Rebekah Irwin

During the 2025-2026 academic year, Rebekah serves as the Interim Dean of the Library. Additionally, Rebekah is the director and curator of Special Collections. In this role, she oversees Middlebury’s rare book collection, college archives, digital projects, exhibits and programming, and the conservation and preservation of our library collections. She first joined Middlebury in 2011 as Head of Collections and Digital Initiatives and has held her current role since 2014. Over her twenty-year career Rebekah has engaged nationally and internationally on topics ranging from the history of the book, digital and data humanities, oral histories, book arts and zine-making, and advocacy for the enduring value of libraries, special collections, and archives. Prior to moving to Vermont, she spent nearly a decade at Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.