Kate Carter, coordinator of Open Education Services, and Natalia Kapacinskas, teaching and learning librarian, have been selected as the 2025 recipients of the Rooks Early Career Librarian Fellowship.

The Rooks Fellowship supports a librarian for three years in the pursuit of career development and research. Use of funds includes, but is not limited to, professional memberships, conference fees, travel costs, research assistance, specialized equipment, technology, or other expenses related to enhancing the recipient’s individual knowledge, research, and career development.

The fellowship is made possible through an endowment established by UH Libraries former dean Dana C. Rooks and her husband, Dr. Charles (Mickey) W. Rooks. 

In this video feature, Carter and Kapacinskas talk a bit about their research interests.

2025 Rooks Early Career Librarian Fellowship Recipients