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Zapopan Martín MUELA MEZA
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PhD in Information Studies
Department of Information Studies
The University of Sheffield
UNITED KINGDOM
Assistant Professor in Library and Information Studies
(Non-Tenure Full Time)
School of Philosophy and Letters
Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL)
Ciudad Universitaria
San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon
MEXICO
Email: Zapopanmuela(atnospam)gmail.com
https://sites.google.com/site/zapopanmuela/
http://www.filosofia.uanl.mx/bibliotecologia/CVzapopanmuela.html
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>> Professional Mission >>
During all of my professional experience I have contributed and joined forces with colleagues and institutions alike, with attention, dedication, discipline, reason and passion, for the ancient quest of guaranteeing humankind a scientific, technological, free, communal, socializing, universal, democratic, egalitarian, unhampered, and secure collection, organization, preservation, dissemination, access, and usage of all the general human intellect expressions from the past, present, and future through the institutions and entities of information recorded in documents.
>> Education >>
• PhD degree in Information Studies (2003-2007) at the Department of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK (Degree earned on 1st July 2010). Thanks to a scholarship of higher academic excellence from the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) and The University of Sheffield. Supervisors from June 21, 2005 – August 4, 2009, Professor Nigel Ford, main supervisor and Ms. Briony Birdi (Train), adjunct supervisor. Supervisor from September 30, 2003 – June 20, 2005 Professor Bob Usherwood (he stopped being my supervisor because he retired from the university). • Master in Library Science degree (2000-2001) at the Department of Library and Information Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, USA (degree earned in February 2002). Thanks to a scholarship of higher academic excellence from Mexico’s Exterior Relations Secretary and U.S. Department of State’s Information Agency – Fulbright/Laspau, GPA: 3.5 (out of 4). • Undergraduate degree in Library and Information Science (1993-1998), Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Graduated with the Highest Distinction, first place in the generation, GPA: 92.29 (out of 100). • Undergraduate degree in Applied Linguistics – English/Spanish Didactics/Translation (program incomplete up to the 5th out of 10 semesters), 1989 – 1993. Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. • Undergraduate degree in History (program incomplete up to the 7th out of 10 semesters), 1989 – 1992. Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
>> Post Graduate Courses Taken >>
At the Department of Information Studies, at the University of Sheffield as part of my PhD in Information Studies Program (2003-2004):
1. Library and Information Skills for Successful Research, with Alastair Allan, Academic Liaison Librarian (Social Sciences), University of Sheffield. 2. Libraries, Information and Society I, with Prof. Bob Usherwood , Professor Emeritus, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield. 3. Libraries, Information and Society II: Public and Voluntary Sector Services, with Prof. Bob Usherwood , Professor Emeritus, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield.
At the Department of Library and Information Studies, at SUNY Buffalo as part of my Master of Library and Information Science Program, (2000-2001): 1. Database Management Systems, Dr. Neil Yerkey, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Library and Information Studies, SUNY Buffalo. 2. Directed Study. Online Distance Learning Project, with Dr. John W Ellison, Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Studies, SUNY Buffalo. 3. Indexing and Surrogation, with Dr. Corrine Jörgensen, now Associate Dean for Research, School of Information Studies, The Florida State University. 4. Information Systems Analysis and Design, with Prof. Neil Yerkey, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Library and Information Studies, SUNY Buffalo. 5. Intellectual Freedom, with Dr. John Ellison, Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Studies, SUNY Buffalo. 6. Introduction to Research Methods, with Professor George D’Elia, Dean of Research, Dept. of Library and Information Studies, SUNY Buffalo. 7. Management of Libraries and Information Centers, with Dr. Deborah Karpuk, now Lecturer at the School of Library and Information Studies, San Jose State University. 8. Marketing of Library and Information Services, with Dr. John Ellison 9. Networking Technologies, with Professor A. Neil Yerkey, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Library and Information Studies, SUNY Buffalo. 10. Organization and Control of Recorded Information, with Dr. Deborah Karpuk, now Lecturer at the School of Library and Information Studies, San Jose State University. 11. Reference Sources and Services, with Dr. Lorna Peterson, Associate Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Studies, SUNY Buffalo. 12. Web Design and Information Management, with Roberta R. Sullivan, Instructional Designer, Associate Vice President for University Libraries, SUNY Buffalo.
At the Post Graduate Department of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon, Mexico, taken in the 1998 Spring semester: · Debate of the Contemporary Philosophical and Scientific Thought, with Dr. Giampiero Bucci, philosopher University of Roma. · Spanish Language Communication and Expression Skills, with Ms. Ludivina Cantú, UANL, Mexico. · Educational Curriculum Design, with Ms. Olga González Capetillo, UANL, Mexico.
>> Publications >>
>>PhD Dissertation (thesis)>> >>Author of this PhD dissertation (thesis)>> Muela Meza, Zapopan Martín. (2010). An Application of Community Profiling to Analyse Community Information Needs, and Providers: Perceptions from the People of the Broomhall Neighbourhood of Sheffield, UK. Sheffield, UK: University of Sheffield, Department of Information Studies. [PhD Thesis]. Accessible in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/18649/ .
>>Monographs>> >>Co-author of these monographs>> 1. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2007). “Ethical contradictions of the social responsibilities in librarianship.” In: Gimeno Perelló, J. & López López, P. (Eds.). Libraries and Social Compromise. Chapter 14, pp.417-444, Gijon, Asturias, Spain: Trea. [in Spanish]. Accessible in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00011805/ . 2. Story, A., Darch, C. & Halbert, D. (Eds). (2006). The Copy/South Dossier : Issues in the Economics, Politics, and Ideology of Copyright in the Global South. Canterbury, Kent, UK: The Copy/South Research Group. Accessible online in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00006278/ .
Peer-reviewed journal articles: 1. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (In Print). “An approximation to the construction of a critical, analytical and integral model for Library and Information Science research or the Eratosthenes Research Spirit model.” Library and Information Science Critique: Journal of the Sciences of Information Recorded in Documents (Crítica Bibliotecológica: Revista de las Ciencias de la Información Documental), 2 (2) & 3 (1).
2. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2009). “For a critique of the copyright system and of the role of librarians as copyright police.” Library and Information Science Critique (Crítica Bibliotecológica) 2 (1). Accessible online in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/17293/1/CB.v2.n1.Articulo2.zmmm.pdf . 3. Muela-Meza, Z. M. (2008). “Critical and skeptical thinking in the sciences of information recorded in documents (Pensamiento crítico y escéptico en las ciencias de la información documental)”. Library and Information Science Critique (Crítica Bibliotecológica) 1 (1). Accessible online in open access through E-LIS: http://critica.bibliotecologica.googlepages.com/vol.1.no.1 . 4. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2006). “The age of the corporate State versus the informational and cognitive public domain.” Information for Social Change.(UK). (23). Accessible online in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00007319/ . 5. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2006) “Una introducción a las metodologías de investigación cualitativa aplicadas a la bibliotecología. (An introduction to the qualitative research applied to library and information science.”) BiblioDocencia : Revista de Profesores de Bibliotecología = (Library-Teaching: Journal of Professors of Library and Information Science) (Peru). 6 (2). Accessible online in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00006732/. See an English version here: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00008489/ . 6. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2005) “Information needed to cope with crisis in the lives of individuals and communities : an assessment of the roles public libraries and voluntary sector agencies play in the provision of such information.” Information for Social Change (UK). (21). Accessible online in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00004744/ . 7. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2005) “La era del estado empresarial versus el dominio público informacional y cognitivo. (The age of the corporate state versus the informational and cognitive public domain).” Razón y Palabra: La Primer Revista Electrónica en Tópicos de Comunicación en Iberoamérica = Reason and Word: The First Electronic Journal in Communicational Topics in Iberian America (Mexico). April-May 2005 (44). Accessible online in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003658/ . 8. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2005) “Un acercamiento a las barreras políticas en las bibliotecas públicas mexicanas. (An approach to the political barriers of the Mexican public libraries.”). BiblioDocencia : Revista de Profesores de Bibliotecología = (Library-Teaching: Journal of Professors of Library and Information Science) (Peru). 2 (9): pp. 43-47. Accessible online in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00004200/ . 9. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2004) “Una introducción a la crítica de los desafíos teóricos y prácticos que enfrentan los integrantes de los repositorios públicos de conocimiento en el fenómeno de la sociedad de la información. (An introduction to the critique of the theoretical and practical challenges that face the stakeholders of the public repositories of public knowledge at the Information Society phenomenon.)” Pez de Plata : Bibliotecas Públicas a la Vanguardia= Silver Fish: Public Libraries to the Vanguard (Chile). 1 (2). Accessible online in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003577/ . >>Non-peer reviewed publications >> 1. Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín (2001) Let us really promote the development of the Mexican public libraries. Library Juice 4(25). Accessible online in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00004746/ 2. Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín (2001) Ley de acceso a la información pública, bibliotecarios y archivistas = Mexican freedom of information act, librarians and archivists. In newspaper: El Heraldo de Chihuahua (2 and 3 August 2001). Accessible online in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003599/02/informationact.pdf , or: http://web.archive.org/web/20020417044525/www.online.com.mx/el_heraldo/editoriales/03agosto2001/3.html . 3. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2000). "Poem: Odes to Public Libraries". The One-Person Library. Cleveland, OH: Information Bridges International, (Section Around the World 3), Vol. 17, No. 4, August 2000, p. 9 & 10. Accessible free at my open access archive at E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/6977/ . 4. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1999) Los servicios de referencia de las bibliotecas UACJ, panacea para sus males de información : tercera de tres partes. In Gaceta Universitaria de la UACJ, 14(120) 12, University Autonomous of Ciudad Juarez (Mexico). Accessible free at my open access archive at E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005118/ . 5. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1999) Los servicios de referencia de las bibliotecas UACJ, panacea para sus males de información : segunda de tres partes. In Gaceta Universitaria de la UACJ, 14(119) 2, University Autonomous of Ciudad Juarez (Mexico). Accessible free at my open access archive at E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005117/ . 6. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1999) Los servicios de referencia de las bibliotecas UACJ, panacea para sus males de información : primera de tres partes. In Gaceta Universitaria de la UACJ, 14(116) 12, University Autonomous of Ciudad Juarez (Mexico). Accessible free at my open access archive at E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005120/ . 7. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1992). "Historia versus el diletantismo academico." (History versus the academic dilettantism) Itoloca: Una Revista de Historiografía Estudiantil. (Itoloca: A Student Journal of History). Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. University Autonomous of Nuevo Leon, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Dept. of History. Vol.1. No.1. May 1992, p. 30-35.
