Diana Ramirez
Professional Responsibilities
- Subject Specialist & Liaison for Educational Psychology
- Subject Specialist & Liaison for Psychology
Affiliations
- American Library Association (ALA)
- Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
- Education & Behavioral Sciences Section (EBSS)
- Psychology/Psychiatry Committee
- Instruction Section (IS)
- Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)
- Collection Development and Evaluation Section (CODES)
- Machine-Assisted Reference Section (MARS)
- Reference Services Section (RSS)
- American Psychological Association, Library Advisory Council
Education
M.L.I.S., University of Texas at Austin, 1990
Major: Library and Information Science
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1985
Major: Sociology
A.A., Wharton County Junior College, 1979
Major: General Studies
Research Interests
- Assessment of user information literacy skills
- Methods for assessing and improving the delivery of information literacy instruction using teacher-centered instruction, including face-to-face classroom instruction and online instruction, and using self-help instruction such as online tutorials, web pages, and research guides
- Analysis and evaluation of online information resources including bibliographic databases and full text collections in meeting user needs
- Bibliographic citation analysis to track trends in the use of information resources
