{"id":1699,"date":"2020-12-16T12:30:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T12:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/?page_id=1699"},"modified":"2025-06-13T13:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T10:08:42","slug":"french-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/?page_id=1699&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"French Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong>\u00a01043 Sofia, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., Sofia University, North Wing,\u00a01st floor, Room 222<br><strong>Telephone:\u00a0<\/strong>(+359 2)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>9308 459<br><strong>\u0415-m\u0430il:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0frenchlib[at]libsu.uni-sofia.bg<br><strong>Opening hours:<\/strong>\u00a0Monday &#8211; Friday:\u00a08,30 \u2013 17,30 h. <strong>(Wednesday 8.30 \u2013 12.00 \/ 13.30 \u2013 17.30)<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The French Library was established in 1963. Within the framework of a cultural agreement between Bulgaria and France in 1966, it unites the collections of Alliance Francaise and the French Institute. In 1990 the French Library became part of the Faculty of Classical and Modern Philology at Sofia University. Since 2011 it is a branch library within the University Library Network.<\/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=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2882\" src=\"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4999-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4999-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4999-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4999-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4999-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4999-1-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4999-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"2883\" src=\"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_5382-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2883\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_5382-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_5382-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_5382-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_5382-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_5382-1-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_5382-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The library collections are acquired primarily through donations and book exchange. Now they are over 39,170 volumes of books, serials and reference editions. Prevailing genre is fiction, divided into periods (Middle Ages, XV-XIX century, contemporary writers). The collection of literary criticism of French writers from the Middle Ages till present is unique in Bulgaria, as well as the collection of Francophone literature (Belgian, Canadian, Swiss).&nbsp;The library has 22 reading places, including 7 computerized workstations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 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=\"768\" data-id=\"2885\" src=\"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4921-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4921-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4921-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4921-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4921-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4921-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4921-1-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"2886\" src=\"http:\/\/62.44.111.6:81\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4965-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4965-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4965-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4965-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4965-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4965-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/libsu.uni-sofia.bg\/UB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_4965-1-267x200.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Address:\u00a01043 Sofia, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., Sofia University, North Wing,\u00a01st floor, Room 222Telephone:\u00a0(+359 2)\u00a09308 459\u0415-m\u0430il:\u00a0\u00a0frenchlib[at]libsu.uni-sofia.bgOpening hours:\u00a0Monday &#8211; Friday:\u00a08,30 \u2013 17,30 h. 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