Rebecca Nowicki

Rebecca
ORCID iD
Position: Online Learning Librarian
Phone:(619) 594-0643
email: rnowicki@sdsu.edu
Department Affiliation:
Office: Library Addition 1101P
Address: San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
Mail Code: MC-8050
Add as Contact
Get VCard

Scan & Go

Subject Specialties

Communication, Journalism & Media Studies

Research Guides

Learning Design & Technology, Journalism & Media Studies, Advertising, Communication, News & Newspapers, Course Design Institute - Library Instructional Materials and Resources, Library Resources for Blackboard 9.1, How-To Research Tutorials, Using OneSearch, LING 281: Fake News paper, Library Welcome for Incoming Students, Faculty Support: Library Instructional Materials and Resources, Integrating Library Resources in Canvas, Faculty Guide to Using Credo Core Information Literacy Tutorials, Understanding Citations Tutorials , COMM 204- Wellman and Kay , JMS 600A, News/Media Literacy and Fact-Checking

Professional History

Open Education Resources Librarian
The Foundation for Grossmont and Cuyamaca Community College District , 2018-2018
Adjunct Instruction Librarian
Mesa Community College , 2017-2018
Adjunct Faculty
Grossmont Community College , 2017-2018
Adjunct Librarian
Grossmont Community College , 2016-2018
Manager of Reference and Faculty Services-Library
Ashford University and University of the Rockies Libraries, 2016-2018
Online Associate Faculty
Ashford University , 2015-2016
Distance Education Librarian-Liaison College of Liberal Arts
Ashford University , 2011-2016

Education

Master of Library and Information Science
San Jose State University, 2010
Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Studies
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2002

Selected Publications & Presentations

Nowicki, R. (2021, March). Starting from (sort of) scratch: Strategies for developing a long-term and sustainable online library instruction plan. Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning, In Process. Find Full–Text of Starting from (sort of) scratch: Strategies for developing a long-term and sustainable online library instruction plan

Nowicki, R. (2020, November). Starting from (sort of) scratch: Strategies for developing a long-term and sustainable online library instruction plan.. Presentation at the meeting of the 2020 Distance Library Services Conference, Virtual.

Holvoet, K., Jeffery, K. & Nowicki, R. (2020, June). Building Better Discovery: Using Data to Optimize the User Experience with Mediated Search Results. Poster session presented at the meeting of the American Library Association, Virtual Conference.

Nowicki, R. & Holvoet, K. (2020, May). Pub(lic) Opinion Crawl: Lowering Barriers for Qualitative Library Assessment. Presentation at the meeting of the Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Barcelona, Spain via WebEx.

Holvoet, K. & Nowicki, R. (2019, September). The Internet Says the Darndest Things: A Textbook and a Toolkit for Fighting Fake News. Presentation at the meeting of the Mind Over Chatter: Mindfulness, Media, and Misinformation in the Digital Era Symposium, Kokomo, Indiana .

Contrino, J. & Nowicki, R. (2017, Nov.). Scope and Scale at the Library: Effective Innovations that Learners Choose. Presentation at the meeting of the Ashford Teaching and Learning Conference 2017, San Diego, CA.

Contrino, J. & Nowicki, R. (2017, April ). Filling the Gap: The Library’s Role in Developing an Information Literacy Course. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Academic Resource Conference, San Diego, CA.

Nowicki, R. & Grossman , E. (2016, April ). The Object of Learning Objects: Student Success On Specific Assignments.. Presentation at the meeting of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Academic Resource Conference, Garden Grove, CA.

White, K. & Nowicki, R. (2016, April ). Bridging the Gap: Connecting with Distance Students Through Instructional Webinars. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Distance Library Services Conference, Pittsburg, PA.

Grossman , E., Contrino, J., Lewis, C., Nowicki, R. & White, K. (2015, November). Scaling Solutions in the AU Library to Provide Just-In-Time Information Literacy Instruction to Students. Presentation at the meeting of the Ashford Teaching & Learning Conference (TLC) , San Diego, CA.

Sloan, M., Elizabeth, G., Emily, N., White , K., Haff, D., Contrino, J., Lewis, C., Nowicki, R., Edwards, C. & Howard, C. (2015, April ). Scaling Personalized Distance Learning Supports: Helping Each Student Feel S/He is the Center of the World. Presentation at the meeting of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Academic Resource Conference, Oakland< CA.

Butler, T., Nowicki, R., David, L. & Ashley, G. (2015, May). Librarians and Faculty Collaborating for Student Success (panel session) . Presentation at the meeting of the Association of College and Research Libraries LF-PEI Virtual Conference, Online.

Grossman , E., Nowicki, R. & Dana, H. (2014, May). Using Technology to Provide Reference Services to Online Students at Ashford University. Presentation at the meeting of the Special Libraries Association-San Diego chapter, San Diego, CA.

See all library publications