>> Research Projects >>
>>Major research projects>> 1. Muela Meza, Zapopan Martín. (2010). An Application of Community Profiling to Analyse Community Information Needs, and Providers: Perceptions from the People of the Broomhall Neighbourhood of Sheffield, UK. Sheffield, UK: University of Sheffield, Department of Information Studies. [PhD Thesis]. Accessible in open access through E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/18649/ . Funded from a full academic excellence scholarship by the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) and The University of Sheffield, 2003-2007. 2. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2004). A Community Profile of the Broomhall Community of Sheffield, UK Unpublished report submitted on 18.10.2004 to the Departmental Research Committee towards the upgrading from MPhil to PhD student status. Sheffield, UK: Dept. of Information Studies, University of Sheffield. Funded from a full academic excellence scholarship by the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT), and The University of Sheffield, 2003-2007. >>Research
Papers>> 1. Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín (2006) Community profiling and Library and Information Science (LIS). A working bibliography for a PhD research in progress. Version 01 (compiled from 30 September 2003 until 03 August 2006) . Personal file of the author. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00006877/ . 2. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2001). “Pathfinder of Freedom of Information Legislations.” Buffalo, New York, USA. [pre-print]. http://web.archive.org/web/20020410060358/www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~zmmuela/foi.htm . 3. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2001). “Pathfinder for librarians' resources. A web guide for librarians for the reference sources and services (Unpublished).” Paper for a Master in Library Science course, April 2001. Buffalo, NY: State University of New York at Buffalo, Dept. of Library and Information Studies. http://web.archive.org/web/20020804080659/www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~zmmuela/librarianspathfinder.html 4. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2001). "How to Select Search Engines. An Introductory Literature Review for Librarians." Unpublished paper for the Reference Sources and Services course at the Master in Library Science. April 2001, submitted to Dr. Lorna Peterson. Buffalo, NY: State University of New York at Buffalo, Dept. of Library and Information Studies. 5. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2001) "The leading role of librarians in the metadata revolution." Unpublished paper for the Organization and Control of Recorded Information MLS course, April 2001, submitted to Dr. Deborah J. Karpuk. Buffalo, NY: State University of New York at Buffalo, Dept. of Library and Information Studies. Accessible free at my open access file at E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00011847/ . 6. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2000). "Is thin-client server becoming the new paradigm in networking technologies?" Unpublished paper for the Networking Technologies MLS course, Dec. 2000, submitted to Prof. Neil Yerkey. Buffalo, NY: State University of New York at Buffalo, Dept. of Library and Information Studies. Accessible free at my open access file at E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/13353/ . 7. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1999). “An approach to the usefulness of database systems in academic electronic libraries.” Preprint while working as Head of the Reference Section at the Central Library, at Ciudad Juarez Autonomous University, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico. 8. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1998). “Project to build an electronic library in academic libraries.” Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Preprint while working as an information broker for The Dialog Corporation – Mexico and Infoestrategica, S.A. de C.V (now The Thompson Corporation). 9. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1997). "Essay and an annotated Bibliography of artificial intelligence expert systems applied on library and information science and Knowledge Management” research paper for the course Comparative Librarianship at the Department of Library and Information Science, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Nuevo Leon Autonomous University. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. 10. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1995-1997)." Unpublished paper for the Undergraduate degree of Library and Information Science course on Introduction to Computers for Librarians and Comparative Librarianship. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Department of Library and Information Science. 11. Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín (1995) Brief introduction to the Mexican public libraries = Breve introducción a las bibliotecas públicas mexicanas. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico: Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, College of Library Science. Accessible free at my open access file at E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00004878/ .
>>translations>> English-Spanish translations of these documents:
4. Corcoran, M.E. & Robinson, C.A. (1998). “Successful management of the corporate knowledge base: A checklist for top management.” (“Administración exitosa de la base de conocimiento corporativo: una lista de prioridades para una administración de alto nivel.” ). Creating and Launching Knowledge Products: The Dialog Corporation. Palo Alto, California: The Dialog Corporation (now The Thomson Corporation). http://web.archive.org/web/20010210030009/http://www.infosal.uadec.mx/cie/ArtAdmon.htm
>> Researchers who have cited my publications (others than me) >>
3. Jemo, Ruth M. (2008). “Public libraries and democracy: The Kenyan experience.” Paper presented at Goethe-Institute/Kenya National Library service workshop held at CPA Conference Ruaraka, Kenya, 23rd to 25th July 2008, on “The Role of Libraries in Promoting Democracy, Ensuring Free Access for all”. 4. Mnubi Mchombu, Chiku, Mostert, Janneke, and Ocholla, Dennis. (2008). “Information needs and information seeking behaviour of orphans and vulnerable children and their caregivers: a case study of Okahandja, Namibia.” African Journal of Library, Archives, and Information Science.
