PUBLICATION  2006

Exceptionally high evaluation from all of the guests and participants in the program of the VIII National Children’s Book Festival received the issue with reports from the Round table on subject: “The contemporary novel for children – models, trends and challenges”, carried out on 8th of May.

PETROVA-VASILEVA, Rositsa. The modern novel for children - models, trends, challnges: A symposium of report a round table, Sliven - 8 May 2006 /Compiler Rositsa Petrova - Vasileva. - Sliven: Jajda, 2006. - 127 p.

The issue contains 17 reports of established authors, literary reviewers and scientific workers from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, “St. Clement Ohridski” University, Institution of higher education in library sciences and informational technologies – Sofia, “Profеssor Asen Zlatarov” University – Burgas, lecturers, library specialists from the country and abroad.

 The reports presented the contemporary trends in the development of the Bulgarian and translated children’s novel, the new requirements of the novel concerning its content and aspect, so it to be attractive for the contemporary child.  Data from sociological studying are analyzed in the reports.

 One part of the reports outlines particular measures for improving interaction between the authors and readers of children’s books, presents the good practice of popularizing of contemporary authors writing for children, prefers new forms of creating of interest to books and reading, in competition with the new media, for supporting of educational process in schools by specific ideas for changes of educational content in literature.

The issue is realized by supported project at The National Book Centre to Ministry of Culture and in harmony with the good European practices it was printed in the eve of the forum, what permitted  realization of interesting discussions.

PETROVA-VASILEVA, Rositsa. Petar Dimitrov - Rudar: Bibliography /Compiler Rositsa Petrova-Vasileva, Galia Cholakova. - Sliven: Jajda, 2006. - 101 p.

Another issue with high scientific value is the “Petar Dimitrov - Rudar”  bio-bibliographical reference guide, what “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library realized in the eve of the VIII National Children’s Book Festival.

 The reference guide is published in occasion of 100 years from the P. Dimitrov - Rudar’s birth – an еminent writer, a publicist and a socially active person, born in Sliven. The Round table carried out in the frames of the Festival was dedicated to his anniversary.

The bibliographical reference guide includes the period from 1925 to 2001 years and presents 311 publications classified in four main parts:  Petar Dimitrov - Rudar’s works in Bulgarian language; Petar Dimitrov – Rudar’s works in foreign languages; Petar Dimitrov – Rudar – a compiler and an editor; Literature for Petar Dimitrov - Rudar

 In the end of the reference guide is enclosed a system from indicators, which make easier the searching of literature.

The bibliographical reference guide dedicated to  Petar Dimitrov – Rudar will be a valuable handbook for the research-workers /experts in literature, pedagogues, specialists of the literature of the native place, culture people and etc. /, as well as of his life and creation as and of the literary processes and  development of the literary criticism in Bulgaria in the past century.

In the reference book are included and the articles  “Petar Dimitrov – Rudar – a partisan of children’s literature” of Blagovesta Kasabova – a literary critic and “My father in my memories” of professor Stefana Dimitrova, which supplemented the issue and make it more meaty.

The “Petar Dimitrov - Rudar” - bio-bibliographical reference book is printed with resources by supported project to the National Book Centre at Ministry of Culture. The compiler of the issue is Rositsa Petrova – Vasileva.

PETROVA-VASILEVA, Rositsa. National competition "An adventure in the world of fairy secrets and magic": A medey of works - winners / Compiler Rositsa Petrova - Vasileva. Siiven, Jajda, 2006. - 63 p.

For second serial year Regional Library prints in a special issue the literary works of the participants – winners in the carried out in the frames of the Children’s Book Festival a National literary competition and a competition for best drawing.

 In the collection “Journey in the world of the fairy tales” is included one little part of the numerous successful poetries, stories, essays and drawings for the competition.

But and a little works included in  this collection show, that in Bulgaria grows really talented generations, which know well the models of the world and Bulgarian children’s literature and rethink them constructive, they are interested in them and teach from them.

In every one of the works we discover an interesting meaning and a latently and unusual recreation. The wonderful collection is one of the many evidences, that the inmost fairy sacraments and magics are parts from our children’s life and they are more necessity now in the current dynamical and pragmatically world.

