Rebekah Cummings

Rebekah Cummings holds dual roles at the University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library as Director of Digital Matters and Head of Open Scholarship and Data Services. Rebekah was recently named a 2026 Library Journal Mover and Shaker for her work as Co-Director of the NEH Summer Institute for Higher Education Faculty, Humanities Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence. Her research on data management and digital humanities has appeared in leading journals across the field, and her co-authored monograph, The High-Impact Digital Library: Innovative Approaches for Outreach and Instruction, was published by the American Library Association in 2024.

A former President of the Utah Library Association and Chair of the Utah State Library Board, Cummings has championed library funding and information access for nearly a decade. In 2022, she co-founded Let Utah Read, a statewide coalition dedicated to preserving the freedom to read. Her advocacy has been recognized by the American Library Association, ACLU of Utah, the League of Women Voters, and the Utah Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. In 2024, she became the first librarian to run for Lieutenant Governor on a major party ticket in the United States.