SDSU Library and Information Access

Subject Specialties

Research Guides

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., David, L., Nowicki, R. & 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.