In this article we present information about the activities that were implemented in the project “Electronic Archive of documentary heritage of the Balkan wars”, to build a database of archival documents, photographs, new traced and researched archival materials. Information will be provided about the form and type of documents with which every institution-partner in the project will take part. The article is emphasized on the need this digital archive to include other similar institutions nationwide, and become part of the European digital library – Europeana

Alexandrov, Ivan

Ivanova, Kalina

Journal of Balkan Libraries Union

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Journal of Balkan Libraries Union 
 
ISSN 2148-077X 
 
ht tp : / /www.ba lkanl i brar ies .org/ journal  
ht tp : / /dergipark .u lakbim.gov. t r / jb lu  
 
 
Electronic Archives of Documentary Heritage for Balkan Wars 
Kalina Ivanova 
*
 and Ivan Alexandrov  
Regional Public Library “Petko Rachev Slaveykov”, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria 
* Corresponding author. Tel.: +359-62-62-80-98; e-mail: kdemireva@mail.bg  
 
I. Introduction 
Protection and preservation of our cultural and literary-
historical and documentary heritage are particularly 
relevant today. Despite the absence of a national program 
for the protection of literary heritage and plans for 
digitization, in recent years the coordination between 
Bulgarian libraries and similar institutions is done better 
in the form of consortiums that are applied in programs 
specific libraries and marks the beginning of a national 
network of electronic catalogues. 
Digitization of book collections as a means of 
protection is one of the priorities in the development of 
Bulgarian libraries. The preconditions for this process 
have long been available - these are rapidly increasing 
number of Internet users in the country, the development 
of technology, more and more difficult to save and protect 
the growing book fund. 
Excited by these issues and the idea to provide 
comprehensive access to documentary heritage, several 
similar institutions joined forces and applied in a 
competition Fund "Scientific Research" of the Ministry of 
Education, Youth and Science "Financing of basic 
research and scientifically applied research in the priority 
areas of “Cultural Heritage" and the scientific field of 
“Culture and Art, History"- project" Electronic archive of 
documentary heritage of the Balkan wars. " 
II. Details 
In the context of the organization in 2012 National 
celebration the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the 
Balkan War we aim to present to the Bulgarian and 
European public documentary heritage in Veliko Tarnovo 
about the Balkan wars through the creation of a common 
electronic archive of documents, photographs, letters, 
books and pictures stored in special funds archives, 
libraries, galleries and museums in the Territory of Veliko 
Tarnovo. 
The creation of an electronic archive of documentary 
heritage in Veliko Tarnovo about Balkan wars is achieved 
by using the methods of art , archival , archeography , 
comparative analytical method for the dating of stored 
materials , using specialized software to build digital 
databases and submitting them online.   The results are: 
digital repository and launch the Virtual Museum of the 
Balkan Wars , released a festschrift "Bulgarian writer and 
war" thematic exhibition and national scientific 
conference with international participation. 
The project is implemented in partnership with the 
Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 
(BAS). In its scientific team are included lecturers, 
researchers, graduated students from the University "St. 
St. Cyril and Methodius ", Institute of Mathematics and 
Informatics, BAS, Regional Museum of History, State 
Military Archive, Regional State Archives - Veliko 
Short Communication  
ARTI CL E  INFO RM ATION  AB STRAC T  
Article history: 
Received 20 August 2014 
Accepted 9 November 2014 
Available online 17 November 2014 
In this article we present information about the activities that were implemented in the 
project “Electronic Archive of documentary heritage of the Balkan wars”, to build a database of 
archival documents, photographs, new traced and researched archival materials.  Information 
will be provided about the form and type of documents with which every institution-partner in 
the project will take part. The article is emphasized on the need this digital archive to include 
other similar institutions nationwide, and become part of the European digital library –
Europeana. 
 
