Rose Melonis, MLIS
Research & Instruction Librarian – Social Sciences
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Library - Research and Instruction Services
Reinert Alumni Library, Suite 204
Rose Melonis, MLIS
Research & Instruction Librarian – Social Sciences
Biography:
Rose earned her Master’s in Library and Information Science from Wayne State University in 2009. Prior to that she completed her bachelor’s degree in English from Michigan State University in 2008.
She worked as a business librarian at Baker College of Muskegon in Muskegon, Michigan before moving to work in the Health Sciences Library at Creighton in 2012. She began working at Reinert Library with undergraduates in 2018 and became the Social Science Librarian in 2022.
Rose is a current member of the American Libraries Association and the ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT). She served as an ICON board member from 2013-2016
Education
- Master’s, Library and Information Science from Wayne State University Detroit, MI
- Bachelor of Arts, English from Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
Publications
Hughes, I., Melonis, R., & Menzel, R. (2025) [Forthcoming]. Creating an Inclusive Atmosphere for Neurodiverse Library Workers. In Boyer, A. & A. El-Chidac. (Eds.), Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Libraries (pp. unknown). Association of College & Research Libraries.
Dietrich, M., Hughes, I., Melonis, R., & Menzel, R. (2025) [Forthcoming]. Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: Neurodiversity as a Planning Component for Library Spaces. In Boyer, A. & A. El-Chidac. (Eds.), Supporting Neurodiverse Students in Libraries (pp. unknown). Association of College & Research Libraries.
Melonis, R., & Hughes, I. (2023). Shift work and employee health: The time we work matters. Journal of Access Services, 20(3-4), 55-68.
Presentations
Melonis, R., & Hughes, I. (2024, June 30). What managers should know about emotional exhaustion and shift work [Poster Presentation]. American Libraries Association Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.
Melonis, R., (2023, November 13-15). First-year students at a private, Jesuit institution: Engaging first-gen students and emphasizing the library as a space for everyone [Lightning talk]. LOEX Fall Focus Conference 2023.
Melonis, R., “Seeking Primary Source Materials: Archives Unbound & More”. Creighton University Center for Faculty Excellence, Omaha, Nebraska, October 26, 2023.
Melonis, R. & Hughes, I. Shift Work and Employee Health: The Time We Work Matters [Poster session]. NLA C&U / TSRT Joint Spring Meeting 2023, Columbus, NE, United States, May 19, 2023.
Melonis, R., Rupprecht, P., Al-Khateeb, S., “Media Literacy: Diving into the Abyss”. Creighton University Center for Faculty Excellence, Omaha, Nebraska, March 17, 2023.
Melonis, R., “Research, Write, and Cite: Using RefWorks to Organize Your Work”. Creighton University Center for Faculty Excellence, Omaha, Nebraska, September 8, 2022.