LIBRARY,COMPUTERS,

READERS

OGNISHTE PUBLIC CHITALISHTE IS LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF

STREMTSI, KARDZHALI MUNICIPALITY

The chitalishte was established in 1944.

The first chitalishte library had 1,200 volumes stored in a bookcase in the village post office.

In 1956, a mobile library traveling around the region was created.

In 1959, the chitalishte already has its own building with a separate library facility.

In 1979, the chitalishte library moved to the first floor of the mayor’s office where it is located nowadays.

ТОВА Е ВХОДЪТ КЪМ БИБЛИОТЕКАТА, ВИЖДА СЕ ПАНОТО, ИЗРАБОТЕНО ОТ КЪРДЖАЛИЙСКИЯ

ХУДОЖНИК ВЛАДИМИР ЧУКИЧ

THE LIBRARY CONSISTS OF A LENDING ROOM, A

READING ROOM, A BOOK DEPOSITORY AND A

LIBRARY INFORMATION CENTER.

IN 2009, OGNISHTE 1944 CHITALISHTE WAS THE

ONLY VILLAGE CHITALISHTE IN

KARDZHALI MUNICIPALITY APPROVED

FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE GLOB@L LIBRARIES –

BULGARIA PROGRAM

THE INSTALLATION OF 3

COMPUTERS, A

MULTIFUNCTIONAL

PRINTER, A SCREEN AND

A MULTIMEDIA

PROVIDED UNDER THE

GLOB@L LIBRARIES

PROGRAM BECAME A

VILLAGE AND LIBRARY

CELEBRATION.

THE EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION PROCESS

THE LIBRARY INFORMATION CENTER WAS OFFICIALLY

OPENED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMUNITY, THE MAYOR OF KARDZHALI MUNICIPALITY ENG. HASAN AZIS, ALL STREMTSI REGION MAYORS (EIGHT VILLAGES), ETC.

BEFORE THE COMPUTERS

WERE DELIVERED, THE

LIBRARY PROVIDED

TRADITIONAL SERVICES TO ITS

USERS THROUGH BOOKS AND

REFERENCE BOOKS.

FOLLOWING THE INSTALLATION

OF THE EQUIPMENT AND THE

PROVISION OF A LIBRARY STAFF

POSITION BY THE MINISTRY OF

CULTURE, THE WORK OF THE

LIBRARY CHANGED.

THE LIBRARY

SUPPORTS USERS’

EDUCATIONAL,

CULTURAL,

INFORMATION AND

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

COMPUTERS ARE ALSO

USED FOR

ENTERTAINMENT

PURPOSES.

NEARLY EVERY DAY, USERS COME TO CHECK THEIR

HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS FROM THE VILLAGE

PREPARE THEIR PROJECTS AND THESES AT THE LIBRARY.

THE LIBRARY

PROVIDES REAL HELP

TO THE PEOPLE OF

STREMTSI AND THE

REGION. THANKS TO

THESE

OPPORTUNITIES,

LOCAL YOUNG

PEOPLE TRAVEL

AROUND THE WORLD,

WORK SUMMER JOBS,

COMMUNICATE WITH

THEIR FAMILIES.

THERE IS A YOUNG JOURNALIST

CLUB AT THE LIBRARY. CLUB

MEMBERS USE THE COMPUTERS

TO FIND INFORMATION, CREATE

MATERIALS AND CREATE THE

NEWSPAPER.

OGNISHTE NEWSPAPER

AFTER EACH ISSUE OF THE NEWSPAPER, YOUNG JOURNALISTS HAVE THE TRADITION OF VISITING

INTERESTING SITES IN KARDZHALI DISTRICT. THEY CHOOSE THEIR ITINERARIES BASED ON ONLINE SEARCH. THUS, CHILDREN GET FAMILIAR WITH THEIR BIRTHPLACE

AND ITS SIGHTS.

A MEMORY FROM THE TRIP TO ZLATOGRAD

THE YOUNG JOURNALISTS AT THE DEVIL’S BRIDGE IN ARDINO

THANKS TO THE

EQUIPMENT AND

TRAINING PROVIDED

UNDER THE GLOB@L

LIBRARIES PROGRAM,

THE ANNUAL REPORT

MEETING CAUSED

GREAT INTEREST. FOR

THE FIRST TIME, A

PRESENTATION ON

CHITALISHTE ACTIVITIES

WAS DELIVERED TO

MEMBERS.

THANKS TO THE TRAINING UNDER THE GLOB@L LIBRARIES, WE CAN WORK FREELY WITH

ELECTRONIC CATALOGUES AND GIVE COMPETENT ANSWERS TO LIBRARY USERS.

THANKS TO THE EQUIPMENT PROVIDED UNDER THE GLOB@L LIBRARIES, VILLAGE RESIDENTS ENROLLED IN BASIC COMPUTER SKILLS TRAINING UNDER THE “I CAN

MORE” SCHEME OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT OPERATIONAL PROGRAM.

THE TRADITIONAL PRESENTATION OF NEW BOOKS BECAME MORE INTERESTING SINCE

WE HAVE BEEN USING THE MULTIMEDIA.

THANKS TO THE COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET, WE, LIBRARY WORKERS, ARE INFORMED ABOUT FORTHCOMING FESTIVALS, CONCERTS AND OTHER EVENTS THROUGH THE LETTERS AND

INVITATIONS WE RECEIVE ELECTRONICALLY.THE LIBRARY HAS ITS OWN FACEBOOK PAGE.

