{"id":1611,"date":"2020-12-16T11:42:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T11:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/?page_id=1611"},"modified":"2025-06-13T12:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T09:56:20","slug":"biology-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/?page_id=1611&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Biology Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong>\u00a01164 Sofia, 8 Dragan Tsankov Blvd., 1st floor, Room 103<br><strong>Telephone:<\/strong>\u00a0(+359 2)\u00a08167 386;<br><strong>E-mail:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0library[at]biofac.uni-sofia.bg<br><strong>Opening Hours:<\/strong>\u00a0Monday to Friday 8.30-18.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" src=\"http:\/\/web.libsu.uni-sofia.bg:81\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biology_3-1024x858.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biology_3-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biology_3-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biology_3-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biology_3-1536x1287.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biology_3-2048x1715.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Biology_3-239x200.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Biological Library is one of the oldest libraries within the University Library Network. Its collections were given a start in 1891 with the establishment of the course \u201cNatural History\u201d. It became a faculty library in 1962 when the two libraries at Botany and Zoology Departments merged. A large part of its collections were formed through donations by Pensoft Publishers, the Federation of European Biochemical Societies, the French Embassy in Sofia, the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, St. Cyril and St. Methodius International Foundation, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today the Biological Library successfully combines traditional and modern library technologies.&nbsp;Its collections consist of more than 83,630 volumes of books, serials, reference editions and electronic resources.&nbsp;It has 13 reading places, including 1 computerized workstation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" data-id=\"2377\" src=\"http:\/\/web.libsu.uni-sofia.bg:81\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Biology_1-1024x711-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2377\" 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Its collections were given a start in 1891 with the establishment of the course \u201cNatural History\u201d. 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