The issue is realized with resources by supported project at the National Book Centre to Ministry of Culture.

PETROVA-VASILEVA, Rositsa. Competition "Europe in tale": A medey of works - winners / Compiler Rositsa Petrova - Vasileva . - Sliven: Jajda, 2006. - 63 p.

Very interesting is the issue with the Bulgarian participants’ awarded literary works in the transnational competition “Europe in a fairy tale” realized at international project by Association “Centro in Europe” /Genoa, Italy/ in cooperation with Festival of tales /Berlin, Germany/, “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional library and National Children’s Book Festival /Sliven, Bulgaria/, the Andersen’s Festival /Sentry Levante, Italy/, the International  books’ council for young people in Brussels and etc./, where took participation over 180 little participants    under 14 years old., 55 young people and over 115 authors over 22 years of age from  the all country.  Over 500 wonderful tales were sent inspired by the values of the EU, the universal values: human dignity and human rights, peace, democracy, freedom, tolerance and equality…

In the issue are presented the classified from the national jury tales on the first place of each age group. Every one of the works classified on first place is translated in English.

 Every one of the literary works contains massages, emotions and educates and changes the world around us by the values which contains. The tales involved in this collection presents with dignity the aspect of several generations of Bulgarian authors, who actively will cooperate for united and prosperous Europe.

Rositsa Petrova – Vasileva – a head of project LITTLE for Bulgaria is the compiler of the issue.

PUBLICATION  2005

A few books have been published in honor of 50-year jubilee of “Sava Doproplodni” Regional Library and 185 years since the birth of its patron: a selection of reports of life and activity of Sava Doproplodni reported on a Scientific session, a bio-bibliographic index “Sava Doproplodni”, a bibliographic index “50-year “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library, a chronicle of “Sava Dobroplodny” Regional Library and a jubilee newspaper.

IFiftyI 50 years “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library: A jubilee newspaper /Editor Rositsa Petrova-Vasileva – Sliven: Jajda, 2005. – 10p.

A jubilee newspaper has been published in honor of the library’s anniversary. Interesting moments from library’s history and activities and articles, showing its European image, have been written in it. Opinions of 50 eminent public figures, politics, cultural workers, writers, library specialists, journalists etc. about the library have been published in the newspapers’ column “Other people about us”. Their opinions show fully public appreciation of the library’s activity. The structure of the newspaper is very original: an amazing illustration of an icon from 15^th century and the Konstantin-Cyril Philosopher’s text “Poor without book are all nations…” are on the first page, then follow articles, revealing interesting moments from the past and the present of the library and on the final page focuses on the library’s activities, which make the library different and unique and a welcomed partner in Europe.

PETROVA-VASILEVA, Rositsa et al. [Fifty] 50 years “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library: Bibliography /Compiler Rositsa Petrova-Vasileva, Galia Cholakova. – Sliven : Jajda, 2005. – 149p.

 The bibliographical index „50 years “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library - Sliven” is a first attempt to be shown fully all publications about “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library from 1955 – the year of its establishment, to November 2005 inclusive. 636 publications from Bulgarian and foreign sources are included. The items, included, are shown in chronological order, by year of publishing, and each year – in alphabetical order, by first word of description – author’s surname or the first word of the title, when the author is not mentioned on the book’s cover.  Information about the content of the publications, persons and events mentioned is written in short blurb.

There is a system of indexes at the end of the bibliography, which help finding easier the necessary literature. The topics index reveals the publications according their content as it helps finding easier the necessary topic. There are included the following parts: History and development of the libraries, National Children’s Book Festival, Projects of the library, Foreign partners of the library, Donations and donors, Material and technical foundation, Celebrations and festivities, Awards and diplomas, Others’ opinions for the library, Visits of ministers and vice-ministers of culture in the library, Visits of ambassadors, cultural attaches and directors of foreign cultural informational centers in the library. In the index of personal names identical names are distinguished and their part in writing certain publication is shown – author, compiler, editor, co-author etc.

The bibliographical index „50 years “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library - Sliven” will be a valuable handbook and a source of information for the research workers of the library’s work in the mentioned period of time and of researching culture processes in Sliven and Sliven region, on which it has an influence

Compilers of the bibliography are Rositsa Petrova-Vasileva and Galia Cholakova.

