Libraries and International Education

Bansko, 6 – 8 August 2010

Over 7000

Over 3000 use the library

About 5000 attend

programs

Provide programs that take educational aims

Collaborate with institutions serving educational needs

Provide reference service, and support access to Internet resources

Improve the English language skills

Improve the English language skills

Educate love to readingEducate love to reading

Information literacy knowledge, skills and

techniques

Information literacy knowledge, skills and

techniques Stimulate creativity Stimulate creativity

Practice or expand knowledge and skills

gained at school

Practice or expand knowledge and skills

gained at school

Develop team working abilitiesDevelop team

working abilities

Learn about USA history, geography

and culture

Learn about USA history, geography

and culture

Provide opportunities for volunteer work

Provide opportunities for volunteer work

Knowledge, skills, and techniques related to computer and Internet use

Ethics of information use

Rational and precise use of information

The evaluation of information

President’s Day English Language and Drawing

Activities

Playing Halloween Games

Thanksgiving Crafts

2008 THEME AMERICAN INDIANS 2009 THEME SPACE

2010 THEME ANIMALSIncludes:Drawing

Reading aloudCreative WritingWatching Movies

Book Discussion Groups

English Language Conversation Groups

English Language for Kids

REALIZED IN COOPERATION WITH SECONDARY SCHOOLS

THEMES ARE CHOSEN FROM AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

Students gain journalism skills and study about the famous Americans Martin Luter King Jr., Abraham Lincoln and The role of

Eugene Schuyler and Januarius MacGahan in Bulgarian history

Interviewing

Creative Writing

Skype with MacGahan’s Birth Place

Use the American corner recoursesPrepare a budgetWork in teams

Participants:Middle and high school students

Binding Rules

Tasks:Select a theme Prepare the projectPresent the project

To celebrate the 234th Anniversary of America,

the U.S. Embassy in Bulgaria and the American

Corner at the Sofia City Library held a poster contest for students with the theme

“BULGARIA AND THE U.S. – A NEW PARTNERSHIP.”

Bulgarian students competed

in two age groups: 10 to 13 years old,

and 14 to 16 years old.   

Host speakers or trainers

Acquaint teachers and students with our resources and programs

PRESENTATIONS

EXAMS/TESTS

ORIENTATIONS

SHARING U.S. EXPERIENCES

Supports initiatives to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in Bulgarian schools

and universities as well as to strengthen

the public library system in Bulgaria.

GOALSTo identify Bulgarian undergraduate

students, andpromising environmental protection

professionalsand provide them with unique scholarship and leadership training in the United States.

GOALSTo identify Bulgarian undergraduate

students, andpromising environmental protection

professionalsand provide them with unique scholarship and leadership training in the United States.

International not-for-profit organization working to advance education, research, and mutual

understanding

Provides scholarships for high school students to spend up to one academic year in the U.S. lived with host families

YES ProgramYES Program

It was established in 2004 as an organization dedicated to facilitating academic research in Bulgaria for North American scholars and collaboration between scholars from North America and countries in Southeast Europe

training and collaborative opportunities in international agricultural economics,

agricultural research, leadership and policy

to Bulgarian researchers. 

Each Fellow work one-on-one with a U.S. mentor who will coordinate the Fellow’s training and visit the Fellow's

home institution after completion of the training 

The Program offers

It provides U.S.-based agricultural training

opportunities for senior and mid-level specialists and

administrators from public and private sectors who are concerned with agriculture

Administrator of The University of Michigan and The Hellenic American University Exams

Mutual activities: Organize common events during American Holidays Utilize our contacts to promote each other Be promoted  by fliers and posters at the American Corner premises Meet the contacts  of the American Embassy and the library Use the American Corner premises for presentations

Partnerships with Bulgarian

institutions in research,

exchange and teaching programs

Tour students from schools to the facilities of the American Corner Prepare mini projects in English in the framework of the library collections and the exams Organize training seminars at the library Organize exams at the library

“Public libraries should supportnot only the regular education

but also the individual’s self education at all levels’’

‘The Public Library Manifesto’ 1994

Kameliya Koneva and Diana VelkovaE-mail: libsofia_acc@yahoo.com