ULSIT Projects and Practices in Diversity and Inclusiveness in Resource Sharing

Abstract

For decades, there has been a prevailing sense that the world is becoming increasingly interconnected, with information technologies bringing everything within arm’s reach. Simultaneously, in pursuit of long-term goals of information equity and assurance, knowledge of the local context is starting to get lost in the stream of information. Recognizing these trends, the University of Library Studies, and Information Technologies (ULSIT), based in Sofia, Bulgaria, has been engaged in a series of projects over the past decade aimed at seeking balance in the new information landscape. This report presents the university’s positive experiences in two main areas related to sharing academic and educational resources. First, it highlights best practices in the digitization of the national retrospective bibliography of the Bulgarian Revival (1801–1878), transforming it from a local printed repertoire into a modern information retrieval system. Second, it discusses projects focused on creating a platform with international games tailored to regional educational needs in the field of information literacy and library-information education. Conclusions are drawn regarding best practices and challenges in forming clusters of academic information and their sharing.