Keywords: Digitization of cultural heritage, Electronic archive of documents, photographs and 
more, Archival materials, Libraries, Museums, Galleries. 
Journal of Balkan Libraries Union 
Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 34-36, 2014. 
Digital Object Identifier: 10.16918/bluj.51113 
 
 
Copyright © 2014 Balkan Libraries Union - All rights reserved. 
Journal of Balkan Libraries Union 
 
35 
 
Tarnovo. Each of the partnering organizations is 
responsible for certain activities within the two-year 
period that should be realized. 
Specific actions by the applicant organization in the 
face of Regional Public Library "P. Slavejkov " –Veliko 
Tarnovo to support the implementation of the project are: 
 Preparation of structural scheme for the selection of 
documentary records and other material to be 
included in electronic databases.; 
 Study of special funds of archives, libraries, 
galleries and museums and other institutions in 
Veliko Tarnovo’s region; 
 Treatment of selected documentary array to digitize 
(dating, investigation for originality, 
historiographical and bibliographic description); 
 Preparation and printing of commemorative 
editions, “Bulgarian writer and war": Research and 
newly discovered documents in the Central Military 
Archives, Anthology, "Balkan War in Bulgarian 
poetry and prose" and "Balkan War in Bulgarian 
history", a collection of selected articles; 
 Selection  of newly  and studied documentary array 
for producing a commemorative exhibition for the 
Balkan wars; 
 Organizing a national conference with international 
participation and presentation of project results to 
the scientific and educational circles in Bulgaria and 
abroad; 
 Dissemination of results among archives, libraries 
and museums; 
 Presentation of the exhibition "Bulgarian writer and 
war" by the Fund of National Literary Museum – 
Sofia. 
 Specific actions by the partner organization Central 
Library of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences-Sofia: 
 Adaptation of the program BASLIB for the project. 
BASLIB working environment - Windows XP / 7; 
 Installation of the software; 
 Development of a database model according to the 
type of the documents; 
 Scanning of documents; 
 Presentation of information on the website of 
Central Library of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 
and Regional Public Library “P. R.Slaveykov" - 
Veliko Tarnovo and periodic maintenance; 
 Participation in the conference and retrospective; 
 Presentation and promotion of BASLIB modules. 
Organizations, partners of the RPL "P. R. Slaveykov" 
include the following collections of archival material: 
State Military Archive –Veliko Tarnovo: provides 
scanned images and documents, 1912 files total.  
Regional State Archives Veliko Tarnovo: provides 
circulars and telegrams from District Governor to the 
Minister of Foreign Affairs; protocols and orders of the 
mayor, other letters, pocket notebooks, travel notes, 
journals and picture postcard image of the front troops 
from the war. 
Regional Museum of History - Veliko Tarnovo: 
provides for virtual museum copies of materials related    
to the Balkan war held by Department "Modern and 
Contemporary History" original photos, documents and 
memorabilia featuring Tarnovo regiments (18 Etarski 
Infantry Regiment, 20th Infantry Regiment Dobrogea and 
46 Infantry Regiment) in the wars for national unification 
1912-1913 year. 
The Fund has retained many pictures depicting life in 
the city during the war years 1912-1913. 
Regional Art Gallery "Boris Denev" - Veliko 
Tarnovo: provides 70 photographic reproductions of 
original works of the famous Bulgarian artist Boris Denev 
of his wartime period. 
III. Results and Impact of the Project 
As a result of the project various activities end 
products are created that are factual conclusion of the 
project proposal. Digital repository is built, which will 
launch the Virtual Museum of the Balkan Wars: 
http://bw.libraryvt.com processed and added to 788 are 
descriptions of documents and artifacts of the 
organizations - partner ;  (pictures –electronicarchive and 
BWa-fs-16) 
Commemorative publications are printed: 
RADEV, Ivan. Bulgarian writer and war <1912-1918>: 
Vol 1 Archive. Interpretations. - Veliko Tarnovo: NB 
"PRSlaveykov" 2013. - 255 p. 
Radev, Ivan. Bulgarian Literature and War <1912-
1918>: Anthology., Veliko Tarnovo: NB "PRSlavejkov" 
2013. - 303 p. 
Thematic exhibitions are organized. A documentary for 
educational purposes is created. 
In Veliko Tarnovo was organized a national conference 
with international participation, dedicated to the 100th 
anniversary of the Balkan wars. Proceedings of the 
conference are forthcoming and will come in the month of 
January 2014 
Implementation of the project has a positive effect on: 
 Increasing the interest among professionals, students 
and the general public to the history and problems 
of the Balkan wars and their impact on international 
relations; 
 Improving good neighborly relations between the 
peoples and countries of the Balkan region; 
 Improving information services for research, 
education and social management; 
 Creating a supportive environment for young 
scientists through conditions and opportunities for 
research.  
IV. Conclusion 
The objectives of this project perfectly matched to the 
main functions and tasks of the applicant organizations 
and team members, namely: protection and promotion of 
our cultural and historical heritage and providing 
information about it in a new reality of the digital society. 
Today, major scientific and public libraries more rapidly 
acquire the appearance of digital centers and provide new 
information resources and services in the electronic space 
and thus realize a long-term trend of more tangible virtual 
presence of the library in the public domain in the 
national and international level. 
 
