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TATIANA NIKOLOVA-HOUSTON

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HIGHER EDUCATION

1. 2002-2008 – Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy in Information Science), The University of Texas atAustin, School of Information. Outstanding Dissertation Award nomination.
2. 1998-2001 – М.L.I.S. (Master of Library and Information Science), The University of Texas atAustin, Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
3. 1996-2000 – M.S. (Master of Science in Biblical and Related Studies), Abilene ChristianUniversity, Abilene, Texas.
4. 1992-1995 – B.S. (Bachelor of Science in Biblical and Related Studies), Institute for ChristianStudies, Austin, Texas.
5. 1980-1985 – M.S.L.A. and B.S. (Master of Science in Landscape Architecture and Bachelor of Science), Institute of Forestry, Sofia, Bulgaria.

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SPECIALIZED TRAINING

1. 2006 – Summer Research Lab in Digital Humanities, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2. 2001 – Medieval Slavic Summer Institute (certificate), Hilandar Research Library, Ohio State University.
3. 1999 – Digital Preservation of Medieval Manuscripts (certification), Sofia, Bulgaria.

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REFERENCE

• Bulgarski Narodni Hora I Tantsi, Sofia: Meditsina I Fizkultura, 1976, p.142.

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PUBLICATIONS

• "Slavic Medieval Manuscripts, Part II: Historical, Archival, and Aesthetical Value andVisibility," Catholic Library World, 2013, Volume 83, No.2, pp. 112-121.
• (Peer reviewed article)."Slavic Medieval Manuscripts, Part I: Origins, Preservation and Access," Catholic Library Journal, 2012. Volume 83, No.1, pp. 26-32. (Peer reviewed article).
• "Do Ohaio I Nazad: Po sledite na Bolgradskija Sbornik ot Hilendarskija tsentur." (To Ohio and Back: Tracing the Bolgrad manuscript at the Hilandar Research Library) In IstoriaSlavyanobulgarska I Duhovnia Zhivot prez 30-40-te Godini na XIX vek" Jubileen sbornik ('The Slavo-Bulgarian History and the intellectual life during the 30-40s of the 19thcentury': Anniversary edition, Akademik Ivan Radev, ed. V. Turnovo: UniversitetskoIzdatelstvo "Sv. Sv. Kiril I Metodii," 2013, pp. 127-138.
• "Otets Paisii I Bulgarskata Istoria" (Father Paisii and the Bulgarian History). Translation of James Clarke's original article. In Istoria Slavyanobulgarska I Duhovnia Zhivot prez 30-40-te Godini na XIX vek" Jubileen sbornik, Akademik Ivan Radev, ed. V. Turnovo:Universitetsko Izdatelstvo "Sv. Sv. Kiril I Metodii," 2013, pp. 43-66.
• "Increasing the Visibility of Slavic Medieval Manuscripts." Roland, D., Wicks, D.A., and Freeburg, D. (eds.). (2012). Advances in the Study of Information and Religion, 2. Retrieved from http://drc.library.kent.edu/handle/2374.KENT/1432/browse?type=title. "Ot Bolgrad do Ohaio: Po sledite na Bolgradskia Sbornik ot Hilendarskia NauchenTsentur" (From Bolgrad to Ohio: Tracing the Bolgrad Manuscript from the Hilandar Research Library). Za Bukvite: Kirilo-Metodievski Vestnik O Pismenech. Volume 38,2012.
• "Building the Virtual Scriptorium," chapter 14 in the book Digitization Perspective. Coauthored with Ron Houston. Sense Publishers, UK, Netherlands, 2011. (Peer reviewed book).
• "Colophons and Marginalia in the Manuscripts of the Etropole Literary School:Documentary and textual analysis, comparative study and attempt of moderninterpretation," in Etropole Literary School and Bulgarian Seventeenth Century. Sofia: National Library "Sts. Cyril and Methodius," 2011.
• "Pripiski ili colophons: Marginalni belezhki v juznoslavyanski rukopisi" Marginalia or colophons: Marginal notes in the South Slavic manuscripts, in Za bukvite, Volume 33, November 2010. Article written by Ilia Pehlivanov, editor-in-chief, about the dissertationand research on the topic of marginalia. Also included in the issue, article on the artexhibit "Sacred Illuminations," featured in Church Holy Trinity, Gabrovo, June 13-August 3, 2010. Published by the University of Library and Information Science,Bulgaria. Also available online at:http://www.zabukvite.org/newspapers/ZaBukvite33.pdf.
• "Marginalia and Colophons in Bulgarian Manuscripts and Early Printed Books," chapter in the Journal of Religious and Theological Information. Volume 8, Numbers 1-2, 2009. (Peer reviewed article).
