Rachel Fundator

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2014

Library Science and Information Literacy Library Science and Administration Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism Online and Blended Learning Cuban History and Society

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Active years

Publishing since 2014

Research summary

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Rachel Fundator works in academic library science, focusing on information literacy instruction and creating research guides that help students find and use library resources for specific courses. Her recent work also explores partnership models where students collaborate with librarians in shaping library instruction and services.

Information literacy instructionLibrary research guides for courseworkStudent-librarian partnershipsAcademic library servicesTeaching and learning support resources

Publication output was concentrated in a burst of library guide production around 2018-2021, followed by a sharp slowdown with only a few outputs from 2024 onward.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.8/year recently

Recent publications

Digital Toolkit: Making Room for Partnership in Information Literacy Instruction
Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System) · 2026
Students as partners in the library
International Journal for Students as Partners · 2024
Library Guides: Theatre 381: History of Theatre II: Home
2021
Library Guides: SCLA 102: Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking and Communication II: Modern World, Dr. Catalano: Getting started
2021
Library Guides: SCLA 102: Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking and Communication II: Modern World, Dr. Catalano: Searching the Libraries' Catalog and Databases
2021
Library Guides: SCLA 102: Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking and Communication II: Modern World, Dr. Catalano: Incorporating Primary Sources
2021
Library Guides: SCLA 102: Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking and Communication II: Modern World, Dr. Catalano: Gathering Statistics and Data
2021
Library Guides: LALS 250: Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies: Home
2021
Library Guides: IMPACT Resources for Teaching and Learning: Developing Your Teaching Philosophy
2021
Library Guides: IMPACT Resources for Teaching and Learning: Advancing Equity and Inclusion
2021
Library Guides: IMPACT Resources for Teaching and Learning: Fostering Autonomy
2021
Library Guides: IMPACT Resources for Teaching and Learning: Conducting Classroom Research
2021
Library Guides: IMPACT Resources for Teaching and Learning: Incorporating Student-Centered Activities
2021
Library Guides: LALS 250: Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies: How to Cite Your Sources
2021
Library Guides: LALS 250: Introduction to Latin American and Latino Studies: Supporting Your Claims with Evidence
2021

Publishes in

The Journal of Academic Librarianship×2
Purdue e-Pubs (Purdue University System)×2
Library & Information Science Research×1
Journal of Information Literacy×1
Communications in Information Literacy×1

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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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