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Kalina Ivanova is deputy director of 
Regional Public Library “Petko Rachev 
Slaveykov”- Veliko Tarnovo since 2001. She 
completed her PhD in public 
communications and information sciences at 
University of Library Studies and 
Informational  Technologies-Sofia in 2012. 
In October 2013 she started to work as an 
assistant  professor at Veliko Tarnovo’s 
University “ St. Ciril and St. Methodius”. 
Member of the Managing Board of the 
Bulgarian Library and Information 
Association. She is head of the research team 
of the project "Development of an electronic 
archive of documentary heritage of the 
Balkan Wars”. 
 
 
Ivan Alexandrov is director of Regional 
Public Library "Slaveykov", Veliko Tarnovo 
since 2000. He completed her PhD in  public 
communications and information sciences at 
University of Library Studies and 
Informational Technologies-Sofia in 2013. 
Specialized librarianship, library 
participation in fellowships to exchange 
experience in libraries in Iowa and Colorado, 
USA; Project continuing education program 
Socrates / Grundtvig libraries in Gateshead, 
UK and Finland. Ivan Aleksandrov is a 
municipal councilor and a member of the 
Committee on Education and Culture in the 
City Council - Veliko Tarnovo.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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34     Journal of Balkan Libraries Union  ISSN 2148-077X  ht tp : / /www.ba lkanl i brar ies .org/ journal  ht tp : / /dergipark .u lakbim.gov. t r / jb lu    Electronic Archives of Documentary Heritage for Balkan Wars Kalina Ivanova * and Ivan Alexandrov  Regional Public Library “Petko Rachev Slaveykov”, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria * Corresponding author. Tel.: +359-62-62-80-98; e-mail: kdemireva@mail.bg   I. Introduction Protection and preservation of our cultural and literary-historical and documentary heritage are particularly relevant today. Despite the absence of a national program for the protection of literary heritage and plans for digitization, in recent years the coordination between Bulgarian libraries and similar institutions is done better in the form of consortiums that are applied in programs specific libraries and marks the beginning of a national network of electronic catalogues. Digitization of book collections as a means of protection is one of the priorities in the development of Bulgarian libraries. The preconditions for this process have long been available - these are rapidly increasing number of Internet users in the country, the development of technology, more and more difficult to save and protect the growing book fund. Excited by these issues and the idea to provide comprehensive access to documentary heritage, several similar institutions joined forces and applied in a competition Fund "Scientific Research" of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science "Financing of basic research and scientifically applied research in the priority areas of “Cultural Heritage" and the scientific field of “Culture and Art, History"- project" Electronic archive of documentary heritage of the Balkan wars. " II. Details In the context of the organization in 2012 National celebration the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Balkan War we aim to present to the Bulgarian and European public documentary heritage in Veliko Tarnovo about the Balkan wars through the creation of a common electronic archive of documents, photographs, letters, books and pictures stored in special funds archives, libraries, galleries and museums in the Territory of Veliko Tarnovo. The creation of an electronic archive of documentary heritage in Veliko Tarnovo about Balkan wars is achieved by using the methods of art , archival , archeography , comparative analytical method for the dating of stored materials , using specialized software to build digital databases and submitting them online.   