Ivan Vazov Municipal Chitalishte Library in Botevgrad and Its Partners

District Thematic Meeting “The Glob@l Libraries – Bulgaria Program: Basis for Local Partnerships”

Pravets, 26 – 27 September 2012

Why Do We Need Partners?

To share common goals To diversify provided services and areas of

actionTo change the image and the atmosphere To implement communication and control To ensure long-term cooperation and

sustainability

Ivan Vazov Library Partners Botevgrad Municipality Education Department Culture and Religion Department Hristo Botev 1884 Public Chitalishte Chitalishte Regional Expert Consulting and

Information Center Museum of History, Botevgrad Pensioner’s club

Ivan Vazov Library Partners Media: Botevgrad Cable TV Botevgradski Vestnik Newspaper Botevgradski Vesti Newspaper Balkanets Newspaper http://botevgrad.com/ http://bot.bg/v4/ http://www.balkanec.bg/

Ivan Vazov Library Partners Educational institutions: Sts. Cyril and Methodius Primary School Vasil Levski Primary School Nikola Vaptsarov Primary School Hristo Botev Vocational High School of

Engineering and Management Acad. Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov High School of

Mathematics and Natural Science International Business School

Library Partnership Activities 2011 – 2012

ICT Training In partnership with Hristo Botev 1884 Public Chitalishte,

the library organized a computer course for chitalishte staff.

Main training course topics included: Working with the Windows operating system Microsoft Office Word and Excel Internet

ICT Training for Users Aged 60+

With the cooperation of the Pensioner’s Club, Ivan Vazov Library organized and conducted seven basic computer and information literacy training courses.

84 citizens were trained in working with Windows, Word, internet, e-mail and Skype.

The training was implemented thanks to the Glob@l Libraries – Bulgaria Program.

Pan Theater Presentation In cooperation with the Culture and Education Department,

Ivan Vazov Library children’s department hosted a presentation of the activities of Pan Theater.

Various book series for children of Pan Publishing House were presented to the directors of all kindergartens and schools in Botevgrad municipality.

Partnership with Sts. Cyril and Methodius Primary School Friendship Day

Second graders from Sts. Cyril and Methodius Primary School celebrated 14 February, the Friendship, Goodness and Shared Secrets Day, with a multimedia presentation.

Partnership with Sts. Cyril and Methodius Primary School Book Friends

Second graders from Sts. Cyril and Methodius Primary School, with the help of the Envision interactive system, demonstrated excellent knowledge of the fairy tale world. They checked their knowledge by mouse pointing the correct answers on the screen.

Partnership with Vasil Levski Primary School Levski in the Art

School children and teachers from Vasil Levski Primary School commemorated 139 years from the death of Vasil Levski by a library lesson on patriotism and a poetry and music program.

Partnership with Nikola Vaptsarov Primary School

Ran Bosilek: Golden Childhood Poet .

School children demonstrated what they had learned about the author with a multimedia presentation dedicated to Ran Bosilek’s life and works.

Partnership with Nikola Vaptsarov Primary School

From Kalofer to the Balkan of Vratsa

Ivan Vazov Library children’s department hosted an open lesson on the life and works of the revolutionary poet Hristo Botev. The lesson included a multimedia presentation.

Partnership with Nikola Vaptsarov Primary School

Prominent Contributors to the Development of Education and Culture in Botevgrad Region

Multimedia presentation on the life and works of Stamen Panchev, Nikola Rakitin and Stoyan

Romanski

Partnership with Nikola Vaptsarov Primary School

Presentation contest for seventh graders dedicated to the life and works of Nikola Vaptsarov.

102 Years from the Birth of Vaptsarov

Partnership with Hristo Botev Vocational School of Engineering and Management

Botevgrad throughout the Years

Patriotism lesson tracking Botevgrad’s historical development. The regional studies specialist Simeonka Vlaykova presented

to the young people the history from the first settlements in the region and the development of our town from the Thracian times to the present day.

Partnership with Acad. Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov High School of Mathematics and Natural Science

Earth Day Eleventh graders from the High School of Mathematics

and Natural Science celebrated the Earth Day at the library.

They delivered presentations on environmental protection:

Air Pollution, Soil Pollution, Water Pollution

Partnership with Acad. Prof. Dr. Asen Zlatarov High School of Mathematics and Natural Science

My Mathematical Profession Ivan Vazov Library hosted the delivery of computer presentations

on the topic “My Mathematical Profession”. Eleventh graders from the High School of Mathematics and Natural Science talked about how the mathematical science is applied in statistics, environmental science, sports, programming, etc.

Partnership with Hristo Botev 1884 Public ChitalishteReading Marathon 2012

Ivan Vazov Library in Botevgrad took part in the National Reading Marathon with a number of events:

Multimedia presentation of Andersen’s tales

Reading of Bulgarian folktales

Open bazaar of children’s books

Children’s drawing contest Meetings with children’s authors

Thank you for your attention!

Lyudmila Chudomirova Ivan Vazov Municipal Chitalishte Library

BotevgradPhone: 0723/66195