The document discusses the partnerships of the Paisiy Hilendarski Municipal Library in Samokov. It outlines the library's mission to provide access to information, education, cultural activities, and community engagement. Partnerships help the library achieve its goals by enhancing capacity, resources, services, and effectiveness. Examples of partnerships include the municipality, media outlets, schools, NGOs, and community groups. Through these partnerships, the library provides services like ICT training, cultural events, exhibitions, and more to benefit the community.

1. Paisiy Hilendarski
Municipal Library in
Samokov and Its Partners

2. Our Mission
 Provide access to information (all types of information for all community members)
 Provide education opportunities by:
= supporting institutional education
= training and enhancing information and computer skills of senior citizens, minority
groups, people with learning difficulties, etc.
= supporting the implementation of the Lisbon Strategy on lifelong learning through
provision of an economically effective infrastructure for lifelong and continuing
training
 Promote reading
 Provide cultural products and develop the cultural life of the community
 Socialize the community

3. Our Purpose
Be a preferred provider of
innovative products and services

4. Why do we need partners ?
 Partnership helps implement the mission of Paisiy
Hilendarski Municipal Library and its goals and
objectives
 Enhances the library’s capacity
 Ensures enhanced capital prestige – recognition from the
community, institutions and authorities
 Generates interest by new library users
 Enhances library resources (financial, information) and
experience
 Expands the scope of provided services
 Facilitates the enhanced effectiveness of implemented
library activities

5. Partners of Municipal Library
Samokov
 Samokov Municipality:
= Culture Department
= PR Department
 Municipal Council:
= Culture Committee

6. Partners of Municipal Library
Samokov
 Media:
= Rila cable TV channel
= Friend Newspaper
= Week Newspaper
= Samokov 365 Newspaper
= Journalists’ society

7. Partners of Municipal Library
Samokov
 Rila National Park
 Pensioner’s Club
 Child Protection Department
 Commission for Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
 NGOs and clubs:
= Regional Studies Society
= New Age Club
= Russian Club
= Young Icon Painter Studio
= Reform and Development Association
= Patriotism Club

8. Partners of Municipal Library
Samokov
 Educational institutions:
= Nikola Vaptsarov Vocational
High School
= Cyril and Methodius Primary
School
= Avksentiy Veleshki Primary School
= Hristo Maksimov Primary School
= Europe Schools, Samokov

9. Partner Activities in 2012

10. ICT Training
= For citizens aged 5 5 +
With the cooperation of the Pensioner’s Club , the Municipal Library in
Samokov organized and conducted eight information and computer literacy
courses. 69 citizens were trained in working with Windows, Word and the
internet; e-mail, Skype, Facebook

11. ICT Training
= For first graders
In partnership with Cyril and Methodius Primary School, a digital competency
training course for first graders was launched in May. The young trainees learned to
take pictures of Samokov’s landmarks with cameras and cell phones and then copied
their pictures on a computer and created short presentations at the library computer
room.

12. ICT Training
 Search for regional studies materials in the library electronic catalogue: in
cooperation with Patriotism Club , lessons on the topic “Sources of
Birthplace History: How to Search for Materials” for sixth-graders took place
at the library computer room.

13. ICT Training
This training took place due to the Glob@l
Libraries – Bulgaria Program (another
partner based program):
 At the room equipped with computers, printers
and a multimedia device provided by the
Glob@l Libraries Program
 Thanks to the training undergone by library
specialists under the Glob@l Libraries
Program

14. Pushkin Night
 The initiative was implemented together with the Russian Club,
Avksentiy Veleshki Primary School and Druzhok Club. The
presentations on Pushkin were prepared at the library computer
room.

15. ”Russia: the Shore of My Soul”
 Photo exhibition “Russia: the Shore of My Soul” in
cooperation with the Russian Club .
 The exhibition included pictures of Russian landmarks: monuments,
emblematic buildings and natural sights from the regions of
Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, the Baikal Lake .
Photograph authors included university students and school goers,
members of the youth section of the Russian Union of Compatriots .

16. Reading Marathon
 In cooperation with the Mayor of
Samokov, Mr. Vladimir Georgiev, and the
Municipal Council Chair , Ms. Irena
Kotseva
 Council Culture Committee members
 Journalists’ society
 Nikola Vaptsarov Vocational High School,
Hristo Maksimov Primary School and
Konstantin Fotinov Vocational High School

17. Reading Marathon

18. 250 Years “Slavonic-Bulgarian
History”
 In cooperation with pupils from Sts. Cyril and
Methodius Primary School and Patriotism Club
members
 The program included literary reading and multimedia
presentations.

19. 250 Years “Slavonic-Bulgarian
History”
 Presentation “Letters and Books: Decoration in Bulgarian
Manuscript Books”
 The Patriotism Club members launched a new transcript
of “Slavonic-Bulgarian History”.

20. At the Pensioner’s Club
 Literary reading
 This photo was emailed to us by one of
our ICT training graduates

21. Integration of Children and School Goers from
Ethnic Minorities in the Education System
 Part of the activities under the project “Integration of
Children and School Goers from Ethnic Minorities in the
Education System“ of the Reform and Development
Association were implemented at the Municipal
Library in Samokov.

22. Occupational Safety Training
 In cooperation withMars 2001
Occupational Medicine Service and
employers from Samokov, an
occupational safety and health
training program took place at the
Municipal Library in Samokov.

23. With the “Young Icon Painter”
Studio

24. With the Regional Studies
Society
 Ethnographic exhibition

25. In cooperation with the
Journalists’ Society
 Celebration of the
20th anniversary of
Friend Newspaper took place at the
Municipal Library

26. In Conclusion
 Paisiy Hilendarski Municipal Library is a
preferred partner in the local community
 There always exist new partnership
options.

27. Partnership for
Success!

28. Thank you for your attention!
 Albena Ihtimanska, Chief Librarian,
Paisiy Hilendarski Municipal Library
 aihtimanska@abv.bg