Abstract:
The author is a doctor of philosophy and associate professor in the Department of Library, Scientific Information and Cultural Policy at the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. Since 2002 she intensively studies the development of the information society in Bulgaria, as well as the effects and transformations in the libraries’ activities under the influence of the new information and communication technologies (ICT). Assoc. Prof. Dr Olya Harizanova is an author of 16 books, 14 manuals, and 32 articles. Among these are: “Parliamentary Rhetoric of the Bulgarian Transition” (2000), “Parliamentary Rhetoric” (2001), “Computer World” (2001), “Computer Networks – Information Infrastructure and Technology” (2003). Three of the books are related to the libraries development in Bulgaria and their hard adaptation to the new technologies: “Bulgarian Libraries and Information Society: Readiness for Integration in the Knowledge Society” (2007), “Libraries and Network Society: Effects and Transformations” (2010), “ICT-Development of Libraries: System of Indicators” (2010).
