The State University of Library Studies and Information Technologies was established by a Resolution of the National Assembly of Bulgaria

National Assembly of Bulgaria

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 (02.09.2004) and is the assignee of the College of Library Studies and Information Technologies (CLSIT), the College of Library Studies (CLS), the Institute of Library Studies (ILS) and the State Institute of Library Studies, established in 1950. SULSIT is member of the Balkan Universities Network

Balkan Universities Network

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The structure of SULSIT includes:

• The Faculty of Bibliology, Information Systems and Public Communications, with seven Departments:
  • Library and Information Sciences;
  • Library Management;
  • Book and Society;
  • Cultural and Historical Heritage;
  • Information Technologies;
  • Communications and Security;
  • Department of Comprehensive Studies.

The curricula for the Bachelor and Master’s Degrees are in line with the requirements of the Higher Education Act and the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS).

SULSIT trains students in the following Bachelor Programs:

• Public Communications and Information Sciences and
• Informatics and Computer Sciences, offering the following:
  • Library Studies and Bibliography (LSB);
  • Library Management (LM)
  • Press Communications (PC)
  • Information Funds of the Cultural and Historical Heritage (IFCHH)
  • Information Resources of Tourism (IRT)
  • Information Technologies (IT)
  • Information Brokering (IB)
  • Information Security (IS)
  • Computer Sciences (CS)
  • Information Technologies in Law Administration (ITLA)

SULSIT trains students in the following M.A Degree Programs:

• Library Management
• Library and Information Communications
• Management of Press Communications
• Information Technologies and Information Brokering
• Information Security and Knowledge Management
• Business and Administrative Information Technologies and Communications
• Cultural and Historical Heritage in the Modern Information Environment
• Protection of the Cultural and Historical Heritage in the Republic of Bulgaria
• Media Information and Publicity
• Information Resources of Cultural Tourism
• Technological Entrepreneurship and Innovations in Information Technologies

A number of centres and research activities are opened at SULSIT:

• Centre for Organization, Management and Protection of the Cultural and Historical Heritage
• Centre for Scientific Research and Training of PhD Students
• Library and Information Centre with a reading-room for 150 people
• Centre for Continuing Education
• Centre for Postgraduate Qualification in the Sphere of Cultural and Historical Heritage
• Centre for Foreign Language Teaching
• Centre for Distance Education
• IP Point – information and consultancy centre for intellectual property
• Centre for Career Orientation and Student Development
• Centre for Information Security and Protection
• Scientific and Research Laboratory for Cybernetic Security
• Scientific Centre „Culture and Memory”
• Teaching and demonstration museum collection „Spirituality and Leadership”
• Museum collection of the modern Bulgarian spirituality
• Publishing House „Za Bukvite – O Pismeneh”
• Chapel of St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker
• Sports Complex
• Institutes for scientific research:
  • Institute for Organization, Management and Protection of the Cultural and Historical Heritage
  • Institute for Scientific Research and Training of PhD Students

External links

• Webpage State University of Librarystudies and Informationtechnology