ANDRÉS FERNÁNDEZ RAMOS

ANDRÉS FERNÁNDEZ RAMOS is a Professor at the University of León, affiliated with the College of Philosophy and Letters and the Department of Artistic and Documentary Heritage. His work centers on Library and Documentation Science, with a focus on institutional repositories, information literacy, and digital humanities.

Education

• PhD (2013) in Documentation Science from the University of Granada, with the thesis Subject gateways: tools for filtering web content and methodological proposal for their evaluation

Research Interests
His research explores the intersection of information organization, digital scholarship, and community engagement. Key areas include social epistemology in library science, value-added services in institutional repositories, and information behavior in digital environments. He investigates how academic libraries can enhance research visibility and promote resilience in information evaluation.

Article Trends
His publications (2002–2025) reveal long-term engagement with:

• Quantitative analysis of journal usage (downloads vs citations)
• Transformation of big deals in open access transition
• Information literacy in indigenous communities
• Online library tutorials and educational technology
• Quality assessment of digital resources

Research Group
Active member of ARBIDOC (Research on Archives, Libraries, Information, and Documentation), contributing to methodological advances in information organization and accessibility.