Curriculum Vitae, Miller, page 1

Rebecca K. Miller

Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
MS in Library Science, December 2007

The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

BA in English and Religious Studies, December 2004

Scholarships and Fellowships

ACRL 2009 National Conference Librarian Scholarship, March 2009
Received one of 50 scholarships provided to librarians with five or fewer years of post-MLS
experience to participate in the ACRL 2009 National Conference. This award included
complimentary registration and a stipend.

Baker & Taylor Scholarship, May 2006

Received full scholarship to attend seminar on Libraries & Librarianship: Past, Present, and
Future at Oxford University, Oxford, UK, from May 14-27, 2006. Only one scholarship was
awarded.

Employment History
College Librarian for Science, Life Sciences, and Engineering, May 2010-present
Instructor
University Libraries at Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001

Digital Technologies & Information Literacy Librarian, June 2008-May 2010

Assistant Librarian
Louisiana State University Libraries
Middleton Library
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

E-Reserves Assistant Manager, February 2005-June 2008

Library Technical Assistant
Health Sciences Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
335 S. Columbia St., CB 7585
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7585
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Honors, Awards and Grants

Louisiana State University Teaching Enhancement Fund Grant, March 2009
Received a grant sponsored by the LSU Faculty Fellows Program and Campus Federal Credit
Union for reimbursable expenses associated with participation in teaching enhancement
programs or conferences. Funds were used to travel to Seattle, WA for the ACRL 2009
National Conference.

UNC-Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library Award of Excellence, March 2008

Honored with this prestigious award, given annually to one staff or faculty member, in
recognition of exceptional contributions and achievements while employed by the UNC Health
Sciences Library.

Library Services & Technology Act Student Development Grant, October 2007
Received grant funds from the State Library of North Carolina to attend the 2006 North Carolina
Library Association Biennial Conference in Hickory, NC, October 16-19, 2007.

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Graduate School Grant, August 2007

Received a travel grant from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to attend the 2007
Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning & Online Teaching (MERLOT) International
Conference in New Orleans, LA, August 7-10, 2007.

Professional Contributions

Membership in Professional Organizations

American Library Association, 2006-present

Association of College & Research Libraries, 2008-present

Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association, 2006-2007

Virginia Library Association, 2010-present

Louisiana Library Association, 2008-2010

North Carolina Library Association, 2006-2008

Association of College & Research Libraries, Louisiana Chapter, 2008-2010

The Librarians’ Association at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006-2008

Participation in Professional Organizations

American Library Association, 2006-present
Member of the following roundtables: Library Instruction Round Table
(2008-present), New Member Round Table (2008-present).
Committee appointments and leadership positions include: New Member Round Table
Handbook Committee (Chair, 2010-2011; Member, 2009-2010).

Presented as part of the Library and Information Technology Association’s (LITA)

Emerging Technologies Interest Group panel: “What is your library doing about
emerging technologies?” during the 2010 American Library Association Annual Meeting
in Washington, D. C., June 26, 2010.
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Association of College & Research Libraries, 2008-present

Member of the following sections: Instruction Section (2008-present), Women’s Studies
Section (2008-present), Science & Technology Section (2008-present)
Committee appointments and leadership positions include: Instruction Section
Communication Committee (Virtual Member, 2009-2011; Intern, 2009), Women’s
Studies Section Electronic Resources and Access Committee (Member, 2009-2011),
Science & Technology Section Continuing Education Committee (Member, 2010-2012),
Science & Technology Section Virtual Participation Task Force (Member, 2010-2011)

Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association, 2006-2007

Receieved a complimentary student membership as the result of an essay contest held
by the MAC in 2006.

Virginia Library Association, 2010-present

Have volunteered to serve on several committees, and am waiting to hear back.
Concurrent session proposal for 2010 conference in Portsmouth, VA was accepted:
Professional Development in Challenging Times: Tools and Techniques for Keeping
Current with Limited Resources.

Louisiana Library Association, 2008-2010

Member of the following sections and interest groups: Academic Section (2008-2010),
Library User Education Interest Group (2008-2010), New Members Round Table (2009-
2010)
Committee appointments and leadership positions include: 2010 Conference Committee
(Publicity Sub-committee Chair, 2009-2010), New Members Round Table (Co-founder
and Coordinator, 2009-2010)

North Carolina Library Association, 2006-2008

Presented two posters at the 2006 NCLA Biennial Conference (October 2007) in
Hickory, NC. See “Research, Scholarly and Creative Achievements” for details.

