Goals of the Project

• Increase capacity of Bulgarian libraries to provide online community information services to local government offices and Bulgarian citizens in a minimum of five Bulgarian public libraries.
• Increase understanding and support by Bulgarian government and community leaders for the role of libraries in a democratic society.
• Utilize “partner libraries” as a means of sharing cultures and information about our two countries.
• Develop a continuing network of Bulgarian and U.S. libraries that will seek additional funding through philanthropic sources to upgrade the computer capacity of Bulgarian libraries.

Major Activities

• Meeting in Bulgaria for project stakeholders.
• Establishing library partnerships and a website to link them.
• Writing and publishing a Bulgarian book on Community Information Services
• Holding “train the trainer” sessions and regional workshops in Bulgaria.
• Completing U.S. internships for twelve Bulgarian librarians.
• Shipping a collection of books and computers for Bulgarian libraries