On March 8th, the International Women’s Day, Snejana Ianeva was born – an eminent leader of the development and modernization of library services in Bulgaria. On this occasion from 6-th till 14-th of March the Memorial Fund “Snejana Ianeva” with the support of BCause Foundation marks and celebrates a Memorial Week dedicated to her.

During the week a lot of initiatives are in prospect. With them we aim to preserve the spirit, the inspiration and to continue the efforts of the remarkable leader Snejana Ianeva.

The Memorial Fund “Snejana Ianeva” thanks everybody who during the past year supported us with donations.

On the eve of March 8th, Snejana Ianeva’s birthday

Snejana Ianeva Memorial Fund and BCause Foundation are grateful to everyone, who in the past year, honored Sneja’s work and memory and announce the following awards and donations for 2020.

Dimitrovgrad library “Penio Penev” received a new computer configuration donated by the Memorial Fund “Snejana Ianeva”.

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One year turned during the Christmas from the passing of Snejana Ianeva, born in the town of Dimitrovgrad, an honored expert in librarianship with international reputation, declared “an apostle of librarianship in Bulgaria”. She is a descendant of one of the prominent families, whose roots of go back to the the village of Kaiadjik (today’s Dimitrovgrad). Her grandfather Iani Danianov was the first mayor of the village after the liberation of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Yoke. She is the first of many descendants, who with her deeds, has achieved a world recognition as a Bulgarian scholar and a promoter of our national culture.

On November 1st, Snejana Ianeva’s ancestral home was decorated with a wreath and a message, which reads “In Honor and Recognition of a National Revival Leader”. This act shows the respect and acknowledgement of her modest and at the same time inspiring personality, which makes the town and its citizens proud. She received the acknowledgement as a Bulgarian scholar and an apostle of the librarianship in our country from the professional communities in Bulgaria and worldwide….

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On December 21st 2020 the Academic Council of the University in Library Studies and Information Technologies made a decision to plant with an appropriate celebration a memorial tree, a silver pine, in memory of Snejana Ianeva, an eminent leader in librarianship in Bulgaria and an erudite specialist with international prestige.

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The American Center at Sofia City Library marked one year of SnejanaIaneva’spassing with an exhibition, dedicated to her exceptional contribution for the creation and the development of the American Center at the Library.

The Memorial Fund “Snejana Ianeva” and BCause Foundation sends Season’s Greetings to all librarians and wishes them bright and happy Christmas holidays, good health and success during the New Year 2021!

Colleagues and friends from Vienna, Brussels and Berlin

She loved to attend opera performances in Europe, that is why her colleagues decided to place a bouquet of Bulgarian red roses in front of the Vienna Opera House, Christmas ornaments with a memorial inscription in front of the National Opera of Belgium in Brussels and a small Bulgarian flag and a national ornament given to them by Sneja in front of the Berlin Opera.