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Due to the situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic health matters have become a very sensitive subject to the society. The existing issues motivate researchers and specialists to look through the documents and archives describing the historical development of Bulgarian healthcare and medical and social activity, focusing on the activity of Bulgarian healthcare institutions and professional medical organizations, as well as mentioning them in specialized medical publications. Even more - these issues prioritized the matters related to the implementation of rules, norms and regulation in the field of healthcare.
Keywords: Public libraries, Management, Healthcare, Information, COVID-19
1.INTRODUCTION
Public healthcare having generalized historical and sometimes political reality may clarify the principles of management, organization and tendencies in the development of a healthcare system of the state itself and healthcare issues represent a true level of public and political development of a given country. Public libraries in Bulgaria are first open consumer health information centres that collect, store and provide necessary health information to specialists and general public. Specialized medical publications are an integral part of the processes aimed at distribution of knowledge about health and development of health awareness of specialists and local community. Due to the situation caused by the coronavirus pandemic health matters have become a very sensitive subject to the society. The existing issues motivate researchers and specialists to look through the documents and archives describing the historical development of Bulgarian healthcare and medical and social activity, focusing on the activity of Bulgarian healthcare institutions and professional medical organizations, as well as mentioning them in specialized medical publications (Bozhilova, 2012). Even more - these issues prioritized the matters related to the implementation of rules, norms and regulation in the field of healthcare. Although in different forms, with different subjects and from different point of view - this proves to be a leading issue in every era and time. For this reason, the relevance of the publications in each field has a leading role in selecting a title in the development of library collections, especially when it comes to publication in healthcare sphere. Only the funds that are relevant in terms of the needs and interests of the target groups and are up-to-date can provide access to reliable and latest information with...