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Tancheva, Kornelia
Director, Olin, Uris, Annex Libraries
Positions
- Librarian I, Research & Learning Services, Cornell University Library
Kornelia Tancheva is the director of Olin and Uris Libraries, and the Library Annex. She is also the selector for Linguistics and the library liaison to the Department of Linguistics. Research interests include drama, theatre, second language teaching, and ethnographic user research.
Research Areas
- Affiliations
- Research
- Publications
- Teaching
- Service
- Background
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Affiliations
leadership role
- Library Annex Director 2011 -
- Olin Library Director 2008 -
- Uris Library Director 2008 -
Research
research overview
- Modernism in drama and theatre; digital humanities
principal investigator on
- HUMANITIES GRADUATE STUDENT IMMERSION PROGRAM awarded by INSTITUTE OF MUSEUMS & LIBRARY SERVICES 2011 - 2012
Publications
individual publications
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academic article
- Personas and a User-Centered Visioning Process. Performance Measurement and Metrics. 11:172-183. 2010
- Early Modernism in American Drama and Theatre Part II: Modernism in Production. Bulgarian Journal of American and Transatlantic Studies. 2007
- The Forgotten Face of Early Modernism in American Drama and Theatre: The Transatlantic Perspective ( I ). Bulgarian Journal of American and Transatlantic Studies. 2007
- Library Instruction Assessment in Academic Libraries. Public Services Quarterly. 3:29-56. 2007
- Cornell University Library and Press Collaborate on "Race, Ethnicity & Religion" Web Site. Research Library Issues: A Bimonthly Report from ARL, CNI, and SPARC. 2005
- Serving the Public: The Academic Library and Cooperative Extension. Journal of Extension. 43. 2005
- Recasting the Debate: The Sign of the Library in Popular Culture. Libraries & Culture. 40:530-546. 2005
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article
- Social Navigation, Recommender Systems, and Libraries 2007
- CUL Mentorship Program. Inside CUL. 2005
- CU's Reference Librarians Will Step Up Instruction on How to Access Resources. Cornell Chronicle. 2004
- CUL Jr. Library Fellows Program. Kaleidoscope. 2002
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chapter
- Personal Management of Scholarly Information. Scholarly Practice, Participatory Design and the eXtensible Catalog. 2011
- Online Tutorials for Library Instruction: An Ongoing Project Under Constant Revision. Learning to Make a Difference. Proceedings of the Eleventh National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries. 267-281. 2003
- The Cannibal Inside: Paula Vogel and the Loose Bolts of the American Theatre. Essays in American Studies: Postmodern Perspectives. 119-134. 2002
- Post-Totalitarian Bulgarian Theatre and Drama: Experimenters and Literary Cinderellas. Theatre and Performance in Eastern Europe: The Changing Scene. 69-81.
- Sophie Treadwell's Play "Machinal": Strategies of Reception and Interpretation. Experimenters, Rebels, and Disparate Voices: The Theatre of the 1920s Celebrates American Diversity. 101-110.
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conference paper
- Library Intervention Strategies for Doctoral Students in the Humanities: Collaborative User Needs Study at Cornell University Library and Columbia University Library 2011
- Social Navigation, Recommender Systems and Libraries 2007
- Representation and Self-Representation: The Alternative Librarian's Online Persona 2005
- Recasting the Debate: The Sign of the Library in Popular Culture 2004
- Online Tutorials for Library Instruction 2003
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conference poster
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report
- Web Vision: Report and Recommendations for CUL's Web Presence 2007
- Cornell University Library (CUL) Instruction Services Survey: A User Assessment. CUL Technical Reports and Papers. 2005
editor of
presentations
- Print Circulation in Context: Findings of the Print Collection Usage Task Force and the Next Steps, Co-Presenter 2011
- Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment in the Cornell University Library: Six Case Studies, Presenter 2011
- Supporting Humanities Doctoral Student Success: A Collaborative Project between Cornell University Library and Columbia University Libraries, Co-Presenter 2011
- Unobtrusive User Observation as Assessment Technique: What Are Students Doing in the Library after Hours, Panelist 2010
- Reference Statistics Reporting Studies: Findings and Outcomes, Presenter 2009
- XC User Research at Cornell: Methodology and Findings, Co-Presenter 2009
- Personas and a User-Centered Visioning Process, Co-Presenter, ARL Library Assessment Conference Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment 2008
- Systematic Quantitative and Qualitative Reference Transaction Assessment: An Approach for Service Improvements, Co-Presenter 2008
- That is So Manual: Social Networks, Recommender Systems and Libraries, Presenter 2007
- Social Networks, Social Network Analysis, Social Navigation, and Libraries, Presenter 2006
- CALS Research Portals, Co-Presenter 2005
- Information Literacy and CUL, Panelist 2005
- In the Beginning: Communication Theory Applied to Digital and Face-to-Face Reference Interactions, Presenter 2004
- Information Literacy for Cooperative Extension, Co-Presenter 2003
- Results of the IWG Survey of Instructional Services, Presenter 2003
- Getting a Distance Learning MLS Degree and Working Full-Time: Can You Do It?, Presenter 2002
- Interactive Library Instruction Tutorials, Presenter 2002
Teaching
recent courses taught
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American Theatre and Drama
Theatre in the Age of the Internet
Service
service to the profession
- Humanities Research Collections Council Co-Chair 2010 -
- Olin Library Space Planning Committee Member 2010 -
- Library Managers' Council Member 2009 -
- Managers’ Council Travel Policy Task Force Member 2009 -
- TROLs Leadership Team Member 2009 -
- Olin Fire Safety Improvements Project Steering Committee Member 2008 -
- Health Careers Evaluation Committee Interviewer 2007 -
- XC User Research Team Team Leader for Rochester 2007 -
- Choice Resources for College Libraries Revision Project Theatre and Drama Subject Editor 2004 -
- Evaluation of Reference and User Services, RSS Section of RUSA Chair 2009 - 2011
- NYLA Task Force on Information Literacy Member 2008 - 2009
- ACRL/EBSS Research Committee Member 2007 - 2009
- RUSA Reference Services Section Evaluation of Reference and User Services Committee Member 2007 - 2009
- ACRL Standards and Accreditation Committee Member 2004 - 2005
- ACRL Instruction Section Pre-conference Planning Committee Member 2001 - 2002
library contact for
library liaison to
Background
education and training
- M.L.S. in Library Science, Syracuse University 2001
- Ph.D. in American Drama and Theatre, Cornell University 1996
- M.A. in History and Theory of Drama and Theatre, Cornell University 1995
- M.A. in English Language and Literature, Sofia University 1986