Dimitrovgrad Public Library Penyo Penev

National Network
Bulgaria
Address

7 Kiril and Methodeus Street
Dimitrovgrad
Bulgaria

Telephone
00359-391-60435
Telephone (other)
00359-391-66956
E-Mail
libdg@mail.bg
E-Mail (2)
vally_ang@abv.bg
Organisation Type
Public Institution
Year of Establishment
1953
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
Organizational structure: Director, Assembling Department, Processing and Catalogue Department, Readers’ Services, Lending Department, Reading Room, Humanitarian and Applied Sciences, Arts Reading Room, Children Department (for readers up to 14 years of age), Bibliographical and Information Services Personnel: 13 people; Yearly Budget: 212000 leva (108000 Euro) Funded by the municipal budget; Main partners: Dimitrovgrad Municipality, Munistry of Culture; Projects: participated in the BG-US project for library exchange ABLE and the projects of the Ministry of Culture. The library organizes each year seminars for librarian experience exchange.
Mission and Objectives

Affirmation of Dimitrovgrad Public Library Penyo Penev as a contemporary information center.

Main Projects / Activities

Dimitrovgrad Public Library named after Penyo Penev is the largest contemporary informational, educational and cultural center in the municipality.
The main activities of the library are as follows:
- Assembling, processing, organizing and storing library assets – books, periodicals, graphical editions, musical notations editions, audio recordings in Bulgarian and foreign languages;
- Circulation of paper and non-paper information sources for satisfying the needs of the readers;
- Bibliographical and information services;
- Research, storing and provision of information about the Municipality of Dimitrovgrad. Archive of the local newspapers;
- Automation of librarian activities – an automated librarian system with 9 computers is in place.

Contact (1) Full Name
Ilko Vasilev Chamov
Head of the organisation
Ilko Vasilev Chamov
Contact (2) Full Name
Filka Angelova Kuzmanova