Digital library

Pursuant to Order № 87 RD-09 / 20.06.2022 of the Director of IBSCT-BAS for inventory of library units, the use of the library of IBSCT-BAS is suspended from July 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022 (inclusive).

Library of the Institute of Balkan Studies

The Library of the Institute of Balkan Studies has over 24,000 volumes: books, periodicals, and reference literature. This is the largest Balkan studies library in Bulgaria. Among its acquisitions are the private libraries of distinguished Bulgarian scholars such as Prof. Petar Mutafchiev, Prof. Petar Nikov, Prof. Pirin Boyadzhiev, and Acad. Nikolay Todorov.

The books acquired after 2002 can also be found in the on-line catalog of the Central Library of the BAS here: www.cl.bas.bg
Books that are at the Institute library can also be used for interlibrary book exchange.

Librarian:

Todor Todorov
Mobile phone: +359 892 070 356

Readers opening hours:
Monday – Thursday: 10:00 – 16:30
Friday: 13:00 – 16:30 (The Library is open only to Institute staff)

Note: The last Friday of the month is a sanitary day for the library.

Library of the Centre of Thracology 

As of 11 May 2021, the Library of the Centre of Thracology will work via book preorders only. To preorder a book, please call +359 0892 070 356 or write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Library of the Centre of Tracology is located at 13 Moskovska Street.

The catalog of the library of the Centre of Thracology is part of the integrated library system ALEPH. All the titles in the library are in the arcade electronic catalog of the libraries of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences http://www.cl.bas.bg/

Librarian

Dr. Dzheni Ivanova, Digital resources expert

Note: The last Friday of the month is a sanitary day for the library.