The results are: digital repository and launch the Virtual Museum of the Balkan Wars , released a festschrift "Bulgarian writer and war" thematic exhibition and national scientific conference with international participation. The project is implemented in partnership with the Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS). In its scientific team are included lecturers, researchers, graduated students from the University "St. St. Cyril and Methodius ", Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, BAS, Regional Museum of History, State Military Archive, Regional State Archives - Veliko Short Communication  ARTI CL E  INFO RM ATION  AB STRAC T  Article history: Received 20 August 2014 Accepted 9 November 2014 Available online 17 November 2014 In this article we present information about the activities that were implemented in the project “Electronic Archive of documentary heritage of the Balkan wars”, to build a database of archival documents, photographs, new traced and researched archival materials.  Information will be provided about the form and type of documents with which every institution-partner in the project will take part. The article is emphasized on the need this digital archive to include other similar institutions nationwide, and become part of the European digital library –Europeana.  Keywords: Digitization of cultural heritage, Electronic archive of documents, photographs and more, Archival materials, Libraries, Museums, Galleries. Journal of Balkan Libraries Union Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 34-36, 2014. Digital Object Identifier: 10.16918/bluj.51113   Copyright © 2014 Balkan Libraries Union - All rights reserved. Journal of Balkan Libraries Union  35  Tarnovo. Each of the partnering organizations is responsible for certain activities within the two-year period that should be realized. Specific actions by the applicant organization in the face of Regional Public Library "P. Slavejkov " –Veliko Tarnovo to support the implementation of the project are:  Preparation of structural scheme for the selection of documentary records and other material to be included in electronic databases.;  Study of special funds of archives, libraries, galleries and museums and other institutions in Veliko Tarnovo’s region;  Treatment of selected documentary array to digitize (dating, investigation for originality, historiographical and bibliographic description);  Preparation and printing of commemorative editions, “Bulgarian writer and war": Research and newly discovered documents in the Central Military Archives, Anthology, "Balkan War in Bulgarian poetry and prose" and "Balkan War in Bulgarian history", a collection of selected articles;  Selection  of newly  and studied documentary array for producing a commemorative exhibition for the Balkan wars;  Organizing a national conference with international participation and presentation of project results to the scientific and educational circles in Bulgaria and abroad;  Dissemination of results among archives, libraries and museums;  Presentation of the exhibition "Bulgarian writer and war" by the Fund of National Literary Museum – Sofia.  Specific actions by the partner organization Central Library of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences-Sofia:  Adaptation of the program BASLIB for the project. BASLIB working environment - Windows XP / 7;  Installation of the software;  Development of a database model according to the type of the documents;  Scanning of documents;  Presentation of information on the website of Central Library of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Regional Public Library “P. R.Slaveykov" - Veliko Tarnovo and periodic maintenance;  Participation in the conference and retrospective;  Presentation and promotion of BASLIB modules. Organizations, partners of the RPL "P. R. Slaveykov" include the following collections of archival material: State Military Archive –Veliko Tarnovo: provides scanned images and documents, 1912 files total.  