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Engineering & Physical Sciences Library (EPSL) |
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
Information for Faculty and Graduate Students
http://www.lib.umd.edu/faculty.html
- MLS (2004) -- College of Library and Information Science, University of Maryland, College Park.
- MS (1995), Chemical Engineering -- University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy – Bulgaria.
- BS (1995), Chemical Engineering -- University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy – Bulgaria. Completion of a second undergraduate major in Information Systems, 1994.
- High School (1989) -- Graduated from a Magnet Program in French language, literature and culture. French Language Immersion High School – Sofia, Bulgaria.
Professional Memberships
- American Library Association (ALA)
- Patent and Trademark Depository Library Association (PTDLA)
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Special Library Association (SLA)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Library Research Guides and Course Web Pages:
- Biographical Information on Scientists
- Chemical Engineering
- Fire Protection Engineering
- Gemstone Teams: Future Firefighting Advancements (FFA), GRENERGY, and Light Energy in the Agriculture of the Future (LEAF)
- Physics
- Tutorials for Science/Engineering Information Resources
Current Activities
- Diversity Team, Member
- Library Faculty Research Fund Committee, Member
- Gemstone Program (Team SHINE, FFA), Library Liaison
- Libraries Photographic Pool, Member
- Maryland Day Committee, Member
- New Librarians Network, Co-chair
- Science and Technology Collaborative Team, Member
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.
- 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
