As Director of the Center for Digital Research and Scholarship at Columbia University, Rebecca is responsible for developing the programs and services of the Center and for coordinating these efforts with other library divisions. Her primary objective for the Center is to facilitate scholarly research and the communication of that research through technology solutions, and she works closely with faculty and researchers to address the issues that affect them.

Before coming to Columbia, Rebecca was Director of Content Services for Healthline Networks, an online consumer health website. From 2002-2006, she was Director of Production at the open-access publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS). She has also held positions with Cell Press, SilverPlatter Education, Blackwell Publishing, and Database Publishing.