Rachel Bridgewater

Rachel Bridgewater

Reference Coordinator


vita

supporting materials for various presentations

my work...

I am the reference coordinator and member of the library faculty. I also teach, help maintain the library's website, coordinate copyright clearance for reserve materials, provide copyright expertise for the library and campus community, and just generally pitch in where needed.

liaison...
  • Biology
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering
  • History
  • Natural Resources/Environmental Science

research interests...
  • information policy, especially in the area of intellectual property
  • the "emerging web", social software, emerging modes of knowledge creation
projects...
  • NWCentral: Northwest Central is an online continuing education clearinghouse for librarians in the Pacific Northwest. I developed the site (using Drupal as the backbone) and maintain it.
  • "betty": betty is an internal communications tool used by WSU Vancouver reference staff. Screenshots coming soon.
  • Firefox search tool for Griffin searching: If you use the Firefox web browser and would like to search the WSU Library catalog from the built-in search box, click here to install an search tool that will let you do just that.