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Research Consultation

Schedule an online appointment for a one-on-one research consultation. Monday-Thursday appointments are scheduled via Zoom or in person. Friday appointments are held via Zoom only. If you need to meet outside of available appointment times, please email judy.kuhns@ucf.edu.

Biography

Judy is the Embedded Learning Librarian at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management. She provides library services to UCF students and faculty, library instruction online and face-to-face, and collection development for the Rosen College of Hospitality Management.

Judy received an M.S.I.S. with a concentration in Library and Information Sciences from the University at Albany in 2007 and a Bachelor of Arts in History from SUNY New Paltz in 2005.

Judy is the primary librarian for the following Colleges and programs:

  • College of Arts & Humanities
    • Themed Experience
  • College of Business
    • Accounting
  • Rosen College of Hospitality Management – College Lead
    • Foodservice & Lodging Management
    • Hospitality Services
    • Tourism, Events, Entertainment & Attractions

and the secondary librarian for these programs:

  • College of Arts & Humanities:
    • Judaic Studies
    • Religion & Cultural Studies

Research Guides

Selected Scholarship

Exhibitions

Kuhns, J. (2023) What’s on the Menu: Unique Menus from the Rosen Library’s Collection [Exhibition]. Universal Orlando Foundation Library, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, FL. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/lib-rosen-exhibits/index.html#whats_on_the_menu

Kuhns, J. & Gina Rippins. (2023) Collecting Disney: The World of Disney Souvenirs, Memorabilia and Keepsakes [Exhibition]. Universal Orlando Foundation Library, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, FL. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/lib-rosen-exhibits/index.html#collecting_disney

Kuhns, J. & Stephen Ford. (2021) Wish You Were Here: Creating Memories of Travel and Tourism Through Postcards [Exhibition]. Universal Orlando Foundation Library, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, FL. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/lib-rosen-exhibits/index.html#wish_you_were_here

Presentations

Kuhns, J. (2025, January 10). Can I Trust this?  Information Literacy and Generative AI in Student Research. Teaching Colloquium, Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Orlando, Florida, United States.

Dockray, S. & Kuhns, J. (2022, Sept. 1). Chat services and COVID-19: Trends in Ask a Librarian [Presentation]. Tampa Bay Library Consortium VIP Conference, Lakeland, FL.

Kuhns, J. &  Dockray, S. (2022, May 24). Chat services and COVID-19: Trends in Ask a Librarian [Poster presentation]. Florida Library Association Conference, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ucfscholar/1113

Shrauger, K. & Kuhns, J. (2018, Oct. 11). What’s in the graveyard of undergraduate requests: a look beyond the grave. Presented at the Southeastern Resource Sharing Conference, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

Selected Service Activities

Service to the Profession – State/Regional

  • TBLC Ask-A-Librarian Quality Assurance Workgroup (co-chair) 2020-present, (member) 2019-2020
  • FLA Awards & Honors Committee (vice chair) 2022-2023 (member) 2020-2022
  • FACRL Scholarship Committee (member) 2021-present

Service to the University

  • Library Advisory Committee (member) 2021-2024
  • IT&R Staff Recognition Awards Review committee (member) 2020
  • University Travel Awards Committee (member) 2017-2019

Service to the Rosen College of Hospitality Management

  • Editorial board member of the Rosen Research Review 2024-present
  • Member of the Journal Incentive Award /group 2024-present

Service to the Library

  • Member of the CCIE Search Committee 2025
  • Member of the Employee of the Year Committee 2024-present
  • LibGuides Accessibility Workgroup (member) 2022-2023
  • LibGuides Working Group (member) 2017-2024
  • Web Working Group, serving as the Rosen representative 2019-2024; UCF Connect representative 2017-2022
  • Library Service Awards Committee (member) 2018
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