SDSU Library: Directory

Professional History

Online Learning Librarian , 2018—Present
Library , San Diego State University
Open Education Librarian, 2018—2018
Library , Grossmont College

Education

Master of Library and Information Science , San Jose State University, 2010

Journal Articles

Lucy Campbell, Rebecca Nowicki & Keven Jeffery (2025). AI, Acronyms, and the Future of Facets: Mnemonics as Heuristic Instructional Tools for Structuring GenAI Prompts, Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries [journal-article]
Rebecca Nowicki (2020). 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. 10.1080/1533290X.2021.1896623 [journal-article]

Conference Presentations

Lucy Campbell, Katherine G. Holvoet, Rebecca Nowicki, Keven Jeffery & Connor Franklin Rey (2025). Lowering the stakes: A strategy for kickstarting qualitative research for students and investigators, 16th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries [conference-presentation]
Lucy Campbell, Katherine G. Holvoet, Rebecca Nowicki, Keven Jeffery & Connor Franklin Rey (2025). Lowering the stakes: A strategy for kickstarting qualitative research for students and investigators., 16th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries Conference Proceedings [conference-paper]
Lucy Campbell, Rebecca Nowicki, Katherine G. Holvoet, Keven Jeffery & Connor Franklin Rey (2025). Qualitative Research Made Easy: Implementing the Pub(lic) Opinion Crawl in Your Library., 17th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference [conference-presentation]
Rebecca Nowicki, Katherine G. Holvoet, Dale Larsen , Lux Darkbloom & Crystal Goldman (2025). This Performance Review is F*cked: Librarian Peer Review Through the Lens of Sociomateriality, Empirical Librarians Conference [conference-presentation]
Lucy Campbell, Katherine G. Holvoet, Rebecca Nowicki, Keven Jeffery & Connor Franklin Rey (2024). Maximizing Student Participation in Library Research and Assessment, American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division (AAAS-PD) Conference [conference-abstract]
Rebecca Nowicki, Darby Fanning & Dale Larsen (2024). The Frosting on Your Cake: Aligning Information Literacy (IL) with your Course Curriculum, 2024 Modern Language Association Annual Convention [conference-abstract]
Suzanne Maguire, Rebecca Nowicki & Sarah Tribelhorn (2023). Be Your Own Library Instruction DJ: Locating, Remixing, and Collaborating on Instructional Objects, 2023 Distance and Online Learning Virtual Poster Session [conference-abstract]
Rebecca Nowicki (2020). Starting from (sort of) Scratch: Strategies for Developing a Long-term and Sustainable Online Library Instruction Plan., 2020 Distance Library Service Conference [conference-paper]
Rebecca Nowicki & Katherine G. Holvoet (2020). Pub(lic) Opinion Crawl: Lowering Barriers for Qualitative Library Assessment, 12th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference [conference-paper]
Kate Holvoet, Rebecca Nowicki & Chris Werry (2019). The Internet Says the Darndest Things: A Textbook and a Toolkit for Fighting Fake News, Mindfulness, Media, & Misinformation in the Digital Era, [conference-paper]
(2016). The Object of Learning Objects: Student Success on Specific Assignments. , 2016 WSCUC Academic Resource Conference [conference-paper]
(2015). Scaling Personalized Distance Learning Supports, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Academic Resource Conference [conference-paper]

Conference Posters

Rebecca Nowicki (2025). Conversations with Students: Creating Engaging Instructional Videos Using Peer-to-Peer Instruction and a Conversational Model, 2025 Distance and Online Learning Virtual Poster Session [conference-poster]
Lucy Campbell, Rebecca Nowicki & Keven Jeffery (2024). Prompting the Robot: Testing Heuristic Acronyms for Successful AI Faceted Searching, 2024 American Library Annual Conference [conference-poster]
Rebecca Nowicki & Katherine G. Holvoet (2022). Impactful Conversations: Engaging Instructors with Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, and Open Educational Resources During the Global Shift to Online Learning, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 2022 World Library and Information Congress [conference-poster]
Kate Holvoet & Rebecca Nowicki (2022). You Got OER in My Information Literacy - You Got Info Lit in My OER: Teaching Instructors to Embrace Library Lead Initiatives, 2022 American Library Association Annual Conference [conference-poster]
Rebecca Nowicki, Katherine G. Holvoet & Keven Jeffery (2020). Building Better Discovery: Using Data to Optimize the User Experience with Mediated Search Results, 2020 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition [conference-poster]
(2017). Filling the Gap: The Library’s Role in Developing an Information Literacy Course. , WSCUC 2017 Academic Resource Conference (ARC) [conference-poster]
(2016). Bridging the Gap: Connecting with Distance Students through Instructional Webinars , 17th Distance Library Services Conference [conference-poster]

Rebecca Nowicki

Online Learning Librarian

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