Happy professional holiday! “Snejana Ianeva” awards

11 May 2021
Memorial Fund “Snejana Ianeva” celebrates the 15th anniversary of theDay of the Librarian and the National Library Week,both started in 2006. In the historyof librarianship these two events are not only connected between themselves, but they are also connected with the name and contributions of Snejana Ianeva. That is the reason why the Memorial Fund decided to announce on 11-th May the awards, which will be bestowed in March 2022 for a year of events at the libraries in SnejanaIaneva’s memory and in connection with her 70th birthday anniversary. We hope that by defining a long period - from March 2021 till March 2022 - an opportunity will be given to all libraries, whichwould like to mark the 70thanniversary, to do thatat the right time for them. There are no restrictions in the character, the number, and the duration of the library initiatives in SnejanaIaneva’s name and in her memory. An independent commission will choose the recipients of the awards and the prizes will be bestowed on 08-th March 2022, her birthday.

The best initiatives will receive monetary awards of 2000, 1000 and 500 levs.

The Memorial Fund will continue to grant scholarships for Doctor’s degree and Master’s degree in SnejanaIaneva’s name. A new award will be given to a student, who has completed a bachelor’s degree program in Library Science with excellent results.
We are expecting that in the near futurethe Bulgarian Library and Information Association will establish an Annual Library Award for Innovations in SnejanaIaneva’s name and “Global Libraries Bulgaria” Foundation will name to one of its existing awards after her.