6. Salazar Vázquez, Francisco Fabián. (2008). La Ley Federal de Transparencia y acceso a la Información Pública Gubernamental en el marco del derecho a la información (English Tr: The Mexican Federal Act of Transparency and Governmental Public Information in the framework of the right to information: Undergraduate degree thesis at the Dept. Of Library and Information Science, Mexico National Autonomous University). Informe académico por elaboración comentada de material didáctico para apoyar la docencia para obtención del título de licenciado en bibliotecología. México: UNAM, FFYL, Colegio de Bibliotecología. [Online] http://www.filos.unam.mx/LICENCIATURA/bibliotecologia/textos-apoyo-docencia/salazar-vazquez-francisco-fabian.pdf . 7. Torres-Reyes, José Antonio. (2008). “Un análisis crítico de los derechos de autor y su impacto negativo en las instituciones de información documental mexicanas” (“A critical analysis of the authors’ rights and their negative impact in the Mexican institutions of information recorded in documents.”) Crítica Bibliotecológica: Revista de las Ciencias de Información Documental (Library and Information Science Critique: Journal of the Sciences of Information Recorded in Documents), 1 (1), jul-dic, pp. 42-50. Crítica Bibliotecológica: Revista de las Ciencias de Información Documental (Library and Information Science Critique: Journal of the Sciences of Information Recorded in Documents), 1, (1), pp. 42-50. 8. García López, Genaro Luis. (2007). “El acceso a la información de la administración pública en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos: la regulación del principio de libre información.” (“Access to public governmental information of the Mexican United States: regulating the principle of free access to information.”) Investigación Bibliotecológica (Librarianship Research) (Mexico, UNAM), 21 (43), pp. 107-138. 9. Abrams, William S. (2006) Directorio de consultores, recursos y sitios de Internet relacionados con bibliotecas mexicanas = Directory of consultants, resources & Internet sites relating to Mexican libraries. Guide/Manual. Austin, Texas, USA: Abrams Indexing Services. 10. Chavarría, Jesennia, Chaves, Eduardo & Soto, Diego. (2006). "Desarrollo de la Medida en Costa Rica: una investigación etnográfica [English Tr: Development of Measure in Costa Rica: An Ethnographic Research." In: Primer Encuentro de Ensenanza de la Matematica tema “La didáctica de la matemática en los niveles de secundaria y universidad” que se realizó en esta institución del 22 al 23 de setiembre de 2006.[First Conference of Mathematics Teaching]. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad Estatal a Distancia, 22 y 23 de septiembre de 2006. [Online] http://www.uned.ac.cr/MemEncMate/Ponencias/proceso-ensenanza/Desarrollo%20de%20la%20Medida-%20Jessenia%20Chavarria%20y%20otros.pdf . 11. Ferrada Cubillos, Mariela (2006) Etnografía un enfoque para la investigación de weblogs en Biblioteconomía y Documentación. (English Tr.: Ethnography: an approach for the research of Weblogs in Library and Information Science). Biblios (23). (Peru). 12. Martínez Rocha, Eida. (2006). Información documental: una agenda del Movimiento de Mujeres Centroamericano [English Tr: Documental Information: An Agenda of the Women Movement of Central America. San Jose, Costa Rica: Universidad Nacional; Universidad de Costa Rica. [Master Degree in Genre and Intra-Familiar Violence; Magistra en Violencia Intrafamiliar y de Género, septiembre del 2006. [Online] http://www.icla.com/biblionica/ensayos/martinez.pdf . 13. Mchombu, Kingo & Cadbury, Nicola. (2006). “Libraries, literacy and poverty reduction: a key to African development.” A research paper looking at libraries commissioned by Book Aid International and sponsored by the Commonwealth Foundation. London: Book Aid International Libraries. [Online] http://www.bookaid.org/resources/downloads/Libraries_Literacy_Poverty_Reduction.pdf . 14. Torres-Reyes, Jose Antonio. (2006). “Una aproximación a los derechos de autor y su impacto en las bibliotecas, archivos y centros de información en el contexto mexicano.” [English Tr: An approximation to the authors’ rights and their impact in libraries, archives and information centres in the Mexican context] In: 2o Foro Social de Información, Documentación y Bibliotecas [2nd Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries; Mexico City]. Ciudad de Mexico, 7 y 8 de septiembre de 2006. [Online] http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00011052/ . 15. Cardona Herrera, Marcela (2005) Construcción del tesauro especializado en los servicios de referencia electrónicos del campo de las ciencias y tecnologías de la información (TESREFEL): manual de políticas y procedimientos. (English Tr: Construction of a Specialized Thesaurus of Electronic Reference Resources on the Field of Information Science and Technologies). Thesis of Master of Library and Information Science, Escuela Graduada de Ciencias y Tecnologías de la Información, University of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico). 16. Cendejas, Luis (2005) Salvaguardar memoria. (English Tr.: “To preserve the archives memory.”) In newspaper: La voz de Michoacán : la voz del pueblo hecha periódico, LVII(18, 812, mayo 31) 25A. (Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico). 17. Samek, Toni & Navarro, Gustavo. (2005). “Mining and Onlining Memory: The Foundation, Organization, Preservation, Access, and Control of Unfettered Cultural Records for All.” In: ETHICOMP 2005 International Conference on the Social and Ethical Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies. Linköping, Sweden, September 13, 2005 [and CLACSO's (Latin American Council of Social Sciences) Electronic Network/RAEC (Red Académica Electrónica de CLACSO)]. [Online] http://bibliotecavirtual.clacso.org.ar/ar/libros/raec/ethicomp5/docs/pdf_papers/58Samek,%20Toni.pdf . 18. Saquilán, Verónica María (2005) Estudio etnografico acerca de las representaciones sociales del rol del bibliotecario, en usuarios de la Biblioteca Central de la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. (English Tr.: An Etnographic Study About The Social Representations Of The Librarian Role In Users Of The Central Library At The National University Of Mar Del Plata). Bachelor of Arts in Library and Information Science Dissertation, Departamento de Documentación, Facultad de Humanidades, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (Argentina). 19. Uribe Tirado, Alejandro (2005) Las unidades de información y empresas informativo-documentales que se requieren hoy en América Latina : una mirada desde la gerencia y el mercadeo con responsabilidad social. (English tr: The information units and informational-documental companies required today in Latin America: a look from the managerialism and marketing with social responsibility). Revista Interamericana de Bibliotecología 28(2):pp. 11-41. (Colombia). 20. Vives-Gràcia, Josep (2005) Aspectos de propiedad intelectual en la creación y gestión de repositorios institucionales. (English Tr.: Aspects of intellectual property and management of institutional repositories). El Profesional de la Información 14(4):pp. 267-278. (Spain). 21. Uribe Tirado, Alejandro (2004) Acceso, conocimiento y uso de las herramientas especializadas de Internet entre la comunidad académica, científica, profesional y cultural de la Universidad dentioquía. Etapa 1: Creación del modelo para recopilación y análisis de información. Master’s thesis, Interamerican School of Library and Information Science, University of Antioquia (Colombia). 22. Lencinas, Verónica (2004) Algunas problemáticas relacionadas con las TICs y la bibliotecología. (English Tr.: “Some problems related to Information and Communication Technologies and librarianship”). In Proceedings 1er Foro Social de Información, Documentación y Bibliotecas, Buenos Aires (Argentina). 23. Torres Reyes, José Antonio. (2002). “El
Profesional de la Información como facilitador del libre acceso a la
información.” (English Tr.: “The information
profesional as a facilitator of free access to information). In Proceedings Foros de Consulta Popular Sobre el Derecho al Acceso a
la Información, Monterrey, Nuevo León (Mexico).
