About the project

The ДН 05/2 project has been developed by the Library Sciences Department at the Faculty of Library Studies and Cultural Heritage of the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies (ULSIT). It has been funded by the Bulgarian Science Fund at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria. The team under the management of Associate Professor Vasil Zagorov PhD (History of Books) includes specialists with a variety of competences: Associate Professor Krasimira Aleksandrova PhD (Bibliography), Senior Assistant Professor Plamena Zlatkova PhD (Library Studies), Senior Assistant Professor Marina Encheva PhD (Information Retrieval Systems), Senior Assistant Professor Poli Mukanova PhD (Philology and Book Studies) and Kalin Dimitrov PhD (Information Technologies).

During the project implementation the following post-doctoral scientists, PhD students and Master’s students have been involved in particular tasks: Eng. Iskra Tsvetanska PhD, Gergana Yancheva (PhD student), Gabriela Angelova (PhD student) and Mihail Vulov (MA student). The following representatives of the Library and Information Sector participate in the project as external consultants: Iylia Karadachka-Simeonova (National Library St.St. Cyril and Methodius), Silvia Filipova (National Library St.St. Cyril and Methodius), Silvia Naydenova (Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) and Iskren Stoyanov (IT specialiast).

The project team expressed their gratitude to the staff of the City Historical Museum – Samokov, under the guidance of Veselin Hadjiangelov. City Historical Museum “Acad. Yordan Ivanov” – Kyustendil (under the guidance of Valentin Debochichki); Regional Library “Emanuil Popdimitrov “- Kyustendil (under the guidance of Sofia Paycheva); Regional Library “Lyuben Karavelov”- Ruse (under the guidance of Teodora Evtimova).