Abstract:

One of the main challenges facing universities in the 21st century is increasing the quality and efficiency of education. In a number of scientific publications and research, the opinion is indisputably accepted that it is necessary to work towards creating practical skills that meet the needs of modern society. In a world of deepening global economic, informational, technological, educational and cultural cooperation, issues related to changes in higher education are given special priority and force.

In recent years, the University of Library Studies and Information Technologies has been actively working on a number of projects aimed at preserving, protecting and promoting documentary resources of cultural and historical significance for the memory of the Bulgarian nation.

The purpose of this report is to present training opportunities through internships for students majoring in Library Management, Archival and Documentary Studies and Library and Information Sciences and Knowledge Management, by creating metadata to restored and digitized documents. The possibilities for increasing the bibliographic culture and skills for working with documents are considered. Under the project "Innovative model for research and socialization of Strandzha literary and documentary cultural heritage" students from the three specialties have been given the opportunity to work with the Trakia newspaper and create bibliographic sections to present its thematic content. On the one hand, this is an opportunity to touch documents from a period typical for the history of Bulgaria, as well as an opportunity to build analytical critical thinking and last but not least, to increase their skills for working with periodicals and creating analytical descriptions.

The inclusion of students from the specialties, preparing library and archival specialists in the activities related to the implementation of the project and the creation of opportunities for related practical training, can be used to systematize the theoretical knowledge of students and promote the application of information and communication technologies in the process of socialization of the cultural and historical heritage.

Keywords:

Library and Information Sciences, Knowledge Management, students.