Regional State Archives Veliko Tarnovo: provides circulars and telegrams from District Governor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; protocols and orders of the mayor, other letters, pocket notebooks, travel notes, journals and picture postcard image of the front troops from the war. Regional Museum of History - Veliko Tarnovo: provides for virtual museum copies of materials related    to the Balkan war held by Department "Modern and Contemporary History" original photos, documents and memorabilia featuring Tarnovo regiments (18 Etarski Infantry Regiment, 20th Infantry Regiment Dobrogea and 46 Infantry Regiment) in the wars for national unification 1912-1913 year. The Fund has retained many pictures depicting life in the city during the war years 1912-1913. Regional Art Gallery "Boris Denev" - Veliko Tarnovo: provides 70 photographic reproductions of original works of the famous Bulgarian artist Boris Denev of his wartime period. III. Results and Impact of the Project As a result of the project various activities end products are created that are factual conclusion of the project proposal. Digital repository is built, which will launch the Virtual Museum of the Balkan Wars: http://bw.libraryvt.com processed and added to 788 are descriptions of documents and artifacts of the organizations - partner ;  (pictures –electronicarchive and BWa-fs-16) Commemorative publications are printed: RADEV, Ivan. Bulgarian writer and war <1912-1918>: Vol 1 Archive. Interpretations. - Veliko Tarnovo: NB "PRSlaveykov" 2013. - 255 p. Radev, Ivan. Bulgarian Literature and War <1912-1918>: Anthology., Veliko Tarnovo: NB "PRSlavejkov" 2013. - 303 p. Thematic exhibitions are organized. A documentary for educational purposes is created. In Veliko Tarnovo was organized a national conference with international participation, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Balkan wars. Proceedings of the conference are forthcoming and will come in the month of January 2014 Implementation of the project has a positive effect on:  Increasing the interest among professionals, students and the general public to the history and problems of the Balkan wars and their impact on international relations;  Improving good neighborly relations between the peoples and countries of the Balkan region;  Improving information services for research, education and social management;  Creating a supportive environment for young scientists through conditions and opportunities for research.  IV. Conclusion The objectives of this project perfectly matched to the main functions and tasks of the applicant organizations and team members, namely: protection and promotion of our cultural and historical heritage and providing information about it in a new reality of the digital society. Today, major scientific and public libraries more rapidly acquire the appearance of digital centers and provide new information resources and services in the electronic space and thus realize a long-term trend of more tangible virtual presence of the library in the public domain in the national and international level.  Journal of Balkan Libraries Union  36               Kalina Ivanova is deputy director of Regional Public Library “Petko Rachev Slaveykov”- Veliko Tarnovo since 2001. She completed her PhD in public communications and information sciences at University of Library Studies and Informational  Technologies-Sofia in 2012. In October 2013 she started to work as an assistant  professor at Veliko Tarnovo’s University “ St. Ciril and St. Methodius”. Member of the Managing Board of the Bulgarian Library and Information Association. She is head of the research team of the project "Development of an electronic archive of documentary heritage of the Balkan Wars”.   Ivan Alexandrov is director of Regional Public Library "Slaveykov", Veliko Tarnovo since 2000. He completed her PhD in  public communications and information sciences at University of Library Studies and Informational Technologies-Sofia in 2013. Specialized librarianship, library participation in fellowships to exchange experience in libraries in Iowa and Colorado, USA; Project continuing education program Socrates / Grundtvig libraries in Gateshead, UK and Finland. Ivan Aleksandrov is a municipal councilor and a member of the Committee on Education and Culture in the City Council - Veliko Tarnovo.                 