Association of College & Research Libraries, Louisiana Chapter, 2008-2010

Committee appointments include: ACRL-LA Mentoring Committee (2008-2009)

Research, Scholarly and Creative Achievements

Presentations
Miller, R. K. and Wilkes, S. (2010, March 12). Professional Development for
Underfunded Librarians. Presentation at the 84th Annual Louisiana Library Association
Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.

Miller, R. K. (2009, October 1). Screencasting: Options for Showcasing, Demonstrating,

and Teaching LOUIS Library Resources. Presentation at the annual LOUIS Users
Conference, Baton Rouge, LA.

Haney, L. and Miller, R. K. (2007, October 19). The Evolution of E-Reserves at a Health
Sciences Library: Thinking Outside the Box. Poster presented at the 2007 North
Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference, Hickory, NC.
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Miller, R. K. and Duangudom, S (2007, October 18). Prospecting for Gold at Wake
Tech: Insinuating Library Instruction into Blackboard Courseware. Poster presented at
the 2007 North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference, Hickory, NC.

Publications
Chapters or Essays in Books
Miller, R. K. (2010). Intellectual Property and the Corporate Library: Understanding
Best Practices in Information Sharing in U.S. Organizations. In Sigrid Kelsey and
Marjorie Porter (Eds.), Best Practices in Corporate Libraries. Englewood, CO: Libraries
Unlimited. Forthcoming.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Miller, R. K. (2010). Showing Some Heart for Louisiana Libraries: LLA 2010
Conference Wrap Up. Louisiana Libraries, 72(4). Forthcoming.
Louisiana Libraries is the official, peer-reviewed publication of the Louisiana Library
Association, publishing the research, case studies, and news items of interest to library
staff members in the state of Louisiana. This article was written in my capacity as the
2010 Conference Committee Publicity Chair, and reflected the major events occurring
during the 2010 Louisiana Library Association Annual Conference.

Ji, H., Hanna, S. D., Lawrence, F. C., and Miller, R. K. (2010, May). Two
Decades of the Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning. Journal of Financial
Counseling and Planning, 21(1), 4-14.
JFCP is the official, peer-reviewed publication of the Association for Financial
Counseling and Planning Education. I have served on the editorial board of this journal
since 2008, and have assisted the editor with increasing the journal’s accessibility since
then. This article includes a section on our efforts to include the journal in more national
and multidisciplinary indexes.

Miller, R. K. (2010, January). The Destination: Louisiana Project: Combining Wikis,

Digital Libraries, and Experiential Learning to Address Current Issues in Information
Literacy Instruction. Louisiana Libraries, 72(3), 19-24.
Louisiana Libraries is the official, peer-reviewed publication of the Louisiana Library
Association. Volume 72, no. 3 is a special information literacy issue, featuring articles
describing research and case studies dealing with information literacy in Louisiana’s
institutions of higher education.

Miller, R. K., Hires, W., and Lawrence, F.C. (2009, Fall). Transforming Access to the
Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning. Journal of Financial Counseling and
Planning, 20(2), 3-4.
JFCP is the official, peer-reviewed publication of the Association for Financial
Counseling and Planning Education. I have served on the editorial board of this journal
since 2008, and have assisted the editor with increasing the journal’s accessibility since
then. This article describes our efforts to ensure the journal’s open access state and its
visibility in indexes of national significance.

Articles in Other Publications (non peer-reviewed)

Miller, R. K. (2010, May). Strengthening Our Ties: The Louisiana Library Association
Reinvigorates its New Members Round Table (and Vice Versa!). Footnotes: Newsletter
of the New Members Round Table, 39(4), n.p.
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Footnotes is the official, quarterly newsletter of the American Library Association’s New
Members Round Table. This article details the history and future goals of the Louisiana
Library Association’s reinstated New Members Round Table, a group that I and my co-
chair reinvigorated in 2009.

