https://bpos.bg/) since the beginning of May 2025. The following library collections, related to the academic activities of Sofia University scientists, are published in the Bulgarian Open Science Portal: Scientific publications of lecturers from …
In June the Central University Library will be open for you on Sundays from 8:00 to 18:00 h. Successful session!
An exposition with texts and photos of some of the most influential contemporary Bulgarian writers was presented on June 3, 2025 in the Central Foyer of the University of Sofia on the initiative of thh Faculty of Slavic Studies. The photographs of Georgi Gospodinov, Teodora Dimova, Amelia Licheva, Zdravka Evtimova, …
