HRISTO BOTEV 1934 PUBLIC CHITALISHTE,BOZHURISHTE

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The library occupies an area of 273 sq. m. and has a lending department with a reading corner, a children’s department and a book depository. The library stock is composed of 18,000 library items from various areas of knowledge.

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Library Patrons: 570

302 school goers

248 From Hristo Toprakchiev Secondary School

77high school

119junior high

52primary graders

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from other schools

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Library Technical Equipment under the Glob@l Libraries – Bulgaria Program

Allows for responding to readers’ inquiries and requests beyond the traditional lending and reading room methods by:◦ resource searching in web libraries ◦ accessing specialized portals◦ working with electronic massifs ◦ using photocopying equipment ◦ using multimedia

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We have three computers with unlimited internet access

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In our library activities and the provision of information to middle and upper graders, we already use actively:◦the resources of Bulgarian specialized educational

web portals and websites ◦Information and knowledge exchange in national

and international internet forums

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Library Partners

Bozhurishte Municipality Hristo Toprakchiev Secondary School Detelina Kindergarten Buratino Kindergarten Ladies’ club Sports club Together for Bozhurishte Municipality Association Officers of the Reserve Club Damaskin Literature Club Protected house Pensioner’s club

HRISTO TOPRAKCHIEV SECONDARY SCHOOL AND HRISTO BOTEV 1934

PUBLIC CHITALISHTE

Presentation of Good Education Practices: Partnership and Projects

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Debate

• Debate studio form of education

• Focus school children’s interest on studying public attitudes, using questionnaire surveys and organizing “strict” debates on various topics

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Integration of education content through the chitalishte library in Bozhurishte

Discussion as a tool for mastering oral communication skills

Botev Aleko

Konstantinov Patriotism lesson 390 years from

the birth of Molière

Andersen days

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Debate Studios

Patriot Hristo Botev

Bay Ganyo European Aleko Konstantinov

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390 Years from the Birth of Molière

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139 Years from the Death of the Apostle

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Andersen Days

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Implementation

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Results

Following projects’ implementation, at the end of the school year, an improvised conversation with the school goers who took part in them was held. It aimed to assess their attitudes toward this library form of education. 80% of them said they liked having classes in the form of debate studios and participating in projects related to the Glob@l Libraries – Bulgaria better than traditional Bulgarian language and literature classes at school. This high percentage of approval shows that school children would take deeper interest in the study material if the discussed topics were linked, in an intelligible and provocative manner, to our modern times and young people’s conception of the world.

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Future ProjectsFollowing the implementation of these projects, proposals on topics of future joint initiatives were made. This is indicative of our children’s enhanced sense of initiative and gives us reasons to think that we have accomplished successfully the envisaged objectives.

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Our library aims to preserve its traditions as a free-for-all place for provision of library and

information services to the public.

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Thank you for your attention!