Library Services

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.