New
Librarians: Challenges and Opportunities
Student Session
2 November 2004
2:00 - 6:00 pm
at Sofia University, Hall (N 1)
New Librarians:
Challenges and Opportunities
Library
and Information Science students and recent graduates are invited
to attend and participate in Sofia 2004: Libraries, Globalization
and Cooperation, an international conference organized by the
School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University
and the Department of Library and Information Sciences, University
of Sofia, Bulgaria "St Kliment Ohridski." The conference
will include a student session, New Librarians: Challenges and
Opportunities, focusing on the interests and perspectives of library
school students and new librarians.
The half-day
session will be on the afternoon of 2 November 2004. The session
will feature presentations of papers, discussions, and a poster
session in which students and recent graduates can showcase and
share ideas and projects, and have opportunities to meet colleagues
from around the world.
Just
added as part of Student Session: Publishing for students and
new professionals
Linda
Ashcroft, Editor of New Library World from the well-known publisher
of library and information science journals Emerald Publishing,
will offer a workshop on publishing. She will discuss the importance
of having your work published, techniques for finding journals
in which to publish your work, and things to consider when writing
for publication. Publishing can be confusing and overwhelming
for new professionals, so Linda will clarify the process and answer
questions.
Preliminary
Program
Sofia
2004
New Librarians: Challenges and Opportunities
Student Session
2 November 2004
2:00 - 6:00 pm
2:00 - 2:15
Opening Remarks and Introduction
Jacqueline Solis, Sofia 2004 Student Session Organizer, California
State University Northridge
2:15 - 3:45
Student Session I
Workshop: Publishing for students and new professionals
Linda Ashcroft, Editor of New Library World, Emerald Publishing
3:45 - 4:00
Break
4:00 - 5:30
Student Session II
Technological
Challenges and Opportunities
How encyclopedias are affected by the shift from print to electronic
publishing
Antoaneta Preslavska, Sofia University
A study
of the information infrastructure of Lunca Ilvei
Mary Ann Littrell, Emporia State University and Manhattan Christian
College
Educational
Challenges and Opportunities
Promotion
of reading in Bulgaria
Milena Milanova and Tatiana Tchipeva, Sofia University
Distance
learning for information specialists: Some experiences from Germany
Marina Echeva, University of Sofia
Integrating
students in library and information science into library community
Dessislava Milusheva, Evgenia Petkova, and Trifon Yankov, Sofia
University
Knowledge
Management Challenges and Opportunities
The challenges
for the knowledge managers and information professionals in the
knowledge economy environment:
Who is who in the knowledge field
Irina Nikolova, Sofia University
5:30 - 6:00
Final
questions and discussion
8:00-??
Optional event later in the evening: A Night Out in Sofia
Our Bulgarian
hosts will show us a bit of the night life in Sofia. Details to
be announced at the Student Session.
Student
Posters on display throughout the conference at Hotel Rodina:
Page design by
V. McAsey 
