Library at the Institute for Historical Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

The library at the Institute of History at BAS was established in 1948 as a constituent part of the Academy’s library network which was begun in 1947.

The supply of library materials was executed in accordance with the specialization of the Institute of History and depending on the resources of the Central Library at BAS for building up a modern scientific library system. Currently, the library is being supplied in two major directions – History of the Bulgarian Lands and Bulgaria and New and Contemporary General History of Europe.
            By 2005 the book stock of the library amounted to 54 600 volumes. There are 120 titles of current periodicals. The first collection Vazrazhdane [Revival] comprised the book stock of the former Botev–Levsky Institute, which became property of the Institute in December 1977. There are 2200 titles in this stock, or 4000 volumes. The number of the titles of periodicals is 155, or 309 volumes.

The second collection is the personal library of Member of Correspondence Colonel Petar Darvingov and comprises 1300 volumes.

A separate library was set up at the Institute of History and currently owns 220 volumes which were bought by the Institute, as well as 600 volumes donated by their authors with their autographs or with the autographs of donors.

The library has compiled its catalogues – alphabetical and systematic ones, catalogues of periodicals (alphabetical), card-indexes of Vazrazhdane stock, of P. Darvingov Library, of incunabula and of the library of the Institute         

Chief Librarian: Desislava Ilieva     tel. 02/9792935    mob. phone: 088/4623048
e-mail: library(at)ihist(dot)bas(dot)bg

Opening Hours: 9:00 a. m. – 5:30 p. m.

Note: The library serves scientists AND PHD StUDENTS only!

On-line resources, accessible via Central Library of BAS