Международните летни студентски училища (ISSS) – успешен модел за дългогодишно партньорство в обмена на знания и обучение на бъдещите библиотечно-информационни специалисти

Abstract

The article describes the idea of an international initiative which has a 17 year history of success – The International Students’ Summer Seminar (ISSS). The annual seminar which was held every year in one of the partners’ country (Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, The Netherlands, Lithuania), this year was took place in Poland from 13th to 26th of July 2010. The topic of the ISSS’2010 was “Public information / E-government in EU countries”. This event has two kinds of activities – educational part (lectures and workshops) and intercultural exchange (sightseeing tours and performance of national traditions of each country). In the first part, Bulgarian lecturers presented 3 lectures and presentations: „Basic issues of e-government within the EU”, “Public information education within the curriculum of Sofia University” and „Issues of Public information and e-government development in Bulgaria”. Within the second part, the Bulgarian participants – students and lecturers presented Bulgarian culture, history and tradition on the so called ’’national night”. In conclusion, we have to say that ISSS is a great opportunity for the students and for the lecturers too, and there are a lot of benefits for all participants.