>> Conferences >>
>>As
a lecturer>> Related to Libraries, Archives, and other Institutions of
Information Recorded in Documents 1. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2010). “Una aproximación a la creación de un Modelo de Análisis Integral Crítico para la investigación en las Ciencias de la Información Documental o el Espíritu de investigación de Eratóstenes” (“An approximation to the construction of a critical, analytical and integral model for Library and Information Science research or the Eratosthenes Research Spirit model.”) presentation given at the IV Colloquium of Humanities: Dialogues on Education, Arts, Culture, and Society, organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, May 24 and 25, 2010. Accessible free at my open access archive at E-LIS: http://eprints.rclis.org/18661/ . 2. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2008). “An introduction to a materialistic evolutionary glimpse of critique of the copyright affecting the network of scientific research.” Paper delivered at the Second Workshop of the Copy/South Research Group, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, December 4-12, 2008. 3. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2008). “Critical and sceptical thinking in public administration : Pensamiento crítico y escéptico en la función pública.” Paper delivered at the Quality and Culture Week at the Nuevo Leon Branch of the Mexican National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI), Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, October 2008. [In Spanish]. 4. Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín (2007) An application of community profiling to analyse community information needs, issues and providers in Broomhall, Sheffield, UK. Delivered at 5th Symposium of Mexican Students & Studies, organizaed by the Mexican Student Association at the University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex (UK). Presentation. 5. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2006). “Critical and sceptical thinking in librarianship.” Keynote speaker at the Opening Lecture on the Society of Knowledge Context and the Public Libraries conference. At the First International Conference of Information Science on the frame of Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Faculty of Library and Information Science at the University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia, 8-10 November 2006. http://bibliotecologia.udea.edu.co/boletin/boletin10/index.html . [In Spanish]. 6. Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín (2006) Por una crítica al copyright y al rol de policías del copyright de los bibliotecarios. (For a critique of the copyright and the copyright-cop roles of librarians). In Proceedings of the Second Social Forum of Information, Documentation, and Libraries (2o Foro Social de Información, Documentación y Bibliotecas (FSIDyB)), Mexico City (Mexico), September 2006. [In Spanish]. 7. Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín (2006) Por una crítica al copyright y al rol de policías del copyright de los bibliotecarios. (For a critique of the copyright and the copyright-cop roles of librarians). In Proceedings of the International Seminar on Intellectual Property from the Perspective of ALBA (Bolivarian Alternatives for the American Continent): Contributing to the Conformation of a Multi-polar World (Seminario Internacional sobre la Propiedad Intelectual desde la Perspectiva del ALBA (Alternativas Bolivarianas para América): Contribuyendo a la Conformación de un Mundo Multipolar), Caracas (Venezuela), 3 & 4 November 2006. [In Spanish]. 8. Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín (2005) The Open Access Movement in Latin America. A continuation of the historic clashes between the capitalistic-driven forces against the socializing forces of information and knowledge sharing. Delivered at First Workshop on Eprints in Library and Information Science, Geneva (Switzerland), 22nd October 2005. Presentation. http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00005418/ . 9. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2005). Participation with presentation and debates during 4 long days in the Copy South Research Group, Kent University, Canterbury, Kent, UK, August 2005. 10. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2005). “A Community Profile of the Broomhall Community of Sheffield”, UK Unpublished presentation given on 20.06.2005 to the Departmental Research Committee towards the upgrading from MPhil to PhD student status. Sheffield, UK: Dept.of Information Studies, University of Sheffield. <http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00004870/> or <http://dis.shef.ac.uk/mark/duties/>. 11. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2004) “Liberación de la información como condición de la liberación del acceso a la información (Information liberation as a condition towards the liberation of the access of information)”. In Proceedings Primer Foro Social de Información, Documentación y Bibliotecas. "Programas de acción alternativa desde Latinoamérica para la sociedad del conocimiento = First Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries: “Alternative Action Programs from Latin America towards the Knowledge Society", Buenos Aires (Argentina). http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003623/ . 12. Muela-Meza, Zapopan Martín (2003) Un acercamiento a las barreras políticas en las bibliotecas públicas mexicanas. (An aproach to the political barriers in the Mexican public libraries.) In Proceedings of the Third Nacional Congreso on Public Libraries = Tercer Congreso Nacional De Bibliotecas Públicas: “A 20 Años de La Red Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas”, Durango, Durango, México. (but excluded for publication from its proceedings). 13. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2002) “Estrategias para construir un nuevo paradigma de recursos humanos en las bibliotecas públicas mexicanas. (Strategies to build a new paradigm of human resources in the Mexican public libraries.”) In Proceedings Segundo Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas: "Estrategias y Proyectos para el Desarrollo", pp. 168-172, Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico). http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003596/ 14. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2002) “¿Dónde quedaron los administradores del acceso a la información en la nueva Ley de Acceso a la Información?. (Why have the information workers been excluded from the new Mexican Freedom of Access to the Public Government Information Act?”) In Proceedings Foros de Consulta Popular Sobre el Derecho al Acceso a la Información, Monterrey, Nuevo León (Mexico). http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003600/ . 15. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2001) “Impulsemos en serio el desarrollo de las bibliotecas públicas mexicanas (“Let us really promote the development of the Mexican public libraries.”). In Proceedings Primer Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas y Centros de Documentación : Futuro y Perspectivas de los Servicios Bibliotecarios y de Información, Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico) (but excluded for its publication in the proceedings). http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00003597/ . http://web.archive.org/web/20020607211432/www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~zmmuela/mexpublib.htm . 16. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2001). "Scientific, Social and Ecological Responsibilities of the New Professionals." Presentation given to new Fulbright Students enrolling in US universities. Invited by John Wood, Coord. of the English as a Second Language Program, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA, July 15, 2001. 17. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2001). “Social Responsibilities of Librarians” Lecture given to students and faculty of the Undergraduate of Library and Information Science Program, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México. July 5, 2001. See full text: http://web.archive.org/web/20020207015846/www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~zmmuela/socialpoliticalresp.htm . 18. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2000). “From the paper to the electronic archiving.” At Mexican National Waters Commission (CNA) Registry of Water Rights Digital and Paper Archives, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. 19. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1999). “Talleres DHI en medios electrónicos una experiencia de vanguardia.” [English Tr: “Information literacy (DHI) workshops: a vanguard experience.”] Paper and presentation given at the Second Mexican National Conference of Information Literacy (but excluded from its publication in the proceedings), Organized by the Central Library of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, UACJ, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México, 7, 8 & 9 October, 1999. http://web.archive.org/web/20040923064446/http://bivir.uacj.mx/dhi/Eventos/programa.pdf 20. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1999). “Nuevos desarrollos en los servicios de referencia o consulta” [“New developments in Reference Services” a workshop given as training to my staff of the Reference Section, Central Library, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, July 1999. 21. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1997). “A Review of the Information Access with in Electronic Media”, lecture given at the Annual Conference of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon Librarians, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, May 1997. 22. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1995-2000) Many workshops on information retrieval using online, Internet and CD-ROM technologies given to Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, and Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez staff, faculty and students. 23. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (1995-1998) Many training, and presentations to academic and corporate libraries while library vendor representative.
