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Received: 2025-08-11  |  Accepted: 2025-10-30  |  Published: 2026-03-30

Title

Research on the status and possibilities for digitization of written cultural and historical heritage


Abstract

The digitization of written cultural and historical heritage is a key process for the preservation, access and promotion of the documentary memory of society. This study examines the status, challenges and prospects for the digitization of written cultural and historical heritage in Bulgaria. A survey was conducted among leading institutions in the field of management and preservation of written historical resources - libraries, museums, archives and others, to identify the main factors influencing digitization. The study was conducted from May to September 2025 and includes the opinions of 53 employees/experts in the field of written cultural and historical heritage. The aim of the study is to assess the status and opportunities for digitization of written cultural and historical heritage by identifying the main factors influencing successful digitization. From the analysis made, based on the data from the study, it can be concluded that at present the digitization of written historical resources in Bulgaria is at a relatively low level, caused by multiple factors. As a result of the analysis, it can be concluded that digitization is currently ineffective – limited access to digitized resources, incomplete digitized content, gaps in legislation, problems with ensuring copyright protection, etc. Based on the analyses performed, some recommendations have been made to improve the process of digitization of written cultural and historical heritage.


Keywords

digitalization, documents, archives, cultural and historical heritage


JEL classifications

H40 , O33 , Z19


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/1392


DOI


Pages

69-84


Funding

The research presented in this publication was funded by the Research and Development sector of the Technical University of Sofia, project “Research into applicable models of archive digitization when using business information systems in Bulgarian conditions”, contract No 252ПД0013-15.

This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
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Authors

Kostev, Radoslav
Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria https://www.tu-sofia.bg
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Mladenov, Boyko
Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria https://www.tu-sofia.bg
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

13


Number

3


Issue date

March 2026


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

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