Discovering the Efficient Path to Every Scientific Research: The New Bulgarian University Library Experience=Откриване на ефективния път към всяко научно изследване: Опитът на библиотеката на Нов български университет

Abstract

The paper will present the NBU Library experience in providing services and trainings for scientists and doctoral students at the University. Different stages of research and data lifecycles will be considered. Each service and training was analyzed with special attention to data planning steps, such as data collection, methodology, and data sharing. Special attention will be paid to the storing and sharing data process. NBU library uses different sharing options as follows. 1) Scholar Electronic Repository (SER) of NBU. This disseminates scientific content by providing access to electronic documents as part of the Open Archive Initiative. SER collection is constantly growing and consists of different materials such as articles, monographs, book chapters, images, audio and video recordings. SER provides long-term preservation and distribution of electronic scientific output of the NBU academic staff and post-graduate students. 2) EBSCO Discovery Service. In order to improve the process of distribution of scientific content, the NBU Library partners with EBSCO Information Services. Due to this, all publications uploaded at SER are indexed in the platform of EBSCO Discovery Service. 3) Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL). The NBU became partners with CEEOL, which is the leading supplier of scientific electronic content both from and to countries in Central and East Europe. The agreement between NBU and CEEOL requires a major part of the academic journals in the area of Humanities and Social Sciences published by NBU to be available in electronic form through CEEOL. As a result, new complex service will be established. This will increase the role of the NBU Library in the process of sharing and distributing data in order to make scientific works findable, accessible and successful