Dr. Rachel Scott
Associate Dean for Information Assets
Milner Library
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MLB Milner Library 311f
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Biography
Rachel Scott is the Associate Dean for Information Assets at Milner Library, Illinois State University. She was previously a tenured Associate Professor at the University Libraries, University of Memphis where she served as Catalog Librarian (2012-2014), Integrated Library Systems Librarian (2014-2020), and Interim Coordinator for Collection Management, Cataloging, and Library Information Systems (2018-2020). Scott is editor of Library Resources & Technical Services and publishes on music bibliography, scholarly communications, library collections, and technical services.
PhD Historical Musicology
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee
MM Music Performance
Belmont University
Nashville, Tennessee
MS Library and Information Science
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
BM Music Performance
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
2023 Presidential Citation
Core: A Division of the American Library Association
2023
Birdie MacLennan Award
NASIG
2022
College of Communication and Fine Arts Graduate Student Outstanding Research Award
University of Memphis
2021
33rd Annual Student Research Forum - Second Place
University of Memphis
2021
Book Review
Scott, R. Europeana. Taylor & Francis (2013)
Book, Authored
Scott, R., Harrington, C., & Brunsting, K. Open Access Literature in Libraries: Principles and Practices. American Library Association (2023)
Book, Chapter
Barton, G., & Scott, R. Relocating, Downsizing, and Merging: Inventory Projects to Manage Change in a Digital Environment. Stacey Marien (EDs), Library Technical Services: Adapting to a Changing Environment. Purdue University Press (2020)
Haggerty, K., & Scott, R. Teaching copyleft as a critical approach to “information has value. Critical approaches to credit-bearing information literacy courses (2019): 259--270.
Scott, R. Meta-Literacy in the Online Music Classroom: Opportunities for Instructor and Librarian Collaboration. Carol Johnson and Virginia Christy Lamothe (EDs), Pedagogy Development for Teaching Online Music. IGI Global (2018): 287--305.
Scott, R. Performance as Conversation: Dialogic Aspects of Music Performance and Study. Samantha Godbey; Xan Goodman; Susan Wainscott (EDs), Disciplinary Applications of Information Literacy Threshold Concepts. Association of College and Research Libraries (2017)
Duffy, W., Scott, R., & Schnabel, J. Leveraging New Frameworks to Teach Information Appropriation. Rewired: Research-Writing Partnerships within the Frameworks (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Harrington, C., & Scott, R. Intersections of Open Access and Information Privilege in Higher Education and Beyond. NASIG Proceedings 37 (2023): 169–179.
Jallas, Mallory; Murphy, Julie A.; Park, Rachel; Scott, Rachel E.; and Shelley, Anne, "On the Same Team: Technical Services and Student Success Tackle Textbook Affordability" (2023). ACRL 2023 Conference Proceedings, https://www.ala.org/acrl/conferences/acrl2023/papers. Deposited
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpml/166
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpml/166
Scott, R., Murphy, J., Park, R., Shelley, A., & Jallas, M. Texts on Repeat: Examining the Persistence of Assigned Course Materials. Charleston Conference Proceedings (2023): 398–412.
Shelley, A., & Scott, R. Textbook Affordability Initiatives and Open Educational Resources: Complementary or Competing Approaches to a Persistent Problem. NASIG Proceedings 37 (2023): 22–34.
Jabaily, M., Farney, T., Harrington, C., & Scott, R. The Library Never Closes: Assessing Resources and Services After a Crisis. Ascending into an Open Future: Proceedings from ACRL 2021 Virtual Conference (2022): 40-54.
Journal Article
Scott, R., Shelley, A., Buckley, C., Thayer-Styes, C., & Murphy, J. “I’ll Wait Zero Seconds”: Faculty Perspectives on Serials Access, Sharing, and Immediacy. College & Research Libraries 86.1 (2025)
Buckley, C., Scott, R., Shelley, A., Thayer-Styes, C., & Murphy, J. Disciplinary Differences and Scholarly Literature: Discovery, Browsing, and Formats. portal: Libraries & the Academy 24.4 (2024): 737-763.
Murphy, J., Scott, R., Shelley, A., Jallas, M., & Park, R. Supporting an Inclusive and Equitable Classroom: Student Perspectives on a Textbook Affordability Initiative. portal: Libraries & the Academy 24.2 (2024): 265-283.
Scott, R., Shelley, A., Buckley, C., Thayer-Styes, C., & Murphy, J. “Academic Publishing is a Business Interest”: Reconciling Faculty Serials Needs and Economic Realities at a Carnegie R2 University. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 12.1 (2024)
Scott, R., Shelley, A., Buckley, C., Thayer-Styes, C., & Murphy, J. Exploring Faculty Perspectives on Open Access at a Medium-Sized, American Doctoral University. Insights: the UKSG journal (2023)
Other
Fernandez, M., & Scott, R. Editorial: Showing Our Resolve. Library Resources & Technical Services 69.1 (2025)
Butterfield, R., Bailey, C., Lake, K., Poo, A., Scott, M., Service, A., & Scott, R. Librarians Discuss Textbook Affordability as an Equity Issue. Library Resources & Technical Services 68.4 (2024)
Hohl, C., Fernandez, M., & Scott, R. Book Challenges and Collection Development in Academic Libraries. Library Resources & Technical Services 68.4 (2024)
Lerro, J., & Scott, R. Partners in Progress: Publishers and Librarians Support Open Access Publishing. Library Resources & Technical Services 68.1-2 (2024)
Scott, R., & Fernandez, M. Editorial: A New Look for Library Resources & Technical Services. Library Resources & Technical Services 68.3 (2024)
Presentations
Barriers to Open Access Publishing in the Arts and Humanities: Real, Artificial, Superficial?. Southern Humanities Conference. (2025)
From Negotiating to Assessing Impact: Centering Student Authors in Open Access Agreements. Electronic Resources & Libraries. (2025)
Opening Up Music Research: Case Studies on Supporting Open Access in the Arts and Humanities. Music Library Association Annual Meeting. (2025)
We Buy Textbooks!: Strategies and Workflows for Library-Led Affordability Initiatives. Electronic Resources & Libraries. (2025)
Alma Mahler’s Conception of Music, Art. Dr. Bill McBride's Literature and Related Arts Seminar. (2024)
Clear Skies Ahead: Stories and Strategies for Change Management in Library Acquisitions. Charleston Conference. (2024)
Funders, Libraries, Publishers, and Researchers Collaborating to Increase Access to Humanities and Social Science Scholarship. Charleston Conference. (2024)
Getting Started in Publishing, Editing, and Peer Review. Getting Started in Publishing, Editing, and Peer Review. NASIG. (2024)
Introducing the Digital Scholarship Lab. 2024 Teaching and Learning Symposium. Center for Integrated Professional Development. (2024)
Library-Led Textbook Affordability Initiatives. Open Oregon Webinar. (2024)
Grants & Contracts
Every Good Belletrist Deserves Funding: Arts and Humanities Scholars and the Costs of Open Access Publishing. ORGS. Illinois State University. (2024)
Every Good Belletrist Deserves Funding: Arts and Humanities Scholars and the Costs of Open Access Publishing. ORGS. Illinois State University. (2023)
Scrutinizing Serial Subscriptions: Untangling Cost, Discovery, Access, Delivery, and Openness. ORGS. Illinois State University. (2022)
Austrian Music Festivals under American Occupation. Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies. Private. (2021)
Open Access in Musicology: Obstacles and Incentives. ORGS. Illinois State University. (2021)