PETROVA-VASILEVA, Rositsa et al. [Fifty] 50 years “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library: A chronicle/Compiler Rositsa Petrova-Vasileva – Sliven: Jajda, 2005. – 91p.

Memories of several generations’ librarians, concerning the 50 years history of the library, are written in the publication „50 years “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library – a chronicle”. The chronicle is the first attempt a special attentiont be paid to the library’s history. The focus in the first year of the library’s establishment is on certain persons, not because the library’s activities are not important in that time, but because there was not enough information about them.

The chronicle is dedicated to all the people, who have worked and still work for the “Sava Dobroplodni” library’s image and cultural activities in the cultural life of Sliven citizens and Sliven region, to all the people, who made the library a temple of literature, a place for a free and easy dialogue, a part of informational society without borders, a cultural centre with an European image. 

All directors of the library and their achievements for library’s development are presented in short biographical notes at the end of the chronicle.

Petrova – Vasileva, Rositsa. Sava Dobroplodni: Bibliography /Compiler Rositsas Petrova-Vasileva, Editor professor Vera Boicheva . – 2.add.ed. -  Sliven: Jajda, 2005. – 128p.

The bio-bibliographical index „Sava Dobroplodni” is an issue of the series bibliographies for eminent persons of the Bulgarian national revival from Sliven region and it is dedicated to 185 years from the birth of Sava Dobroplodni.        Not all parts of Sava Dobroplodni’s work and life have been examined, because of the remoteness of time in which he lived. The compiler of the Index Rositsa Petrova aimed in 1990, when the first issue of the index was published, to include in it in full bibliographical facts everything that Dobroplodni has written and the information about him, written in Bulgarian and foreign languages. Many publications are added in the second edition, published nowadays and all they reveal new moments of the work and life of the eminent worker of the Bulgarian national revival.

The bibliographical index covers the period 1848-2004 and presents 422 publications. Titles included are divided into three basic parts: Works of Sava Iliev Dobroplodni; Literature for Sava Iliev Dobroplodni in Bulgaria; Literature for Sava Iliev Dobroplodni in other countries.

There is a system of indexes at the end of the bibliography, which help finding easier the necessary literature. The subject index of literature for Sava Dobroplodni, indicates the publications, according to their content as it helps finding easier the topic in need. In the Index of personal names identical names are distinguished and their part in writing certain publication is shown – author, compiler, editor etc. The Index of geographical names includes mentioned in the bibliography countries, towns, villages etc. There is an Index of the analytical worked up books (first and following editions) and periodicals, place and year of publishing as readers are forwarded to the number of the issue in one of the two repertories of Bulgarian periodicals, where full description and changes of the issues can be found. A list of bibliographical sources is enclosed.

The bibliographical index for Sava Dobroplodni will be a valuable handbook for the research workers (historians, experts in literature, pedagogues, experts in literature, concerning certain regions, culture studies workers etc.) of his life and work and of researching culture processes in Bulgaria before the Liberation. Professor Dr Vera Boycheva is a scientific editor of the Index.

The Index is published by the financial help of the National book center at the Ministry of culture.

Petrova – Vasileva, Rositsa. [A hundrend and eighty-five] 185-year since the birth of Sava Dobroplodni: Jubilee scientific session, 1st–2^nd Dec 2005, in the town of Sliven: Selection of reports/ Compiler Rositza Petrova – Vasileva; Scientific editor Professor Doctor of Laws (LL. D.) Vera Boycheva. – Sliven: Jajda, 2005. – 117 pages

Sava Dobroplodni is one of most interesting, original and active persons of Bulgarian national revival and the citizens of Sliven are proud of him. While he is alive, his students and the whole Bulgarian community recognize him for his activity.

The first bibliographical essay of Dobroplodni was published a year after his death. Since then until nowadays dates the interest of research workers in his life and work. Very interesting are his attempts as a play-writer and a repertory director. Literature historians are also interested in him. His work in different countries, regions and settlements is of a great interest for research workers in the field of history of medicine and public health services. The name of Sava Dobroplodni, in fact, is mentioned in all the surveys, concerning education and literature in the epoch of Bulgarian Renaissance.  

