Bethann Rea
Digital Collections Management Librarian
Assistant Librarian
Office Address
402 Pattee Library, University Park, PA 16802
Office Phone
Departmental Phone
814-863-7618 (department)
About Me
Serves as the Digital Collections Management Librarian for the Preservation, Conservation and Digitization department by coordinating the workflows for digital collections and providing consultation on imaging equipment and digitization services.
Education History
Master of Science, Library and Information Science - Syracuse University - 2015
Bachelor of Art, Art - The Pennsylvania State University - 2011
Bachelor of Art, Art History - The Pennsylvania State University - 2011
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Research Interests
Digital Collections Management, Digitization (Standards, Equipment, and Software), Copyright and Fair Use, Project Management, Special Collections and Archives
Publications
Building the Black History and Visual Culture collection at Penn State University Libraries, Journal of Digital Media Management, 2024
Other Publications
Newsletters
A Few of Our Favorite Things from the Technical Services Round Table, Pennsylvania Library Association, 2026
AI in the Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Library Association, 2025
The Expert's Directory hosted by PaLA's Technical Services Round Table, Pennsylvania Library Association, 2023
Others
Cultural Heritage Imaging: a manual for assessment of practice., 2025