The XXX-th National Conference of the Bulgarian Library and Information Association published a collection of papers, dedicated to the memory and the work of Snejana Ianeva, who inthe course of30 years was seeking and finding practical decisions about the application of modern technologies at Bulgarian libraries. The annual conference entitled “The Libraries in the Digital Era” took place on 15-16 October 2020 in Sofia.
On March 8th, Snejana Ianeva’s birthday, the Regional Library “Geo Milev” in the town of Montana, started a Memorial Week of the acknowledgement in memory of the woman, who devoted her life to the libraries.
On March 18, 2021, the community of the hometown of Snejana Ianeva marked her birth date with an event organized by the Municipal Council and the City Library. Words of respect to this remarkable Bulgarian, born in Dimitrovgrad, sounded in the hall of the library that has her name. The mayor of the town, Mr. Ivo Dimov, and the Chair of the Municipal Council, Mrs. Gergana Krasteva, colleagues and relatives of Snejana expressed their gratitude for her work and devotion to Bulgarian libraries and culture.
On the website of the Regional Library “Mihalaki Georgiev” in Vidin information was published about the Memorial week, dedicated to Snejana Ianeva and about the Memorial Fund “Snejana Ianeva” - established in January 2020 by “BCause” Foundation. Snejana Ianeva was a librarian and President of the Bulgarian Library and Information Association from 2012 and Chairperson of Global Libraries Bulgaria Foundation until her passing. However in the first place she was a person, whose life was devoted to the libraries and librarianship. She was and will continue to be an inspiration and an example to all of us, working in this profession.
The team of the Regional Library in Russe remembers with respect the attention, the wholeheartedness in her attitude to our desire for growth or to problems encountered by our cultural institute. In the Memorial week, with which we mark Snejana Ianeva’s memory, the Regional Library “Liuben Karavelov” published at its website a commemorative material, photos and a link to the Memorial Website for Snejana Ianeva.
