Rochelle Reeves

Rochelle Reeves is a faculty librarian at the Calvin T. Ryan Library, University of Nebraska at Kearney. She serves as subject specialist and instructional liaison for programs in Teacher Education, Special Education, Communication Disorders, Counseling & School Psychology, Family Science, and Government Documents, creating more than two dozen specialized research guides and providing direct course-integrated instruction.

Research & Instructional Focus:

• Information literacy development across undergraduate and graduate curricula
• Democratic education and civic reasoning
• Family-science pedagogy and citation practices
• Accessibility and services for first-generation and distance-education students
• Open educational resources (OER) advocacy through the Open Nebraska (ONE) initiative

Her scholarly output (2013-2024) demonstrates sustained attention to assessment of student learning outcomes, collaborative faculty-librarian partnerships, and programmatic evaluation within academic libraries. Recurring themes include integrating critical thinking and civic engagement into teacher-preparation programs and refining citation/research instruction for family-science majors.

Selected Professional Contributions:

• Peer-reviewed and conference publications on information-literacy assessment, democratic education, and military history
• Annual presentations at the Brick & Click Libraries Symposium, showcasing innovative library practices
• Creator and maintainer of widely used Research Guides supporting over thirty distinct courses and programs
• Advocate for government-documents literacy and open-access resources

Reeves maintains an active instructional presence, partnering with faculty to embed library sessions in courses ranging from introductory family-science seminars to advanced teacher-education practicums. While formal advisees are not listed, her role includes direct mentorship of students through research consultations and classroom instruction.

She is located in LIBR 015, reachable via the library’s main office (308-865-8535) or circulation desk (308-865-8599), and engages with campus and community patrons through Facebook and the library’s Ask-A-Librarian service.