Know Thy User: Duke Libraries User Studies Initiative
rebecca peterson final resume
1. Rebecca Peterson
Skills
Social Media: Instagram, Fa-
cebook, Twitter, Wordpress
Word Suite
Website content managing
systems
Basic Photography
Education
BACHELOR OF ARTS
English
Brigham Young University
Graduated 2013
References
Rebecca Miller
Library Learning Services
Department Head
814.865.3064 / rkm17
Joe Fennewald
Knowledge Commons
Department Head
814.865.0666 / jaf23
Megan Gilpin
Library Learning Services
Outreach Coordinator
814.867.0069 / mcg13
Experience
Administrative Support Assistant
Pattee Paterno Libraries Library Learning Services / April 2014– Present
Promoted events to first year instructors, maintained event budgets,
manned events with over 50 hours for the Open House and Destress
Fest Committees
Coordinated Undergraduate Research Exhibition Information Literacy
Awards for 3 years
Organized first year instructor orientation, promoting library instruction
sessions
Managed 8 library instruction rooms through scheduling, ordering sup-
plies, coordinating technology updates, and providing space orientations
to new instructors
Directed students to and instructed on resources while covering library
welcome desks and Ask a Librarian shifts
Promoted library services through coordinating and teaching library in-
struction sessions and providing student library tours
Administrative Assistant
Brigham Young University Department of Economics May 2012-May 2013
Authored 9 and edited 10 articles of inaugural edition of the alumni
magazine
Assisted 26 professors with editing research articles and letters of rec-
ommendation
Improved efficiency by creating a new procedure for the Visiting Scholar
Lecturer series
Publications and Service
Author of article in Brigham Young University’s Criterion, 2013
Editor of published article, BYU Pre-Law Review, 2012-2013
Research Assistant for Shakespearean scholar Brandie Siegfried, 2013
New food and book blogger, 2016
Yoga instructor, free community classes, 2016
Volunteer on Libraries’ United Way Committee, 2014– present
Humanitarian service volunteer in Jerusalem, organizing hygiene and
school kits to send to West Bank, 2012
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