REGIONAL SEMINAR ON TOPIC "INFORMATION SERVICES IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN SLIVEN REGION - STATE AND PROSPECTS» WAS HELD IN SLIVEN

A regional seminar for librarians from Sliven region on topic: "Information services in public libraries in Sliven region - state and perspectives" was held in hotel «Deva» Sliven on February 28, 2017. The seminar was organized by "Sava Dobroplodni" Regional Library and was funded by the program "Regional Activities" of the Ministry of Culture. Sixty librarians from libraries at the community centers in the region, and five librarians from "G.S. Rakovski" Regional Library – Yambol attended the seminar. Guests at the forum were: Louisina Savkova - Chief Expert at "Regional Cultural Activities" department at the Ministry of Culture and Milena Cholakova - Director of "Education, culture and religion» department at the Municipality of Sliven.

The seminar was opened by Dr. Rositsa Petrova-Vasileva - director of "Sava Dobroplodni" Regional Library - Sliven. She presented a plenary report and a presentation on "State of the information services in public libraries in Sliven region".

The program of the seminar also included the following presentations: "Information - -libraries-users: in the vicious circle of change» by Dimitar Bechev /Director of "Georgi S. Rakovski" Regional Library - Yambol/, «Information Services in "Sava Dobroplodni" Regional Library, presented by eng. Svetlana Nikolova and Iskra Ivanova /"Sava Dobroplodni" Regional Library – Sliven/, “Information services for farmers” by Yordanka Taskova /Secretary at "Iskra-1929" community centre-the village of Krushare/, and "Public libraries - an intermediary in administrative services for citizens” by Svilen Semkov /"Sava Dobroplodni" Regional Library - Sliven/.

Louisina Savkova - Chief Expert at "Regional Cultural Activities" department at the Ministry of Culture presented the goals and ways to keep and update the data of the "National Register of public libraries in Bulgaria".

At the end of the seminar Dr R. Petrova-Vasileva outlined guidelines for improving information services in public libraries in the region and ways to secure funds for their technical support.