Miller, R.K (2009, Summer). The Librarian: A New Ingredient in the Recipe for Success
in Dietetic Education. DEP-Line: A Publication of the Dietetic Educators of
Practitioners, 11-12.
DEP-Line is the official newsletter of the Dietetic Educators of Practitioners, a Dietetic
Practice Group within the American Dietetic Association. This article reflects the
collaborative efforts of Louisiana State University Human Nutrition & Food faculty
members and their library liaison (me).

Miller, R. K. and Lawrence, F. C (2008, Fall). AFCPE’s Research Journal Gains New
Points of Access and Indexing Platforms. The Standard: Newsletter for the Association
for Financial Counseling and Planning Education, 26(4), 15.
The Standard is the official newsletter of the Association for Financial Counseling and
Planning Education. This brief article describes the efforts of the editor and editorial
board of the Association’s research journal (Journal of Financial Counseling and
Planning) to increase the journal’s visibility and sphere of influence.

Miller, R.K. (2008, January). From Bodleian to Idea Stores: The Evolution of English
Library Design.” Library Student Journal, 3(1), n.p.
This work was published as a non-peer reviewed essay in the peer-reviewed journal
Library Student Journal, a publication from the University of Buffalo. Since 2006, this
journal has gained recognition among LIS graduate students and faculty members,
publishing scholarship from the rising stars of the library world.

Book Reviews
Miller, R.K. (2010, May). [Review of the book Bite-Sized Marketing: Realistic Solutions
for Overworked Librarians, by N. Dowd, M. Evangeliste, and J. Silberman]. Endnotes:
The Journal of the New Members Round Table, 1(1), n.p.

Miller, R.K. (2009, Summer). [Review of the book Gender, by H. Bradley]. Feminist
Collections: A Quarterly Review of Women’s Studies Resources, 30(2), 20.

Miller, R. K. (2008, September). [Review of the book Thinking Outside the Book:
Essays for Innovative Librarians by C. Smallwood]. LIBRES: Library and Information
Science Research Electronic Journal, 18, n.p.

University Service Activities

Governance Activities & Academic Committees
Virginia Tech University Libraries Library Faculty Association, June 2010-present
LFA Program Committee, 2010-2012

Louisiana State University Technology Associates, 2009-2010

Participated in regular meetings of non-IT LSU staff members who worked closely with
technology. Served as one of two LSU Libraries representatives; met with other representatives
to discuss IT policies and procedures in a campus-wide forum.

Louisiana State University Video Interest Group, 2009-2010

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Represented LSU Libraries in campus-wide interest group relating to video services for
supporting the instructional and research goals of Louisiana State University and its faculty
members and students.

Louisiana State University Women’s & Gender Studies Faculty Affiliate, 2008-2010
Attended LSU Women’s & Gender Studies faculty meetings; participated in the Women’s &
Gender Studies Community Connections Committee and reading group.

Louisiana State University Libraries Staff Association, 2008-2010

Held the office of Vice President, 2009-2010, developing and facilitating programming and
social events for the LSU Libraries staff.

Meetings, Panels, Presentations, and Workshops

Miller, R. K. and Veeder, H. (2010, April 21). Instruction on Demand: Bite-sized Library
Instruction Sessions in Video Format. Presentation at the Louisiana State University Faculty
Technology Center Share Fair, Baton Rouge, LA.

Miller, R. K., Ryan, J., and VandenBroek, A. (2010, April 14). Tools, Techniques, and Tips for
Managing Your Research. Presentation for the Louisiana State University Faculty Technology
Center Coffee Talk, Baton Rouge, LA.

(2010, April 21). Encore presentation (invited) at Louisiana State University Manship School of
Mass Communications Ph.D. Brown Bag Series, Baton Rouge, LA.

Miller, R. K. (2009, October 28). Screencasting: Easy Options for Supplementing and
Enhancing Instruction. Presentation at the Louisiana State University Faculty Technology
Center Share Fair, Baton Rouge, LA.

Miller, R. K., Henson, J., and Porter, M. (2009, October 19). Technology & Collaboration:
How LSU Libraries and LSU Faculty Members Form Creative Partnerships. Louisiana State
University Faculty Technology Center Coffee Talk, Baton Rouge, LA.