Marisa Ramirez is primarily responsible for the development and implementation of
the DigitalCommons@CalPoly, a digital repository that provides online open access to
scholarship and research produced by Cal Poly faculty and students. She collaborates with
academic departments and administrative units across campus to bring new visibility to
Cal Poly scholarly, intellectual and creative work. 

Prior to joining Cal Poly, she was the digital repository coordinator for the Arizona
Memory Project (http://azmemory.lib.az.us), a statewide digital library initiative based
out of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records Department. In this
position, she led the initiative in developing, implementing, monitoring and promoting
the digital archive. She has also been active with digital library projects at University
of North Carolina –Chapel Hill and Smithsonian Institution Libraries. 

Her current research interests include digital preservation and curation, the role of
technology in social networking exchanges, and the adoption and use cycles of new
information technologies.

Articles

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Developing a Meaningful Digital Self-Archiving Model: Archival Theory vs. Natural Behavior in the Minds of Carolina Project (with Megan A. Winget), Proceedings of the American Society of Information, Science and Technology (2006)
This paper will review the findings from a research project concluded in 2004, which had...
 

Reports

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Institutional Repository Annual Report to the Provost AY 2008-2009 (with Robert E. Kennedy Library, California Polytechnic State University), Office of the Dean (Library) (2009)
 

Presentations

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At Your Service: Development of the DigitalCommons@Cal Poly, Building an Institutional Repository For Your Campus Colloquium, San Luis Obispo, CA (2008)
 

Posters

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Redefining Library Partnerships: Sharing Physical and Digital Space with the Campus Community (with Jeanine Scaramozzino), Special Libraries Association Annual Meeting: Washington, D.C. (2009)
Cal Poly State University librarians are engaging faculty, staff and students by transforming physical and...
 

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Beyond Access: The Added Value of Electronic Thesis Implementation, International Conference on Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2009 (2009)
 

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Creating a Digital Solution to Preserve Institutional Memory, Sustainability Conference 2008 (2008)
In a research environment, dissemination of new knowledge is an imperative. Science itself is advanced...