Ms. Rebecca Fitzsimmons
Special Collections Librarian
Milner Library
Office
Milner Library - MLB 623A
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- About
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Biography
Rebecca Fitzsimmons is a Special Collections Librarian at Illinois State University. She is the curator of the Children’s and Historical Textbooks Collection and works extensively with the Rare Books and Manuscripts collections. She provides instruction, reference, and collection development services and engages in a variety of digital projects and initiatives in the library.
Teaching Interests & Areas
Rare books and manuscripts, photography, art and art history, visual literacy, digital humanities, and exhibit curation
M.L.I.S. (Master of Library and Information Science) Digital collections, digitization, academic librarianship
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL
MFA Art photography
University of Illinois
Champaign-Urbana, IL
BFA Photography
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Presentations
Introducing the Digital Scholarship Lab. 2024 Teaching and Learning Symposium. Center for Integrated Professional Development. (2024)
Transforming Collaborative Collection Development and Pedagogical Practice: Connecting Art and Special Collections to Authentic Student Learning. ARLIS/NA 51st Annual Conference. Art Libraries Society of North America. (2023)
Confronting National Imagination: American Identity and Hand-Me-Down History. History - Social Sciences Teacher Symposium. (2022)
Arts and Special Collections Librarian Panel. Arts and Special Collections Librarian Panel. Art Libraries Society of North America - Midstates Chapter. (2021)
Curators and Active Participants: Archives, Exhibits, Engagement, and Outreach Through Teaching. ARLIS/NA 49th Annual Conference. Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA). (2021)
Gathering Online: Leveraging Tools for Instruction and Group Work in the Classroom and Beyond. California Conference on Library Instruction: Same, but Different. California Conference on Library Instruction (CCLI). (2021)
At the Circus: Sawdust, Strength, and Suffrage. History and Social Sciences Teacher Symposium. (2020)
Engaging and Inspiring: Promoting Archives Through Social Interaction. Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference: Working Archives: A Labor of Love. Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC). (2019)
Women and Labor: Facing Challenges in the 20th Century,. Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference: Working Archives: A Labor of Love. Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC). (2019)