UNIVERSITY LIBRARY - Key Persons

Marketing expert with more than 15 years of experience as a consultant working in industries such as mining, construction, education, postal services, transport, financial services and banks, retail, telecommunications, government institutions, political campaigns, non-profit organizations, among others. As an educator, Dr. Villegas has taught thousands of students, workers, and executives, and has experience in undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs. He is the Vice President of the Iberoamerican Communication Strategies Forum (FISEC), a research group that brings together academics from over 20 countries, also is the faculty advisor for the Tech Marketing Association and a proud father of two. His research interest is focused on online communities in social media, with special interest on the understanding of the cultural, interaction and symbolic elements from a brand and consumer perspective. Experience the power of a global learning environment.

Donell Callender

do..@ttu.edu

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Librarian / Research

Donell Callender received her master's in library science from University of North Texas in 2002. She has been with the TTU Libraries since 1997 as staff and became faculty in 2002. Currently she is the Head of the Research, Instruction & Outreach department in the library. This department has 13 faculty that provide research instruction, collection development and outreach services for the entire campus and the Lubbock community. She teaches Essentials for Scholarly Research as well as the first year seminar class, Raider Ready, each fall. Her research interests include instruction assessment, active learning, and student retention. She is active within TTU faculty governance and is on several faculty committees. She is also active nationally with ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) and TLA (Texas Library Association).

Dooley, Evan

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Associate Access Services

Dulcinea Almager

du..@ttu.edu

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Senior Library Associate

Dylan Chan

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Programmer Analyst I

Elliott, Taylor

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Associate Document Delivery

Elrod, Morgan

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Archival Associate SWC / SCL

Erin Burns

er..@ttu.edu

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Assistant Librarian / Research
Specialist

Erin Burns is a library instruction specialist for many different topics, including the STEM fields. She has worked as a librarian for twelve years at Penn State, before starting at Texas Tech in July 2020. She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 200), and you can find her walking or hiking when she is not knitting or standing in tree pose.p

Ezell, Max

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Senior IT Support Technician LTMS PC Support

Fisher, Dalton

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Senior IT Support Technician LTMS

Forbes, Jennifer

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Senior Library Associate EBook Management

Gilchriest, Samantha

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Associate Document Delivery

Gilstrap, Jenny

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Section Supervisor Business Operations

Hebert, Shelby

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Assistant Librarian Research, Instruction & Outreach

Higgins, John

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Associate Access Services - Circulation

Hugh Allen Anderson

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Senior Archival Associate
Senior Archival Associate SWC / SCL

Ian Babowicz

ia..@ttu.edu

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Lead Archival Associate

Ian Barba

ia..@ttu.edu

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Associate Librarian / Research

Ian Barba received his B.A. in English from TTU in 2004, and his M.S. in Library Science from UNT in 2008. Since joining the Texas Tech University Libraries in 2009, he has focused on improving library services and instruction. His research interests include instructional technology, distance education, and embedded librarianship.