Rebecca Nowicki

Position: Online Learning Librarian
Academic Rank: Associate Librarian
Phone:(619) 594-0643
email: rnowicki@sdsu.edu
Department Affiliation: Research & Instruction
Address:
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-8050
Mail Code: MC-8050
Subject Specialties
Research Guides
Learning Design & Technology, Course Design Institute (CDI) - Library Instructional Materials and Resources, LING 281: Fake News paper, COMM 204, News/Media Literacy and Fact-Checking, Communication, Television and Film, News & Newspapers, How-To Research Tutorials, Honors 113-02, RWS Library Instruction Review, Journalism & Media Studies, Advertising, Using OneSearch, Faculty Support: Library Instructional Materials and Resources, Integrating Library Resources in Canvas, Country Information , You Got OER in My Information Literacy - You Got Info Lit in My OER: Teaching Instructors to Embrace Library Lead Initiatives, Theatre, Library Welcome for Incoming Students, Faculty Guide to Using Credo Core Information Literacy Tutorials, Understanding Citations Tutorials , JMS 600AProfessional 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.
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