The German and Scandinavian Studies Library brings together three reading rooms: the Austrian Library “Dr. Wolfgang Kraus”, the Nordic Reading Room and the German Studies Reading Room.
Austrian Library “Dr. Wolfgang Kraus”
Address: 1043 Sofia, 15 “Tsar Osvoboditel”, Sofia University, Rector’s Office, fl. 1, Room 219
Tel.: (+359 2) 9308 404
E-mail: oesterreich-bibliothek@fcml.uni-sofia.bg
Working hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 – 12:00 / 13:00 – 17:30
The Austrian Library was established in 1991 and is named after the Austrian intellectual Dr. Wolfgang Kraus, who, along with Prof. Emilia Staicheva, is credited for founding the library.
The library’s collection of over 10,000 units covers Austrian fiction, research in the humanities and art studies – literary studies, linguistics, German as a foreign language, cultural history, Austrian art history and philosophy. For all German language learners, the Austrian Library provides the opportunity to borrow the latest journals and books.
The Austrian Embassy is the most important partner of the Austrian Library. The Library also acts as a cultural centre, with a programme that includes literary readings of Austrian authors, book presentations, reports, conferences, discussions on topics and personalities, related to Austria, theatre performances, concerts, etc. Anyone interested can receive information about planned cultural events by subscribing to the monthly newsletter at: oesterreich-bibliothek@fcml.uni-sofia.bg. The reading room has 21 reading places.
Nordica Reading Room
Address: 1043 Sofia, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., Sofia University, 5th floor, Room 162
Telephone: (+359 2) 9308 406
E-mail: nordica@libsu.uni-sofia.bg
Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30-12:00 / 13:00-17:30 (Wednesday 8:30-12:00 / 14:00-17:30)
The Reading Room was established in 1998 with the financial support from the embassies of Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, as well as through an important contribution on the part of Prof. Vera Gancheva and Prof. Boris Parashkevov from Sofia University. It has a unique collection, which has been created and enriched through valuable donations from institutions and individuals from all Scandinavian countries.
The subject scope of its collections, containing over 8,640 units, is wide and varied – encyclopedias and reference books, dictionaries and textbooks, works on literature and linguistics, fiction, geographical albums..
The Nordic Reading Room also houses the specialised collection of the “Hans Christian Andersen” Research and Information Centre. It includes works by the writer in Danish and their translations into English, German, French, Russian, Italian and many other languages. The collection also contains biographical studies on Andersen, as well as monographs on his work. The Reading Room has 8 reading places.
German Studies Reading Room
Address: 1043 Sofia, 15 “Tsar Osvoboditel”, Sofia University, Rector’s Office, fl. 1, room 216
Tel.: (+359 2) 9308 470
E-mail: ksmetodiev@uni-sofia.bg
Working hours: Monday – Friday 10:00 – 16:00.
The German Studies Reading Room was established in 1993 as a research library containing German literature in order to support the teachers and students specializing in German Philology. The library collection has been growing over the years through the donations of lecturers, former and current students, publishers, the lecturers of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), as well as through the assistance of Prof. Gert Hummel from the University of Saarland (Saarbrücken) and Prof. Hans-Gerd Winter from the University of Hamburg.
The reading room has a rich reference collection of dictionaries, encyclopaedias and reference books, and specialized literature in the fields of linguistics, literary studies and cultural studies. Books on history, psychology, philosophy, law, religion and politics are also available. Fiction literature covers only German-language authors – German, Austrian and Swiss writers. Recently the collection has also received translations of German-language authors into Bulgarian. The library collection consists of about 12,000 volumes of books and periodicals. There are 12 user places in the reading room.