The symposium of reports from the Jubilee scientific session /Sliven, December 1-2, 2005/ is dedicated to Sava Dobroplodni – a remarkable person – highly educated, intelligent, speaking several European languages, a prominent pedagogue, worker and a reformer in the field of culture, a real European citizen for his spirit.

The reports of the following persons are included in the symposium: of Dr Djordje Ignjatovich /Belgrad, Serbia/ - one of the most famous researchers of the Bulgarian-Serbian cultural relations in 19^th century, of the senior research worker Dr Rumiana Damianova /Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for literature /, associate professor Dr Mila Krasteva and associate professor Dr Julia Nikolova /Plovdiv University /, professor Dr Stefan Harkov, associate professor Dr Nikolai Dimkov, associate professor Dr Jurii Prodanov /Shumen University /, associate professor Dr Maria Todorova /Thracian University – Stara Zagora /, associate professor Dr Ivan Jelev /Sofia University/, a research worker Ist class Jivka Radeva /Veliko Tarnovo/, Galia Lacheva and Veneta Ganeva from “Ivan Vazov” National Library - Plovdiv, Rositsa Petrova-Vasileva– “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library, Iliana Tamahkiarova-State Archive /Sliven/.

The reports, which are included in the symposium, are substantial for revealing important moments of the work and life of Sava Dobroplodni and all these facts add his biography.  Professor Vera Boycheva /from Sofia University/ is a scientific editor of the issue.

The symposium is published by the financial help of the National book center at the Ministry of culture.

„Sliven-town of creators” Calendar

A unique calendar”, dedicated to the library’s anniversary, with a motto “Sliven-town of creators”, has been printed. It is illustrated with paintings of Sliven of 12 famous Bulgarian painters and texts from Konstantin Konstantinov, Damyan Damyanov, Radoi Ralin, Petya Alexandrova, Atanas Slavov, Dimitar Gundov, Nadya Nedelina, Dobri Nemirov, the historiographer Simeon Tabakov, which complement one another very well. The calendar is a nice „visiting card” of the town and presents it well abroad. It will be an honor for every citizen of Sliven to possess this calendar, although it is almost out of print.  

The publications, dedicated to the library’s jubilee are various in their type. That is how the direction of “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library shows off its non-standard creative approach to its publishing activity, innate for a library.  All these publications support the position of the library as the main culture, scientific and informational centre in the Sliven and Yambol regions.

The artistic life in Sliven 1905-2005: Bibliography/ Compilers: Svetoslav Milev, Galia Cholakova; Editor Rositsa Petrova -Vasileva. –Sliven, Jajda, 2005.– 146p.: photos

“The Artistic Life in Sliven 1905-2005” bibliography is dedicated to the 100 years from the establishment of the Art Museum in Sliven. It is the only one full edition on that topic. It covers the period from 1910 / since when the first publication on the topic dates / to April 2005 inclusive and presents 826 bibliographical descriptions of books, treatises, albums, bibliographical issues, brochures, catalogues and articles in periodicals. There is a short history of the cultural life in Sliven for the particular period and about the establishment of the Art Gallery in the town at the beginning of the bibliography. The information, included in the bibliography, was found in main bibliographical sources, библиографски източници, subject bibliographical indexes, files of local literature and press of “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library – Sliven, publications of “Dimitar Dobrovich” Art Gallery, reference books etc. Research work was done, because of the lack of analytically worked up periodicals for the period until 1944. Local press and many other issues and symposiums have been surveyed “de visu” for the whole period. There is an annotation enclosed to each description, which helps readers finding easier the information they need. 

Descriptions in the bibliography are in chronological order, and into each year – in alphabetical order, according to author’s name or title of the article. There is a system of indexes at the end of the bibliography, which helps readers and research workers.

Very interesting are the supplements, enclosed to the bibliography: мапе, a list of Jubilee papers published, documentary films, list of “Dimitar Dobrovich” Art Gallery‘s exhibitions for the period 1965- 2005, facsimiles and photos.

