1. HRISTO BOTEV 1934 PUBLIC CHITALISHTE,
BOZHURISHTE

2.  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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3. Library Patrons: 570
302 school goers
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248 From Hristo Toprakchiev
Secondary School from other
schools
77 119 52
high school junior high primary graders
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4. 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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5. We have three computers with
unlimited internet access
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6. 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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7. 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
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8. 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 • Focus school
education children’s interest on
studying public
attitudes, using
questionnaire surveys
and organizing “strict”
debates on various
topics
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10. Integration of education content through the
chitalishte library in Bozhurishte
 Discussion as a  Botev
tool for  Aleko
mastering oral Konstantinov
communication
skills  Patriotism lesson
 390 years from
the birth of
Molière
 Andersen days
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11. Debate Studios
Patriot Bay Ganyo European
 Hristo Botev  Aleko Konstantinov
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12. 390 Years from the Birth of Molière
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13. 139 Years from the Death of the Apostle
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14. Andersen Days
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15. Implementation
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17. 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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18. Future Projects
Following 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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19. 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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20. Thank you for your
attention!
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