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34     Journal of Balkan Libraries Union  ISSN 2148-077X  ht tp : / /www.ba lkanl i brar ies .org/ journal  ht tp : / /dergipark .u lakbim.gov. t r / jb lu    Electronic Archives of Documentary Heritage for Balkan Wars Kalina Ivanova * and Ivan Alexandrov  Regional Public Library “Petko Rachev Slaveykov”, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria * Corresponding author. Tel.: +359-62-62-80-98; e-mail: kdemireva@mail.bg   I. Introduction Protection and preservation of our cultural and literary-historical and documentary heritage are particularly relevant today. Despite the absence of a national program for the protection of literary heritage and plans for digitization, in recent years the coordination between Bulgarian libraries and similar institutions is done better in the form of consortiums that are applied in programs specific libraries and marks the beginning of a national network of electronic catalogues. Digitization of book collections as a means of protection is one of the priorities in the development of Bulgarian libraries. The preconditions for this process have long been available - these are rapidly increasing number of Internet users in the country, the development of technology, more and more difficult to save and protect the growing book fund. Excited by these issues and the idea to provide comprehensive access to documentary heritage, several similar institutions joined forces and applied in a competition Fund "Scientific Research" of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science "Financing of basic research and scientifically applied research in the priority areas of “Cultural Heritage" and the scientific field of “Culture and Art, History"- project" Electronic archive of documentary heritage of the Balkan wars. " II. Details In the context of the organization in 2012 National celebration the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Balkan War we aim to present to the Bulgarian and European public documentary heritage in Veliko Tarnovo about the Balkan wars through the creation of a common electronic archive of documents, photographs, letters, books and pictures stored in special funds archives, libraries, galleries and museums in the Territory of Veliko Tarnovo. The creation of an electronic archive of documentary heritage in Veliko Tarnovo about Balkan wars is achieved by using the methods of art , archival , archeography , comparative analytical method for the dating of stored materials , using specialized software to build digital databases and submitting them online.   The results are: digital repository and launch the Virtual Museum of the Balkan Wars , released a festschrift "Bulgarian writer and war" thematic exhibition and national scientific conference with international participation. The project is implemented in partnership with the Central Library of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS). In its scientific team are included lecturers, researchers, graduated students from the University "St. St. Cyril and Methodius ", Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, BAS, Regional Museum of History, State Military Archive, Regional State Archives - Veliko Short Communication  ARTI CL E  INFO RM ATION  AB STRAC T  Article history: Received 20 August 2014 Accepted 9 November 2014 Available online 17 November 2014 In this article we present information about the activities that were implemented in the project “Electronic Archive of documentary heritage of the Balkan wars”, to build a database of archival documents, photographs, new traced and researched archival materials.  Information will be provided about the form and type of documents with which every institution-partner in the project will take part. The article is emphasized on the need this digital archive to include other similar institutions nationwide, and become part of the European digital library –Europeana.  Keywords: Digitization of cultural heritage, Electronic archive of documents, photographs and more, Archival materials, Libraries, Museums, Galleries. Journal of Balkan Libraries Union Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 34-36, 2014. Digital Object Identifier: 10.16918/bluj.51113   Copyright © 2014 Balkan Libraries Union - All rights reserved. Journal of Balkan Libraries Union  35  Tarnovo. Each of the partnering organizations is responsible for certain activities within the two-year period that should be realized. Specific actions by the applicant organization in the face of Regional Public Library "P. Slavejkov " –Veliko Tarnovo to support the implementation of the project are:  Preparation of structural scheme for the selection of documentary records and other material to be included in electronic databases.;  Study of special funds of archives, libraries, galleries and museums and other institutions in Veliko Tarnovo’s region;  Treatment of selected documentary array to digitize (dating, investigation for originality, historiographical and bibliographic description);  Preparation and printing of commemorative editions, “Bulgarian writer and war": Research and newly discovered documents in the Central Military Archives, Anthology, "Balkan War in Bulgarian poetry and prose" and "Balkan War in Bulgarian history", a collection of selected articles;  Selection  of newly  and studied documentary array for producing a commemorative exhibition for the Balkan wars;  Organizing a national conference with international participation and presentation of project results to the scientific and educational circles in Bulgaria and abroad;  Dissemination of results among archives, libraries and museums;  Presentation of the exhibition "Bulgarian writer and war" by the Fund of National Literary Museum – Sofia.  