Kristin Ramsdell
Librarian
Phone: (510) 885-4814
email: kristin.ramsdell@csueastbay.edu
Fax: (510) 885-2049
Location: Hayward Campus Library
Office: LI 2137A
Office Hours: By appointment
Current Responsibilities:
Coordinator for Library Instruction, Liaison responsibilities and
collection development for English,
Communication, Theatre & Dance.
Education:
B.A. Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
M.A. California State University, Sacramento.
M.L.S. University of California, Los Angeles.
Course(s) Taught:
Library 1010-- Fundamentals of Information Literacy
Library 1210--Introduction to Information Literacy
Library 1551--Information Skills for the Electronic Age
Research Interests:
Popular Fiction, Romance Fiction, Children’s Literature, Young
Adult Literature.
Recent Scholarship/Presentations:
Faust, Judith, Elizabeth Ginno, Jennifer Laherty, Kate Manuel,
and Kris Ramsdell. (In press). "To test or not to test: Is there
a question?" in Managing Instruction Programs in Academic Libraries.
Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press. [LOEX Conference Proceedings]
"Getting Behind Reader Taboos: What's Wrong With France?"
Romance Writers Report 22 (July 2002): 26-31.
Romance
Fiction: A Guide to the Genre, Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited,
Inc.,1999.
What Romance Do I Read Next?: A Reader’s Guide to Recent Romance
Fiction. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1997.
"Romance Fiction" in What Do I Read Next? A Reader’s
Guide to Current Genre Fiction. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1990- [Semi-annual
publication]
Romance Columnist for Library Journal since 1994. [A regular
quarterly column]
"The
Literature of Romance: A Librarian’s Viewpoint." Romance
Writer’s Report 19 (June 1999), 37-39.
"Collaborate or Perish!: InfoLit Unites Librarians, Teaching
Faculty." Library Hi Tech News (December 1999): 4-8.
[Co-authored with Judy Clarence and Elizabeth Ginno]
"To Test
or Not to Test: Is there a Question?" Presentation for
the LOEX 29th national conference, May 2001. Ypsilanti, MI. By Judith
Faust, Elizabeth Ginno, Jennifer Laherty, Kate Manuel, and Kristin
Ramsdell.
"Lure of Romance." Keynote presentation for the RUSA-CODES
Readers' Advisory Program at the Annual Conference of the American
Library Association, San Francisco, CA, June 2001. [With authors
Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Teresa Medeiros.]
"The Readers' Advisory Renaissance: Pioneers and Portals--the
Romantic Perspective." Presentation with Duncan Smith
for the Annual Conference of the California Library Association,
Long Beach, CA, November 2001.
Ramsdell, Kristin.
"Booktalking Blitz."
Presentation with other genre specialists at the Public Library
Association Biennial Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, March 14, 2002.
"From High School to College: Equipping Our Students with the
Information Competencies They Need to Succeed."
Presention with Susan Geiger and Karen Guma for Internet@Schools
2000, Palm Springs, CA, November 4, 2002.
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