Staff Directory
Mary Rubin is a Connect Librarian at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL. Previously, she served as the manager for cataloging and acquisitions at Valencia College from 2022 to 2024 and as the archivist for the UCF University Archives from 2012 to 2022. A proud alumna of the UCF (B.S. ’12 & M.A. ’19), she published the University of Central Florida Trivia Book in 2024. Mary is also a graduate of the University of South Florida (MLIS ’17).
Mary is the primary librarian for these colleges & programs:
and the secondary librarian for these programs:
Rubin, M. A. (2024). The University of Central Florida Trivia Book. Lyons Press.
Mazzia, F., & Rubin, M. (2021, December). A tiered approach to staff development. LearningExchange, 38(2), 1&3. https://www.ala.org/rt/sites/ala.org.rt/files/content/Learning%20Exchange%20-%20Dec2021.pdf
Rubin, M. A. (2016, Summer).Reaching for the stars in the seventies.Reflections from Central Florida, 14(3): 17-19.
Hagenmaier, W., & Rubin, M. (2016, August 5). Collaboration and revision of the issues & advocacy toolkit [Conference roundtable co-organizer]. Society of American Archivists’ 2016 Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States. https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/SAA_RAO_Section_Newsletter_Summer_2016.pdf
Corridan, J., Carmack, C., Carmicheal, D., Hagenmaier, W., Koonts, S., Roe, K., Rubin, M., & Zanish-Belcher, T. (2016, August 5). Opportunities for collaborative advocacy: CoSA-NAGARA-RAAC-SAA [Conference presentation]. Society of American Archivists’ 2016 Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States. https://archives2016.sched.com/event/7iMY/511-opportunities-for-collaborative-advocacy-cosa-nagara-raac-saa
Rubin, M., & Hagenmaier, W. (2016, August 2). Third time’s the charm?: The journey of I&A’s advocacy toolkit [Conference presentation]. Society of American Archivists’ 2016 Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States. https://www2.archivists.org/book/export/html/20387
Hood, Y., Cumberbatch, N., Rubin, M., Jaggernauth, P., & McGill, J. (2016, June 26). Bringing books to life: Live action gaming for teens through collaborative library efforts [Conference presentation]. American Library Association 2016 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, United States. https://web.archive.org/web/20220127033103/https://www.eventscribe.com/2016/ala-annual/fsPopup.asp?Mode=presInfo&PresentationID=139590
Peek, M., Daglaris, P., & Rubin, M. (2025, May 8). Dealing with death in the archives [Conference presentation]. Society of Southwest Archivists 2025 Annual Meeting, Lafayette, LA, United States.
Rubin, M. (2019, February 20). If you build it they will come… Interactive community engagement using libraries and archives [Conference presentation]. Southwest Popular/American Culture Association 2019 Annual Conference, Albuquerque, NM, United States. https://web.archive.org/web/20210413190215/http://southwestpca.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/2019-SWPACA-Program-Final.pdf
Sims, M., & Rubin, M. (2025, May 14). Game on! Leveling up in cataloging and acquisitions [Conference presentation]. Florida Library Association 2025 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, United States.
Cumberbatch, N., Ramsingh, D., & Rubin, M. (2025, May 16). Innovative learning adventures: Crafting scavenger hunts, escape rooms, and workshops. Oh my! [Conference presentation]. Florida Library Association 2025 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, United States.