• "Bulgarian Librarianship: Surviving change through international cooperation." Chapter in the book series Advances in Library Administration and Organization: "Culture,context and history in the post-Soviet world of information institutions, resources and practices." Volume 27, 2009. (Peer reviewed article).
• "Black and white and red all over: The enemy within and without, as revealed in Sovietpropaganda pamphlets." CREES Newsletter. November-December 2008.
• "For the sake of our future, preserve the past," by Dr. T. Palaima, Austin AmericanStatesman, May 15, 2008. Honorable mention of the dissertation.
• "Building the Virtual Scriptorium," Policy Futures in Education. Symposium Journals series. Volume 6, Number 1, 2008. Coauthored with Ron Houston.
• "The Discovery of the Hidden Manuscripts," Art Libraries Journal. Spring 2006.
• "Using Participatory Design to Improve Websites." Selected as Editor's pick for Informed Librarian Online for November 2005 issue.
• "Using Participatory Design to Improve Websites," Computers in Libraries, Vol. 25, Number 9, (October 2005). Feature article.
• "The Discovery of the Hidden Manuscripts," paper presented at 71st IFLA Congress, Oslo, Norway, August 14-19, 2005. Available on CD-ROM and online in English and French.
• "MSSI Alumna Inspired to Preserve Bulgarian Orthodox Manuscript Collections," Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage 17 (June 2005).
• "Bulgarian Theological Manuscript Collections: Issues of Preservation and Access andCollaboration Between American and Bulgarian Institutions," paper presented at2005 ATLA Conference, Summary of Proceedings: Fifty-ninth Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association. 2005.
• "Honoring Cultural Differences: Change Management in Bulgarian Special Collections," Global Media Journal , 2:4, Spring 2004. Available at:http://lass.calumet.purdue.edu/cca/gmj/SubmittedDocuments/Spring2004/grad_research/non_refereed/unknown.htm.
• Byzantine Hypertexts, TEKKA, 1:3, 2003. Online journal on a very innovative area of researchof hypertext theory and application, available at: http://www.tekka.net/login/. "Byzantine Medieval Hypertexts,"Website at: www.ischool.utexas.edu/~slavman/hypertexts.Created May 2002. Nominated and awarded by TLC Department. Also in German.http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=en&u=www.ischool.utexas.edu/~slavman/hypertexts.
• "The Continuing Mystery of the Clarke Manuscript," Cyrillic Manuscript Heritage 12 (December 2002), p. 4-5.
• "Jak pokonałam przepaść technologiczną celem ratowania słowiańskich rękopisów." Central Archives of Historical Records, Warsaw, Poland. Available at:http://www.archiwa.gov.pl/agad/electro/nikolova.html. November 2002.
• "In Regard to the Copy of Istoria Slavyanobolgarskaya at the Hilandar Research Library in Ohio, U.S.," Conference Proceedings. Sofia, Bulgaria: Byzantine-Slavic ResearchCenter "Ivan Dujcev," 2002.
• "Digitization for Preservation and Access: a Case Study from Historical and ArchivalChurch Institute, Sofia" Conference Proceedings, Sofia, Bulgaria: Bulgarian Academyof Science, 2002.
• "Questing Across the Digital Divide for Hidden Treasures of Slavic Manuscripts," Computers in Libraries, April 2002. Feature article. Available at:http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr02/Nikolova-Houston.htm.
• "Slavic Medieval Treasures from Bulgaria," Website athttp://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~slavman. Created May 2002.
• "The Internet and the Virtual Scriptorium of Slavic Medieval Manuscripts: Preservationand Access," Conference Proceedings. Sofia, Bulgaria: Union of Librarians andInformation Services Officers, 2001, p. 204-216.

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SOME OF THE ILLUMINATIONS TATIANA HAS MADE INCLUDE (CLICK AN IMAGE TO ENLARGE):

Maria the Radiant

Folk Dance Mandala

Pufti

Bread Offering

Bread Offering 2

Bozhidara

Rose

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DOCUMENTS

• Arap. Translation by Tatiana Nikolova-Houston of dance description from Tantsova samodeynost.
• Baldüzkinata. Translation by Tatiana Nikolova-Houston of dance description from Tantsova samodeynost.
• Kukuvička. Translation by Tatiana Nikolova-Houston of dance description and lyrics from Stefan Vûglarov,
• Kukuvičkata. Translation by Tatiana Nikolova-Houston of dance description from Tantsova samodeynost.
• Ron Houston, an article.

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