As attendee:
1. Regional Colloquium of Tutors: In Search of the Integral Student Development, organised by the Faculty of Management and Accounting, at Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 9 and 10 September 2010. 2. Training to Use the NEXUS Online Platform at UANL for Teaching and Learning and the Role of Teachers based on the Academic Model of Competencies, organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 4 August 2010. 3. Workshop for Academic Development for The Professorship, organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, July, 2010. 4. Workshop for Academic Development for The Professorship, organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, February, 2010. 5. Workshop for Academic Development for The Professorship, organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, July 2009. 6. Workshop for Academic Development for The Professorship, organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, February 2009. 7. II International Workshop on Copyright Law, organised by the Copy/South Research Group, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, December 2008. 8. Diploma: Design of University Curricula Based on Competencies Educational Model, organized by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, August to December 2008, 60 hours diploma. 9. Workshop for Academic Development for The Professorship, organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, July, 2008. 10. Workshop for Academic Development for The Professorship, organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, February, 2008. 11. Workshop of self-evaluation of undergraduate programs according to the methodologies of the Centre for Evaluation of Higher Education Institutions (Mexico), organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at Nuevo Leon Autonomous University (UANL), San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, February 8 and 9, 2008. 12. 5th Symposium of Mexican Students & Studies, organized by the Mexican Student Association at the University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex (UK). 13. 2003 - 2007, attending many lectures, workshops as part of my PhD program and as part of my Teaching Assistant position training, Sheffield, England, UK. 14. International Seminar on Intellectual Property from the Perspective of ALBA (Bolivarian Alternatives for the American Continent): Contributing to the Conformation of a Multi-polar World (Seminario Internacional sobre la Propiedad Intelectual desde la Perspectiva del ALBA (Alternativas Bolivarianas para América): Contribuyendo a la Conformación de un Mundo Multipolar), Caracas (Venezuela), 3 & 4 November 2006. 15. Second Social Forum of Information, Documentation, and Libraries (2o Foro Social de Información, Documentación y Bibliotecas (FSIDyB)), Mexico City (Mexico), September 2006. 16. First Workshop on Eprints in Library and Information Science (E-LIS), organized by E-LIS, at CERN, Geneva (Switzerland), 22nd October 2005. 17. Primer Foro Social de Información, Documentación y Bibliotecas. "Programas de acción alternativa desde Latinoamérica para la sociedad del conocimiento = First Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries: “Alternative Action Programs from Latin America towards the Knowledge Society", Buenos Aires (Argentina). 18. IFLA 69th Annual Conference, Berlin, Germany, August 2003, thanks to a scholarship from the American Library Association and IFLA. 19. Third Nacional Congreso on Public Libraries = Tercer Congreso Nacional De Bibliotecas Públicas: “A 20 Años de La Red Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas”, Durango, Durango, México, July 2003. 20. Proceedings Segundo Congreso Nacional de Bibliotecas Públicas: "Estrategias y Proyectos para el Desarrollo", pp. 168-172, Guadalajara, Jalisco (Mexico), July 2002. 21. Public Consultation Fora on the Right of Access to Information, organised by the Legislative Chamber of the State of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, (Mexico), April, 2002. 22. National Conference of Public Libraries, organized by ALA-Public Libraries, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, March 2002. 23. IFLA Conference in Buffalo, "Technology, Multiculturalism and Services", Buffalo, NY, USA, August 14-16, 2001. 24. First National Congress of Public Libraries and Documentation Centers: Future and Perspectives of Library and Information Services, Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico), July 2001. 25. State University of New York at Buffalo, “Training for Instructors of the Summer 2001 Educational Opportunity Program”, June 5-6, 2001, Buffalo, NY, USA. 26. State University of New York at Buffalo, “Introduction to Social Informatics”, May 2001, Buffalo, NY, USA. 27. State University of New York at Buffalo, “The Seven Habits of the Highly Effective People.” A motivational workshop given by the Covey Organization, March 16, 2001, Buffalo, NY, USA. 28. 2000-2001, State University of New York at Buffalo, several workshops as part of the credit courses, , Buffalo, NY, USA. 29. 2000-2001, State University of New York at Buffalo, several Information Technologies workshops like: HTML, Frontpage, Thumbnails, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc. and several wellness and motivational workshops for leaders, Buffalo, NY, USA. 30. 2000 Training at the Mexico’s National Federal Water Commission on using the UNESCO’s Microisis software to manage the electronic files. 31. Second Mexican National Conference of Information Literacy (but excluded from its publication in the proceedings), Organized by the Central Library of the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, UACJ, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, México, 7, 8 & 9 October, 1999. http://web.archive.org/web/20040923064446/http://bivir.uacj.mx/dhi/Eventos/programa.pdf . 32. 1998-1999 several training workshops given by the Central Library Administration at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. 33. 1998 constant training on information technologies, and marketing in Monterrey, Nuevo León and México City, México while consultant of The Dialog Corporation (now Thomson Corporation). 34. 1995-1998
Constant training on information technologies and marketing in in Monterrey,
Nuevo León and México City, México while consultant and manager of Books and
Periodicals Exports, Inc. Nota Bene: The list of lectures and courses given and attended is superior, but these are the most representative. I have also attended many conferences and workshops in the disciplines related to my B.A. degrees in History and Applied Linguistics English-Spanish but have been excluded due to the scope of this CV on Library and Information Science.
>> Honours, Scholarships, Prizes, or other Academic Distinctions >>
1. Laureate with the distinction of “Candidate to Become a National Researcher” for outstanding high academic merits devoted for scientific and technological research by the Mexican National System of Researchers of the National Council of Science and Technology (SNI-CONACYT), Federal Mexican Government, Mexico, 2010-2013. 2. Laureate with the distinction of “PROMEP-Profile (Profile of the Mexican Program for the Betterment University Professors)”, for outstanding high academic merits devoted for scientific and technological research by the PROMEP Program of the Secretary of Public Education, Federal Mexican Government, Mexico, 2009-2012. 3. Member of the Copy/South Research Group, Canterbury, Kent, UK, 2005-to present. 4. E-LIS: The International Eprints Open Archives in Library and Information Science, 2005 – Present. (selected as Coordinator of the Editors of E-LIS for Mexico). 5. Scholar and grantee by the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) and The University of Sheffield to study the PhD in Information Studies at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK, 2003-2007. 6. Grantee of the Scholarship to attend the 69th IFLA Conference in Berlin, Germany, August 2003.
