Brief CV

I currently work at the Institute for Bibliographic Studies at the UNAM as a researcher. I am doing research on the creation, dissemination and use of primary electronic resources in the Humanities. Previously I have worked on a series of projects related to digitization, digital libraries, information systems, electronic journals and repositories. I completed my PhD studies at University College London with a study on Electronic Resources and Institutional Repositories in Informal Scholarly Communication and Publishing.

Over the past years, I have given courses and workshops on electronic publishing, ebooks, digital humanities and legal and social aspects of electronic publishing at University College London and the UNAM, as well as speaking at conferences and participating in workshops. One important area of interest is the development of information systems in Latin America. Other research interests include creation and use of electronic resources, information systems for managing digital information, the future of electronic publishing and digital visibility.

Español

Soy investigadora de tiempo completo en el Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas en la UNAM. Mi investigación es acerca de la creación, diseminación y uso de recursos digitales primarios en las Humanidades. He colaborado en numerosos proyectos de digitalización, bibliotecas digitales, sistemas de información, revistas electróniccas y repositorios. Concluí estudios doctorales en la University College London con la tesis Electronic Resources and Institutional Repositories in Informal Scholarly Communication and Publishing.

He impartido numerosos cursos y talleres de publicaciones digitales, libros electrónicos, humanidades digitales y aspectos legales y sociales de las publicaciones digitales, tanto en University College London como en la UNAM y participado en congresos y talleres internacionales.

Mis areas de interés son la creación y uso de recursos digitales, sistemas de información para el manejo de recursos digitales, el futuro de la publicación digital y visibilidad y acceso de objetos digitales. En particular, estoy interesada en el desarrollo de sistemas de información y manejo de contenidos para Latinoamérica.

Work

2010 to date- Institute for Bibliographic Studies (Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas), UNAM

2001 to 2010- Digital Publishing Department (Coordinación de Publicaciones Digitales), Dirección General de Servicios de Cómputo Académico, UNAM

2008 to 2009- Teaching fellow. MA in Electronic Publishing and Communication, Department of Information Studies, UCL.

2000 to 2001- Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicación Educativa, UNESCO, México.

1999 to 2000- The Times Online, London, UK

Teaching (a selection)

Biblioteca Digital, MA course, Posgrado en bibliotecología, UNAM (2011, 2010)

Legal and Social Aspects of Electronic Publishing, MA course, UCL (2009, 2007)

Digital Resources in the Humanities, MA course UCL (2008, 2006)

Electronic Publishing: A Latin American Perspective, seminar, University of Costa Rica, (June 2004)

The Electronic Book: challenges and opportunities, short course, UNAM (April 2004)

Undetaking a digital publication project, diploma module, UNAM (September to October 2004)

Preparing materials for electronic publishing, short course, UNAM (2001-2002)