Kyustendil Municipality:

a Library Partner

Chitalishte Activities Supported by Kyustendil Municipality

Organizational activities Cultural and educational activities Library activities Project activities Facilities and equipment Chitalishte funding

Library Activities

Participation in the Glob@l Libraries – Bulgaria Program - 6 libraries in 2010 and 2 in 2011

Summer reading rooms in the open Library Friends Club Drawing competitions Hiking to historical sites Regional studies activities

The Glob@l Libraries Program: New Opportunities for All

Memoranda signed for Stage 2009: Emanuil Popdimitrov District Library, Kyustendil Vladimir Dimitrov the Master 1919 Public Chitalishte, Shishkovtsi Dimitar Kalyashki 1920 Public Chitalishte, Zhilentsi Memoranda signed for Stage 2010: Slavcho Temkin 1911 Public Chitalishte, Dragovishtitsa Svetlina 1913 Public Chitalishte, Razhdavitsa Svetilo 1931 Public Chitalishte, Gorna Grashitsa Hristo Botev 1920 Public Chitalishte, Tavalichevo Memoranda signed for Stage 2011: Svetlina 1922 Public Chitalishte, Konyavo Probuda 1961 Public Chitalishte, Kolusha neighborhood, Kyustendil

The Mayor of Kyustendil Petar Paunov Opens a Training Center for Kyustendil District under the Global Libraries Program in the

Technical Science Department of the District Library, 7 December 2010

Emanuil Popdimitrov District Library, Kyustendil

Training room with ten workstations for users renovated and equipped with computer desks and chairs; cabling provided to all workstations. Funds provided by Kyustendil Municipality total BGN 6,000; and library budget contribution totaling BGN 1,500.

Emanuil Popdimitrov District Library, Kyustendil:

The Library at Vladimir Dimitrov the Master 1919

Public Chitalishte, Shishkovtsi

The Library at Vladimir Dimitrov the Master 1919

Public Chitalishte, Shishkovtsi

The reading room designated for program activities renovated and equipped with computer desks and chairs; cabling provided. The funds for the preparation were provided from the budget of Vladimir Dimitrov the Master 1919 Public Chitalishte

Funds for periodicals subscription in 2009 – 2012 provided by Kyustendil Municipality.

The Library at Dimitar Kalyashki 1920 Public Chitalishte in Zhilentsi

The Library at Dimitar Kalyashki 1920 Public Chitalishte in Zhilentsi

The reading room designated for program activities renovated and equipped with computer desks and chairs; cabling provided. The funds for the preparation were provided from the chitalishte budget. The workforce for the renovation provided by Kyustendil Municipality.

Slavcho Temkin 1911 Public Chitalishte, Dragovishtitsa

The reading room designated for program activities renovated and equipped with computer desks and chairs; cabling provided. The funds for the preparation were provided from the chitalishte budget and totaled BGN 1,000. The workforce for the renovation provided by Kyustendil Municipality.

Slavcho Temkin 1911 Public Chitalishte, Dragovishtitsa

The Library at Svetlina 1913 Public Chitalishte in Razhdavitsa

The reading room designated for program activities renovated and equipped with computer desks and chairs; cabling and security system provided. The funds for the preparation were provided from the chitalishte budget and totaled BGN 1,658.

The Library at Svetlina 1913 Public Chitalishte in Razhdavitsa

The Glob@l Libraries Program in Svetilo 1931 Public Chitalishte

in Gorna Grashtitsa

The Glob@l Libraries Program in Svetilo 1931 Public Chitalishte

in Gorna Grashtitsa

The reading room designated for program activities renovated and equipped with computer desks and chairs; cabling provided. The funds for the preparation were provided from the chitalishte budget and totaled BGN 1,000.

The Glob@l Libraries Program in Hristo Botev Public Chitalishte

in Tavalichevo

The Glob@l Libraries Program in Hristo Botev Public Chitalishte

in Tavalichevo

The reading room designated for program activities renovated and equipped with computer desks and chairs; cabling provided. The funds for the preparation were provided from the chitalishte budget and totaled BGN 1,100.

Stage 3 – 2011The Library at Svetlina 1922 Public

Chitalishte in Konyavo

The Glob@l Libraries Program in Svetlina 1922 Public Chitalishte in Konyavo

The reading room designated for program activities renovated and equipped with computer desks and chairs; cabling provided. The funds for the preparation were provided from the chitalishte budget.

The Glob@l Libraries Program in Probuda 1961 Public Chitalishte in Kyustendil

The Glob@l Libraries Program in Probuda 1961 Public Chitalishte in Kyustendil

The reading room designated for program activities renovated and equipped with computer desks and chairs; cabling provided. Lighting and fire precaution equipment replaced.

The finds for the preparation were provided from the chitalishte budget.

Events in Kyustendil Municipality

Reading marathon Cherry day Panagia – the raising of the bread Fertility celebration

Reading Marathon

Emanuil Popdimitrov District Library, Kyustendil

Children’s Department

Reading Marathon in Dimitar Kalyashki Public Chitalishte in Zhilentsi

Cherry Day

Panagia, Raising of the Bread

Fertility Celebration

Project Activities

Projects funded by the Ministry of Culture – supplementary subsidy for chitalishte;

BGN 37,800 for 2010 – 2011.

Funding from Kyustendil Municipality – 10 chitalishte – BGN 23,200 for 2010 and 2011.

Good luck with your work and appreciation for the hard, dedicated

and noble work!

“The library is a place where everything related to spiritual life gets together.”

“The library spreads and will spread culture.”