13. Muela-Meza, Z.M. (2001). "A Bloodsucking Focus of Sports" The Graduate Quill. (Special Issue). Buffalo, NY: SUNY at Buffalo, Graduate Student Association, MDRF, April 2001. First Prize Winner in the Mark Diamond Research Fund Essay Competition.
>> Professional Experience >>
University Autonomous of Nuevo Leon (UANL), Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Department of Library and Information Studies, San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Full Time Assistant Professor (non tenure), from January 21, 2008 – present. http://www.uanl.mx .
Position: Non-Tenure Full Time Assistant Professor at the Library in Information Studies Department, at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, at the UANL.
· Assistant professor of undergraduate courses of the Undergraduate in Library and Information Science program. Courses that I teach: · Fundamentals of Library and Information Science · Research Methodologies in Library and Information Science · Research in Library and Information Science · Research Seminary in Library and Information Science · Bibliographic Method · Project Design of Library and Information Services · Evaluation of Information Services · Reading Promotion · Marketing of Library and Information Services · School Libraries · Comparative Librarianship · Documental Research Techniques (both: traditional and online through UANL Nexus platform)
· Director and Editor in Chief of Library and Information Science Critique: An International Peer Reviewed Journal of Information Recorded in Documents. http://sites.google.com/site/criticabibliotecologica/liscritique . · Director and Editor in Chief of the Documental Information Bulletin at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at UANL. http://sites.google.com/site/cinfodocuanlffyl/boletininformaciondocumental . · Candidate of National Researchers of the Mexican National System of Researchers of the National Council of Science and Technology (SNI-CONACYT) 2010-2013. · Laureate of the PROMEP-Profile (Profile of the Mexican Program for the Betterment University Professors), Secretary of Public Education, Mexico, 2009-2012.
Centro Regional de Estudios Administrativos (CREA, Regional Centre of Management Studies). Mutualismo 609 Sur, Centro, Cadereyta de Jimenez, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Telephone number: (828) 2847731.
Position: Lecturer per hours at the doctoral and master programs of Management of Educational Institutions.
Courses that I teach at the Doctoral program of Management of Educational Institutions:
· Qualitative Research Methods. · Quantitative Research Methods.
Courses that I teach at the Doctoral program of Management of Educational Institutions:
· Educational Systems of the World. · Educational Research Methods.
University of Sheffield, Department of Information Studies. Teaching Assistant demonstrator. Under the supervision of Mr. Peter Stordy, E-mail: peter.stordy@sheffield.ac.uk . Sheffield, UK, 2006.
Position: Lecturer per hours part time teaching undergraduates and postgraduates at the Department of Information Studies.
Government of the Nuevo Leon State. Secretary of Education. Directorate of Social Programs. Coordination of the State Public Library Network. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, March 15, 2002 to September 15, 2003.
Position: Coordinator of the Nuevo Leon State Public Library Network
· General coordinator of the 288 public libraries of the Nuevo Leon state network, including the largest State Central Public Library -- Biblioteca Central Estatal "Fray Servando Teresa de Mier," by being the link between the federal National General Directorate of Libraries, the state government authorities, the municipal and regional coordinators of libraries and other library national and international organisms and institutions. This system served 1, 500, 000 patrons in 2002 through 52 municipalities. · Director of the $ 2, 200, 000.00 US DLLS construction project of the current extension and redesign of the Central Public Library where it grew from 1, 200 square meters (3,937.007874 square feet) to 1, 950 square meters (6,397.637795 square feet) plus a lot of cutting-edge information technologies and services in benefit of the more than 4 million inhabitants of the Nuevo Leon state. · Manager of a current annual budget of $ 37, 000.00 US DLLS. · General supervisor of 42 state staff and 480 municipal library workers. · Promoter of the reading habit with reading workshops, user bibliographic instruction, guided tours, book loans, reading circles, book fairs, exhibitions, and others. · Supervisor of the constant operation and development of libraries and librarians opening new libraries, developing the existing ones and promoting training courses for librarians. · Developer of collections of the state network by means of users’ needs studies, to select, acquire and distribute pertinent materials, as well as its corresponding technical processing to make them available on the shelves. · Leader on the implementation of new Information Technology in libraries with computer literacy programs, access to databases on CDs, Internet and OPACs. · Strong advocate of the public library development nationally and internationally.
State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Library and Information Studies, Buffalo, NY, USA, May 2001- December 2001. Supervisor: Dr. John Ellison, Tel: (716) 326-6915 (home), Email: johnwellison@yahoo.com.
Position: Web Design and Distance Learning Assistant (non-paid, volunteer and as part of my MLS courses)
State University of New York at Buffalo, Oscar Silverman Undergraduate Library, Buffalo, NY, USA, July 2001
Supervisor: Eric Acree, ea18@cornell.edu .
Position: Information Literacy Instructor for African-American students.
· Assistant Instructor of Eric Acree, MLS, Reference Instruction Coordinator of the Oscar Silverman Undergraduate Library. · Library Instruction for new African American undergraduate students enrolled under the Educational Opportunity Program, http://web.archive.org/web/20020621063201/wings.buffalo.edu/eop/ .
Mexico’s Federal Government National Water Commission (CNA or CONAGUA), Department of the Registry of Public Water Right (REPDA), Rio Bravo Regional Office, Av. Constitucion, Col. Fierro, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, January – August 2000 . http://web.archive.org/web/20020606203139/sgaa.cna.gob.mx/repda/bienvenidos.htm
Position: Head of the Electronic and Printed Archives and Document Control
· Organization and technical processing of files and documents · Retrieval of information for users of federal waters using UNESCO's MICRO CDS/ISIS software .
Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez Central Library, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, October 1998 – November 1999. Supervisor: Dr. Jesús Lau, Director of the UACJ Library System.
