Library Staff—Therona Ramos

Library Responsibilities:

• Information Desk client queries and circulation activities
• EndNote training and troubleshooting
• Citation verification
• Provide navigation to and overview of Library electronic and on-site resources
• Instruction on and troubleshooting of computer commons equipment
• Marketing Team

Contact me with questions or instruction about:

• EndNote
• Citation verification
• Finding full text
• Circulation issues

Liaison Areas:

• Ophthalmology

Areas of Interest:

• Library outreach to campus
• Promotion of Library services and resources
• Health information for consumers

Education:

Regular Classes:

• EndNote

Selected Publications:

• Carpenter, S., Chapa, K., Harker, K., Kainerstorfer, C., Minzenmayer, T., Ramos, T., Thompson L., Thompson, P., & Turner, A. Creating a centralized data repository. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Dallas, TX, 2008.
• Carpenter, S., Chapa, K., Harker, K., Kainerstorfer, C., Minzenmayer, T., Ramos, T., Thompson, L., Thompson, P., & Turner, A. Proving value and preserving staff sanity: A centralized data repository. Poster session presented at the annual Library Assessment Conference, Seattle, WA, 2008.
• "To Banner or Not to Banner? Research on a Web Marketing Tool", Co-authored with others, Journal of Hospital Librarianship, 52 (2), 2005, 89-94.
• "Redesigning a Library's Organizational Structure" Co-authored with others, College and Research Libraries 66(1), January 2005, 41-58.

Software Application Skills:

• EndNote
• Excel
• PowerPoint

Awards and Grants:

• 2008 SCC Research Award, Contributed Papers (1^st place):
  Harker, K., Ramos, T., Evaluation of Citation Errors of Papers Authored by a Major State-Supported Academic Medical Center--A Pilot Study
• 2003 SCC Research Award, Poster(3^rd place):
  Giles, S., Mayo, HG., Radley, H., Ramos, T., Tan, J., To Banner or Not to Banner? User Research on a Web Marketing Tool