Saclolo, C., Rubin, M., & Benjamin, D. (2022, May 13). The challenges of storing archival collections in an automated storage and retrieval facility [Conference presentation]. Society of Florida Archivists’ 2022 Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, United States. https://floridaarchivists.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Annual%20Meetings/2022/2022-05-13_UCF.pdf
Davis, H., Rubin, M., & Thomas, K. (2020, October 20). ArchivesSpace: A year later [Webinar]. Society of Florida Archivists’ 2020 Archives Month Webinars, online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2Wv0eN2opQ
Randtke, W., Rubin, M., & McCormick, K. (2019, May 9). Archon to ArchivesSpace migration [Conference presentation]. Society of Florida Archivists’ 2019 Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, United States. https://florida-archivists.org/2019_Annual_Meeting
Rubin, M. (2017, May 10). Adventures in a mandated website redesign [Conference presentation]. Society of Florida Archivists’ 2017 Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, United States. https://florida-archivists.org/resources/Documents/Annual%20Meetings/2017%20annual%20mtg%20files/2017%20Presentations/Rubin_AdventuresinaMandatedWebsiteRedesign_2017-05-10.pptx
Martyniak, C., Kremer-Wright, G., & Rubin, M. (2015, May 15). You want what? Responding to patron duplication requests [Conference presentation]. Society of Florida Archivists’ 2015 Annual Conference, Miami, FL, United States. https://florida-archivists.org/resources/Documents/Annual%20Meetings/2015%20annual%20mtg%20files/2015%20Presentations/Martyniak_Kremer-Wright_Rubin_Friday_Session.pptx
Ramsingh, D., Rubin, M., & Cumberbatch, N. (2024, October 25). Research and gamified learning in the age of AI [Conference presentation]. Valencia College’s Unlocking the Potential of AI Conference, Orlando, FL, United States. https://valenciacollege.edu/employees/artificial-intelligence-in-higher-education/session3.php
Rubin, M. (2019, January 18). Nature meets technology: A collaborative project [Conference presentation]. Orlando Electronic Interactive Convention (Otronicon), Orlando, FL, United States. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020173057/https://www.osc.org/event/nature-meets-technology-a-collaborative-project/
Nightingale, B., Collazo, K., & Rubin, M. (2018, October 15). The past is present: Diversity in the university archives at UCF [Conference presentation]. University of Central Florida’s Diversity Week, Orlando, FL, United States. https://events.ucf.edu/event/804824/ucf-diversity-week/
Rubin, M. (2025, March 24). Escape the ordinary: Escape rooms as active learning magic [Poster presentation]. Southern Regional Faculty and Instructional Design Consortium 2025 Conference, Orlando, FL, United States.
Baldwin, D., Ingold, R., & Rubin, M. (2020, July 29). Planning a virtual conference for archival organizations [Webinar]. Regional Archival Associations Consortium, online. https://www2.archivists.org/node/24674
Rubin, M., McLean, T., & Zaidman, M. (2019, December 3). Library dream jobs webinar: Archivist [Webinar]. Florida Library Association Career Development Webinar, online. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809022749/https://www.flalib.org/index.php?option=com_jevents&task=icalrepeat.detail&evid=831&Itemid=131&year=2019&month=12&day=03&title=library-dream-jobs-webinar–archivist&uid=5f616a5ebb894af3b5eda94e09adaa83
Vacek, R., & Rubin, M. (2025, April 15). Introduction to prompt engineering [Conference presentation]. University of Central Florida’s AI Day, Orlando, FL, United States. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/ucfscholar/1313/
Rubin, M. (2021, October 25). Academic libraries with emphasis on archives [Webinar]. University of South Florida’s Student Organization of Library and Information Science (SOLIS), online. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1FGNKymLaHx6uTTgiLhZl4vv-N7-dJZoN/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102980517225111203426&rtpof=true&sd=true
Rubin, M., & Dever, A. (2021, September 9). LEP institute planning [Presentation]. UCF Leadership Empowerment Program, Orlando, FL, United States. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_UxJtRsiQ4yS49j9JcJk06CMHw97ZMaL/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102980517225111203426&rtpof=true&sd=true
Rubin, M., Gooch, L., Gordon, T., Pickett, S., Tomlinson, E., & Strappy, A. (2021, February 26). ChargeOn: A splash of homecoming history [Webinar]. University of Central Florida Foundation, online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zDh9TkzGN8