Project "Digital Presentation and Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Old-print Fund and the Historical Theatre Salon of Community Center "Nadejda 1869", Veliko Tarnovo"

The topic is dedicated to the joint project between „Nadejda 1869” community Center and Regional Library „P.R.Slaveykov”. The objectives of the project are preservation and popularization of the Bulgarian cultural heritage in the European context of cultural and creative industries, cultural exchange and cultural diversity through: (1) Presentation and popularization of the value of the cultural wealth of the Community centre; Popularization of the theme of the book Treasures of the Community Library and innovative online presentation of the old Printing fund, storing it in electronic form to facilitate access to it and its preservation for future generations; (2)Popularization of the historical cultural hall, connected with statehood and the first inscription „Unity makes Power” by digitization of archival documentation; (3) Stimulating sustainable partnerships, exchanging experience and knowledge, bringing together scientific and practical experience in the preservation of cultural heritage and volunteering. The community Center „Nadezhda 1869” is associated with historical events important for the Bulgarian statehood. Three great folk assemblies were sitting in his theater hall. It starts the library and museum work, the theater, the cinema and the Art Gallery in the city. The library has a fund of 48 787 units, and the old-print collection consists of 446 books, newspapers and magazines from the period 16th -19th century. The oldest is the book „The Work Miney”, printed in Venice in 1588 and containing religious texts in Greek. For digitization is selected the topic „Bulgarian education to Liberation”, consisting of teaching aids in linguistics, natural sciences, mathematics and history – a total of 78 titles. Digitization is carried out in the specialised Digital center „North +” of Regional Library “P.R.Slaveykov", created under the program BG08 „Cultural Heritage and contemporary arts”. The successful realization of the project activities will help to protect and promote knowledge, improve access through digital technologies to the specialized collections of the old Printing fund and popularization of the Historical Theatre Hall -National value, through their inclusion in the cultural treasury „North +”, the rubric „Old print Fund” and the website of the Community Center. Keywords: Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Old-print Fund, Historical Theatre Salon "Nadejda"