Specific actions by the partner organization Central Library of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences-Sofia:  Adaptation of the program BASLIB for the project. BASLIB working environment - Windows XP / 7;  Installation of the software;  Development of a database model according to the type of the documents;  Scanning of documents;  Presentation of information on the website of Central Library of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Regional Public Library “P. R.Slaveykov" - Veliko Tarnovo and periodic maintenance;  Participation in the conference and retrospective;  Presentation and promotion of BASLIB modules. Organizations, partners of the RPL "P. R. Slaveykov" include the following collections of archival material: State Military Archive –Veliko Tarnovo: provides scanned images and documents, 1912 files total.  Regional State Archives Veliko Tarnovo: provides circulars and telegrams from District Governor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs; protocols and orders of the mayor, other letters, pocket notebooks, travel notes, journals and picture postcard image of the front troops from the war. Regional Museum of History - Veliko Tarnovo: provides for virtual museum copies of materials related    to the Balkan war held by Department "Modern and Contemporary History" original photos, documents and memorabilia featuring Tarnovo regiments (18 Etarski Infantry Regiment, 20th Infantry Regiment Dobrogea and 46 Infantry Regiment) in the wars for national unification 1912-1913 year. The Fund has retained many pictures depicting life in the city during the war years 1912-1913. Regional Art Gallery "Boris Denev" - Veliko Tarnovo: provides 70 photographic reproductions of original works of the famous Bulgarian artist Boris Denev of his wartime period. III. Results and Impact of the Project As a result of the project various activities end products are created that are factual conclusion of the project proposal. Digital repository is built, which will launch the Virtual Museum of the Balkan Wars: http://bw.libraryvt.com processed and added to 788 are descriptions of documents and artifacts of the organizations - partner ;  (pictures –electronicarchive and BWa-fs-16) Commemorative publications are printed: RADEV, Ivan. Bulgarian writer and war <1912-1918>: Vol 1 Archive. Interpretations. - Veliko Tarnovo: NB "PRSlaveykov" 2013. - 255 p. Radev, Ivan. Bulgarian Literature and War <1912-1918>: Anthology., Veliko Tarnovo: NB "PRSlavejkov" 2013. - 303 p. Thematic exhibitions are organized. A documentary for educational purposes is created. In Veliko Tarnovo was organized a national conference with international participation, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Balkan wars. Proceedings of the conference are forthcoming and will come in the month of January 2014 Implementation of the project has a positive effect on:  Increasing the interest among professionals, students and the general public to the history and problems of the Balkan wars and their impact on international relations;  Improving good neighborly relations between the peoples and countries of the Balkan region;  Improving information services for research, education and social management;  Creating a supportive environment for young scientists through conditions and opportunities for research.  IV. Conclusion The objectives of this project perfectly matched to the main functions and tasks of the applicant organizations and team members, namely: protection and promotion of our cultural and historical heritage and providing information about it in a new reality of the digital society. Today, major scientific and public libraries more rapidly acquire the appearance of digital centers and provide new information resources and services in the electronic space and thus realize a long-term trend of more tangible virtual presence of the library in the public domain in the national and international level.   36              Kalina Ivanova is deputy director of Regional Public Library “Petko Rachev Slaveykov”- Veliko Tarnovo since 2001. She completed her PhD in public communications and information sciences at University of Library Studies and Informational  Technologies-Sofia in 2012. In October 2013 she started to work as an assistant  professor at Veliko Tarnovo’s University “ St. Ciril and St. Methodius”. Member of the Managing Board of the Bulgarian Library and Information Association. She is head of the research team of the project "Development of an electronic archive of documentary heritage of the Balkan Wars”.   Ivan Alexandrov is director of Regional Public Library "Slaveykov", Veliko Tarnovo since 2000. He completed her PhD in  public communications and information sciences at University of Library Studies and Informational Technologies-Sofia in 2013. Specialized librarianship, library participation in fellowships to exchange experience in libraries in Iowa and Colorado, USA; Project continuing education program Socrates / Grundtvig libraries in Gateshead, UK and Finland. Ivan Aleksandrov is a municipal councilor and a member of the Committee on Education and Culture in the City Council - Veliko Tarnovo.                 

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