Scientific Heritage in Bulgaria Makes First Digital Steps
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The paper presents recent initiatives in creation, delivery and management of scientific heritage digital resources in Bulgaria. The local and international tendencies will be sketched. Then the work of the Department for Digitization of Scientific Heritage at the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and more specifically the joint projects with the State Department of Archives and the Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences will be described. Finally, we will present a SWOT analysis of the local situation and suggestions for urgently needed actions.
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