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BLIA

The Bulgarian Library and Information Association (BLIA) is a non-governmental organization of specialists in the library and information sector.

CCEL

BLIA manages the Center for Continuing Education for Librarians in cooperation with the Library & Information School at Sofia University.

Structure

BLIA has 16 regional divisions in the country and 5 specialized sections.

Members

In 2010, the Bulgarian Library and Information Association has 1093 individual and 82 institutional members.

Name

Since 2008, the Association is named Bulgarian Library and Infromation Association (BLIA).

History

The professional organization was founded in 1990 by the name of Union of Librarians and Information Services Officers.

Training at Mortenson Center

The 2011 Summer Associates program of the Mortenson Center for International Library Programs was held at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, from May 29 to June 22, 2011. It was attended by two BLIA representatives - Spaska Tarandova and Nikolina Ivanova-Bell, appointed after a competition of the Association at the end of 2010.
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BLIA Experts – Standing Committee Members of 3 IFLA Sections

The three experts nominated by BLIA were elected for IFLA Standing Committees’ members:

Vanya Grashkina – Standing Committee Member of Management of Library Associations Section, term 2011-2015
Emiliya Milkova – Standing Committee Member of Public Libraries Section, term 2011-2015
Milena Milanova – Standing Committee Member of Cataloging Section, term 2011-2015

Leadership for municipal public libraries

On June 27-28, 2011 “Leadership for municipal public libraries” workshop was held at Ivan Vazov Public Library – Plovdiv. The training is the second step of BLIA’s project, supported by IFLA.
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BLIA has a representative in Technical Committee 16 of the Bulgarian Institute for Standardization

Anna Popova has been appointed as BLIA’s representative in Technical Committee 16: Archives, library and information service, and the General Assembly of the Institute.
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