Rachel Vacek
University of Michigan Head of Design & Discovery
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Rachel Vacek (she/her) manages the Design & Discovery department that provides development, design, content strategy, user research, digital accessibility expertise, and UX strategy across the entire University of Michigan Library web presence. She has previously worked at the University of Houston, Vanderbilt University, and Miami University. Rachel regularly teaches workshops and gives presentations at local and national library conferences on UX, library web technologies, service design, and library leadership. She was also a 2007 ALA Emerging Leader, a 2014 Library Journal Mover & Shaker, and the 2014-2015 LITA President. She can be found on Twitter at @vacekrae.