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Name:	Rachel Cooke
Education	MLS, Kent State University, 2001 MA, Art History, Case Western Reserve University,1999 BA, History and History of Art, University of Michigan, 1996
Responsibilities:	Assistant University Librarian, Library Services
Contact Information:	Address: 10501 FGCU Blvd South Ft. Myers, FL 33965	Phone: 239-590-7606	E-Mail: rcooke@fgcu.edu
Liaison Librarian for the departments of
Communication, History, Languages & Literature, and Visual & Performing Arts
Collection Development Responsibilities
Communication, History, Languages & Literature, and Visual & Performing Arts
Services
Schedule a Research Consultation Subject Guides
Professional Experience
History & Humanities Librarian, Florida Gulf Coast University August 2004 – Present Reference Librarian, Rutenberg Library, Lee County Library System November 2001 – July 2004 Slide Curator, Baldwin Wallace College September 1997 – July 2001 Art History Instructor, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania August 1999 – May 2000
Professional Interests
Reference services Library instruction Faculty and Librarian Collaboration Digitization of visual materials
Publication/Presentations
Reviewer for Choice Magazine, 2005 - Present Cooke, Rachel and Rebecca Donlan, "Thinking Inside the Box: Comparing Federated Search Results from Google Scholar, Live Search Academic, and Central Search." Journal of Library Administration 46.3/4 (2007): 31 -42. (Also published as a chapter in Google Scholar and More: New Google Applications and Tools for Libraries and Library Users. Ed. Miller, William and Pellen, Rita M. Binghamton: Haworth Press, 2007. 31-42). Donlan, Rebecca, and Rachel Cooke, "Running with the Devil: Accessing Library-Licensed Full-Text Holdings through Google Scholar." .Reference Services Quarterly 10.3/4 (2005): 149-157. (Also published as a chapter in Libraries and Google. Ed. Miller, William and Pellen, Rita M. Binghamton: Haworth Press, 2006. 149-157). Poster session at ACRL, Minneapolis, April 2005: Applicant Shortage? Recruit a Public Librarian for Your Academic Library.