Position: Head of the Reference Section http://web.archive.org/web/19990208021053/http://www.uacj.mx/1bibliotecas/serv_referencia.htm
· Overall management of the Reference Section Central Library User-Customer Department personnel (Supervisor of 9 staff members: 1 professional, 3 paraprofessional and 5 student assistants). · Consultant and instructor of electronic information database systems to university students and faculty and community corporate patrons. · Overall reference collection development. · Coordinator of the Information Literacy workshops. http://bivir.uacj.mx/dhi/Eventos/programa.pdf . · UACJ Library System representative librarian and member of the Border Information & Outreach Services of the Interhemispheric Resource Center, in Silver City, New Mexico, USA. http://us-mex.irc-online.org/bios/pdf/internet_handbook_eng.pdf . · International representative of the UACJ Library System before Mexico-USA librarians and organizations from El Paso, TX, Las Cruces, NM, and Albuquerque, NM, USA. · English-Spanish translator and interpreter of library documents and conferences.
The Dialog Corporation (now Thomson Corporation) and Infoestrategica, S.A. de C.V., World Trade Center of Mexico City and Monterrey Branch at Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, April – October 1998. Supervisor: Jose Luis Ascarraga Rossete, Director of the Dialog Latin American Headquarters and President and CEO of Infoestrategica SA de CV, World Trade Center Mexico City, jose_ascarraga@infoestrategica.com.mx, jose_ascarraga@imac.org.mx.
Position: Sales Manager and Corporate Information Consultant/Broker for the North Eastern region of Mexico, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon branch.
· Instructor of over 900 databases using the Dialog and UnCover information retrieval systems for corporate, academic and public librarians. · Market research, sales and positioning of the branch in the region with over 1000 customers. · English-Spanish official translator of the Latin American Sales Directorate corporate image and advertising documents in the Web.
Books and Periodicals Exports, Inc., N y E Omicron, S.A. de C.V., and Educomsa, S.A. de C.V. consortium, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, August 1995 – March 1998.
Supervisor: Noe Guzman Sanchez, President and CEO of the consortium, mexicodf@nyeomicron.com.mx .
Position: North Eastern Mexico Sales Manager and Library Consultant, Monterrey Branch.
· Periodicals and CD-ROM databases library vendor. · Instructor of worldwide class CD-ROM, Internet and online databases information retrieval (Silver Platter, Dialog, Ovid, RR Bowker, HW Wilson, OCLC FirstSearch, UnCover, etc.). · Selection and acquisition outsourcing services for academic and corporate libraries. · Technical and customer support, follow-up and service. · Supervision of 2 staff.
English Instructor for several leading foreign languages schools from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Mexico like the ITESM –Tec de Monterrey-- Campus Monterrey, 1989-1995.
>> Volunteering activities >>
1. E-LIS: The International Eprints Open Archives in Library and Information Science, 2005 – Present. (Coordinator of Editors for Mexico). 2. Mexican liaison of the Border Information and Outreach Service (BIOS), Interhemispheric Research Center, Silver City, New Mexico, USA while Intercultural Officer at the Border Regional Library Association from Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, El Paso, TX, and Las Cruces, NM and as the Head of Reference Dept. of the Central Library at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, 1998-1999. 3. Strong advocate for the internationalization of the UANL Undergraduate Library Science Program, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. See my participation in: a) Meraz, Gloria. Bookmarks, the Lawrence Brothers, and the Cuban Connection: TLA in México. Texas Library Journal. Vol. 74. No. 4. Winter 1998, and b) With German librarians in 1997 contacted through the IFLA mailing list. 4. Advisor for Information Technologies courses to be included in the curriculum of the UANL Undergraduate Library Science Program, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 1995-1998. 5. Volunteer research Assistant to carry out interviews and surveys to collaborate in the change of curricula of the UANL Undergraduate Library Science Program, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, 1995-1998. 6. Research Assistant of the research project Ethnographic Qualitative Research Methodology in Sociology and History focused on Peasant Women Conditions from the East Region of the Nuevo Leon state of Mexico. Volunteer participant of the research project at the University Autonomous of Nuevo Leon. Field and anthropological research among the peasant women from the North East region of the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, the citric region. Consisting of the use of qualitative research of interviews to know about their living conditions when their husbands left them to go abroad to look for a job in the USA. This was part of a major research project carried on by a German sociologist, Dr. Veronika Sieglen and Mexican historian Mrs. Maria Zebadua, who did research among the women from the citric zones of Nuevo Leon as part of the genre studies and also as part of the oral traditions history of women. The findings of these projects were published in a series of books and journals of history at the Facultad de Filosofia y Letras (Faculty of Philosophy and Letters) at the University Autonomous of Nuevo Leon from 1991 to 1995. This project was credited as part of my Social Service University Project in order to obtain my Bachelor of Arts Diploma and I only participated 480 hours during the years of 1991 to 1992 as part of the requirements for graduation.
>> Organizations >>
1. E-LIS: The International Eprints Open Archives in Library and Information Science, 2005 – Present. (Coordinator of Editors for Mexico). 2. The Copy South Research Group, Canterbury, Kent, UK, 2005 – Present. 3. Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2003 – present. 4. Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (and Community Services Group; Public Library Group; Research Group), UK, Student member, 2003 – Present. 5. Fellow Scholar of the Mexican National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) scholarship member, 2003-for life. 6. Mexican National College of Library Science, 2001-present. 7. Public Libraries Association, USA, 2000-2001. 8. American Library Association, 2000-2001. 9. Library and Information Technology Association, 2000-2001. 10. Reference Users and Services Association, 2000-2001. 11. Association of College and Research Libraries, 2000-2001. 12. New York Library Association, 2000-2001. 13. Special Libraries Association, 2000-2001. 14. Association of Computer and Machinery, 2000-2001. 15. American Society of Information Science and Technology, 2000-2001. 16. Fellow Scholar of the Fulbright Scholarship Fellowship, USA, 2000 and for life. 17. Chihuahua, Mexico Library Association, 1998-1999. 18. Border Regional Library Association, El Paso, Texas, USA, Chair of the Intercultural Committee, 1998-1999. http://web.archive.org/web/20001001082642/libraryweb.utep.edu/brla/nlfal99.html . 19. Mexican Librarians Association, 1995-present.
I certify that all the statements in this curriculum vitae are true.
Zapopan Martin Muela-Meza LIS Assistant Professor (Non-Tenure Full Time) Ciudad Universitaria San Nicolas de los Garza, Nuevo Leon MEXICO
E: zapopanmuela@gmail.com
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico October 2010
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