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Rex Hughes

School of Information
Instructor
Campus:
Kent
Contact Information
Email:
rhughe10@kent.edu

Biography

Rex Hughes is an alumnus of Kent State’s MLIS program and has been an adjunct instructor for the program since 2013. He also has a B.A. in English Literature and World Religions from Capital University. He regularly teaches LIS 60030: People in the Information Ecology and LIS 60020: Information Organization. Previously, he has worked as a contract cataloger with OCLC Headquarters, a special collections cataloging associate with the Ohio State University, and a Metadata and Cataloging Library with North Dakota State University. He is currently a Cataloging and Metadata Librarian at Swarthmore College, located near Philadelphia, PA.

*The School of Information faculty are superstars in the field. Therefore, it is impossible to list all of the work they do on one page. Further information can be viewed in Rex Hughes' CV (found below) or on his LinkedIn profile.


Teaching

Academic Program
Library & Information Science

Courses
LIS 60000    Tools for M.L.I.S. Success
LIS 60020    Information Organization
LIS 60030    People in the Information Ecology


Affiliations

  • Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (2013 – Present)
  • American Libraries Association (ALA) (2011 – Present)

Education

MLIS from Kent State University
B.A. with a Major in English Literature and a Major in World Religions from Capital University

Documents

PDF icon Hughes-Rex-CV-Jan2021.pdf
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