The National Library “Ivan Vazov” in Plovdiv is the second largest in Bulgaria and serves as a second national repository of the Bulgarian literature. The library cooperates successfully with a number of Bulgarian and foreign partners involved in cultural activities; with local cultural institutions – Archaeological, Historical and Ethnographic Museums, State Archives, which are associated with the idea for the collection and storage of public memory and cultural heritage.
The digital center in the Library was created in 2008 as a continuation of a project for the preservation of the cultural and historical heritage and its provision to a wide range of users through digital images of the particularly valuable written documents owned by the library.
For the fulfillment of these objectives the center is equipped with:
50 000 objects of the valuable cultural and historical heritage of Plovdiv Municipality; 10% of the digitized objects will be part of the Romany culture.
Within this project the following activities will be conducted:
