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Staff Directory > Library Professionals
Nedelina Tchangalova
Engineering Librarian
Job Description
As a reference librarian, I support the research and teaching needs of the Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Fire Protection Engineering, and Physics. My duties include:
- Preparing course and discipline-specific library research guide Web pages.
- Identifying print and electronic scientific library resources for purchase
- Providing research assistance in person and virtually
- Creating bibliographies on a specific subject or topic
- Tailoring library instruction for courses
A detailed list of library services is available at:
Information for Faculty and Graduate Students
http://www.lib.umd.edu/faculty.html
Education:
Professional Memberships
Library Research Guides and Course Web Pages:
Current Activities
Current Research
- Reference services in science and engineering libraries
- Women in engineering
- Library staff with hidden disabilities
Publications
- Tchangalova, Nedelina and Amanda Feigley, “Subject Guides: Putting a New Spin on an Old Concept,” Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship 9, no. 3 (Winter 2008). Also available online at http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/content/v09n03/tchangalova_n01.html .
- Tchangalova, Nedelina. “My love of Books: Source of Life Support.” Against the Grain 20, no. 2 (2008):52-53.
- Tchangalova, Nedelina and David Cooper, “E-Publishing Portal: A New Approach to Faculty Outreach,” in ELPUB2006. Digital Spectrum: Integrating Technology and Culture - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Electronic Publishing, ed. Bob Martens and Milena Dobreva (Sofia: FIO-Commerce, 2006), 393-394. Also available online at http://elpub.scix.net/ and http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7558.
Awards
- Diversity Leadership Development Program Award Winner, Special Library Association, Washington, DC - 2009
- Distinguished Service Award, President's Commission on Disability Issues, University of Maryland, College Park, MD - 2008
- Rachel K. Schenk Memorial Scholarship, Charleston Information Group LLC, Charleston, SC - 2007
- Peer Recognition Award, University of Maryland Libraries, College Park, MD - 2006
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