Rebecca Flore
she/her/hersSpecial Collections Metadata Librarian
As the Special Collections Metadata Librarian, Rebecca oversees the cataloging of rare books and codex manuscripts at the Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center (SCRC). She is dedicated to enhancing the discoverability of the unique aspects of the materials in Special Collections, such as former owners, marginalia, notable bookbindings, and limited or scarce editions. Rebecca is particularly interested in early printing, book arts, fragmentology, and experimental music.
Rebecca also manages SCRC's contributions to online union catalogs and databases like the English Short Title Catalogue, the Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, and Material Evidence in Incunabula.
Education
- M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois
- Ph.D. in Music History and Theory from the University of Chicago
- M.A. in Music Theory from McGill University
- B.Mus. in Music Theory from the Ohio State University
Publications
Contact
rflore@uchicago.edu
The Joseph Regenstein Library
Room 130
773-702-7602