Дейността на Тодор Боров като деец на читалищното дело, отразена в неговия архив
The activity of TodorBorov as an activist of the Chitalishte related work, reflected in his archive

Summary/Abstract: Although a person of great importance for the Bulgarian scientific and social world, the life and work of Todor Borov are still not fully known to researchers. Some aspects ofhis professional career are subject to more complete and thorough research. He himself is mainly known as one of the founders of modern native bibliography and library science in the country. He is the initiator of a number of new researches, through which he helps to form modern visions for the development of the library work. He is the author of numerouss cientific publications, as well as a series of articles in periodicals. As part of the intellectual elite of the country T. Borov actively supports the development of the national work related to the community centers (chitalishta), as the main emphasis is on the construction of existing libraries as modern ones. This article focuses on the presence of T. Borov in the active work of the community centers. The object of study is part of his rich archive, which is stored in the “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” National Library (Fund 849 in the Bulgarian Historical Archive). Those documents were used which reveal his active and public benefit activity related to the construction and establishment of the chitalishte libraries presence as animportant part of the librar ynetwork of the country.

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