THE SOCIAL NETWORK HELPS US ACQUIRE IDEAS WE CAN USE IN OUR WORK. WE RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR COLLEAGUES’

WORK. WE MAKE MANY VIRTUAL FRIENDS WITH CHITALISHTE ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

We publish periodic information about all library activities on the social network. Thus, our partners, friends and

schoolchildren’s parents can see what is to come and what we have done.

WE ARE PARTNERS OF STS. CYRIL AND METHODIUS PRIMARY SCHOOL IN THE VILLAGE OF STREMTSI.

WE ORGANIZE JOINT EVENTS. OUR FACEBOOK PAGE ENJOYS OUR FELLOW VILLAGERS’ TRUST. MANY OF

THEM LIVE ABROAD AND OUR POSTS HELP THEM KEEP TRACK OF THEIR CHILDREN’S ACTIVITIES.

PERPERIKON AND THE STONE MUSHROOMS ARE CLOSE TO THE VILLAGE OF STREMTSI AND OUR LIBRARY IS

VISITED BY TOURISTS (BULGARIAN AND FOREIGN). THEY LEAVE WITH VERY GOOD IMPRESSIONS WHEN THEY SEE

WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED IN OUR VILLAGE LIBRARY.

THANKS TO THE

EQUIPMENT, WE RECEIVE

FROM JOURNALISTS PICTURES AND

MATERIALS FROM

FESTIVALS AND CONCERTS WE TAKE PART IN.

EVERY YEAR, THE THEATER COMPANY PREPARES PLAYS AND PERFORMANCES OF

PETYA KARAKOLEVA’S AND OTHER AUTHORS’ TALES. WE FIND THE MATERIALS AND ORDER

COSTUMES ONLINE.

SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO PAY A MANAGER’S FEE, OUR DANCE COMPANIES

LEARN NEW DANCES THROUGH THE EQUIPMENT.

INDIVIDUAL TRAINING OF USERS

OUR MOST ELDERLY USER WITH HIS GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER

WITH THE

ASSISTANCE OF

LEARNING AIDS, THE

LIBRARIAN AND THE

COMPUTERS,

SCHOOLCHILDREN

MAKE THEIR

HOMEWORK.

THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FUTURE!

AFTER EACH EVENT, THE CHITALISHTE CUSTOMS GROUP GETS TOGETHER AT THE LIBRARY AND THANKS TO THE MULTIMEDIA THEY CAN WATCH THEIR ACTIVITIES AND

DISCUSS POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS.

FOR OUR EVENTS, WE PREPARE PRESENTATIONS BY USING LIBRARY ARCHIVE

MATERIALS.

THE WEEK OF CHILDREN’S BOOKS ALSO CAUSED GREAT INTEREST. FIRST-GRADERS GOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LIBRARY, WENT THROUGH ITS BOOKS AND WATCHED CHILDREN’S MOVIES ON THE MULTIMEDIA. THEY ARE ALREADY REGULAR LIBRARY PATRONS.

IN THE WINTER, INSTEAD OF PLAYING AND GETTING WET OUTSIDE, SCHOOLCHILDREN TOGETHER WITH THEIR TEACHERS COME TO THE LIBRARY. WE SHOW MOVIES. THE MULTIMEDIA IS LIKE THE MOVIES FOR THEM.

CHILDREN READ TO CHILDREN

CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN AND BABA MARTA

THE MULTIMEDIA IS USED ALSO TO CELEBRATE WRITERS’ ANNIVERSARIES

WE ORGANIZE HEALTH LECTURES FOR THE PEOPLE THROUGH THE EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY THE GLOBAL LIBRARIES. WE INVITE LECTURERS FROM DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS.

MOST USERS HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AT HOME BUT THEY PREFER COMING TO THE LIBRARY THAT HAS POSITIONED ITSELF AS A PLACE OF

COMMUNICATION. THEY RELY ON THE LIBRARIAN’S ASSISTANCE IN FINDING

INFORMATION SINCE MOST OF THEM ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH SEARCH STRATEGIES.

AT THE LIBRARY INFORMATION CENTER

WE ALWAYS HAVE FUN!

THANKS TO THE TRAINING PROVIDED BY THE GLOB@L LIBRARIES, WE CAN ALREADY USE THE EQUIPMENT

EFFICIENTLY. WE PRODUCE DIPLOMAS, INVITATIONS AND

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR EVENTS ON OUR OWN.

THE TRAINING AND THE EQUIPMENT

HAVE MADE THE LIBRARIAN’S WORK

EASIER.

DESPITE THE LIBRARY HIGH TECHNOLOGY, SOME ACTIVITIES ARE INEVITABLY MANUAL

TO SUMMARIZE BRIEFLY: THE LIBRARY IS THE LOCAL INFORMATION

CENTER PROVIDING FREE ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE FOR ALL.

Contacts:

Gyulser Halil, Chitalishte Secretary Yulduz Yulmaz, Librarian

village of Stremtsi Kardzhali municipality Kardzhali district

E-mail: chital_stremci@abv.bg

Facebook: Chitalishte Ognishte Stremtsi

Skype: chital_stremci

Thank you for your attention!