The aim of the compilers of the bibliography is not only to find, collect and process in systematical order all publications, which show the various artistic life of Sliven, but also to provoke research workers /historians, researchers of the region, arts critics/ to continue working on the topic and as a result of this activity new research works to be written, because Sliven deserves it.

PETROVA-VASILEVA, Rositsa. Modern literature for children and its readers–tendencies, problems, perspectives: A symposium of reports from a round table, Sliven – May 10, 2005 / Compiler Rositsa Petrova -Vasileva. –Sliven, Jajda, 2005. – 84p.

Fourteen reports of eminent authors, literature critics, scientists, lecturers and library specialist from Bulgaria and abroad are included in the symposium. The reports analyze the book publishing for children in the last 10 years, following the process of intertwining the literature for children with the literature for adults, the problems of creating and popularizing books for children are discussed, the state of children periodicals is presented. The questions why Bulgarian children are not interested in reading, is there enough room for Bulgarian modern book in the textbook in literature etc. take large part in the reports. There is also presented a literature for disabled children. Karl Pontus Lindgren /Sweden/ analyzes the books of the Swedish writer Maria Grippe in Bulgarian. Georfi Chobane /Hungary/ presents the work with children of the Town library of Pecs.

The reports aim to provoke a public debate and legislative initiatives in the field of book publishing for children, outline the problems in the processes of creating and disseminating books for children and discuss solving of that problems, create new ideas about the modern content of books for children, in order to be more attractive for children, help educational process in schools by ideas for changing substance of literature textbooks, presenting good practices in disseminating and popularizing books for children of guest from abroad etc.

PETROVA-VASILEVA, Rositsa. “Europe – our common home”: A handbook / Compiler Rositsa Petrova -Vasileva. –Sliven:Jajda, 2005. – 85p.: col. ill.

The handbook was published by “European Union through children’s eyes” project of the Ministry of culture and “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library – Sliven, accomplished by the Communicative strategy of Bulgarian government for Bulgarian joining to the European Union.  The aim of the handbook is to enlarge knowledge of young people about Europe. By its help young people may learn the new terms and also to enlarge their ideas and knowledge about the countries members of the European Union.  

The handbook contains information about the growing up of the idea for United Europe, for the beginning of the integration IN Western Europe, for the stages of enlarging, for the institutions of the EU. Special attention is paid to the European citizenship, European constitution, programs, monetary policy, symbols and the anthem of the EU, the relations between Bulgaria and EU are shown in chronological order. There is an index at the end of the handbook, concerning knowledge about the EU, including web-addresses of Internet sites, containing information about the EU.

The countries members of the EU are presented in interesting way. There are interesting facts about each country and general short information about them.

The handbook has many illustrations and 80 colored photos. It is interesting and readable and this way it provokes children to learn more about United Europe, in which they will live, study and will develop their creativeness.

PETROVA-VASILEVA, Rositsa. Competition “European Union through children’s eyes”: A medley of works-winners / Compiler Rositsa Petrova -Vasileva. –Sliven, Jajda, 2005. – 47p.: col. ill.

The medley was published by “European Union through children’s eyes” project of the Ministry of culture and “Sava Dobroplodni” Regional Library – Sliven, accomplished by the Communicative strategy of Bulgarian government for Bulgarian joining to the European Union. Bets works-winners in the literature competition and the competition for drawing of the same name were presented in the both groups. In these works children from Sliven, Yambol, Tvarditsa, Nova Zagora and Pomorie described and painted the feelings that excited them in the days of joining of Bulgaria to the EU, they painted the world they want to live in today and tomorrow, when they are going to grow up.

The tales, included in the medley show in a good way the image of Bulgarian young generation – skillful young people, who will take part actively in forming a prosperous Europe.

PETROVA-VASILEVA, Rositsa. National competition “Book, my fairy!”: A medley of works-winners / Compiler Rositsa Petrova -Vasileva. –Sliven, Jajda, 2005. – 84p.: col. ill.

The medley contains 31 literature works /poetry and prose / and 16 drawings, winners in the National competition “Book, my fairy!”.  It proves that love to books is still alive. It proves that a talented generation grows up in Bulgaria and Bulgarian children know world and Bulgarian masterpieces of literature for children and they re-examine them and take them as models.