Rachael A. Dreyer

Interim Co-Head Special Collections Library
Associate Librarian

Department Address

E104 Paterno Library
140 Curtin Road
University Park, PA 16802-1808
Office Phone
814-863-4338
Departmental Phone
814-865-1793 (department)
rad24@psu.edu

Publications

An Impossible Balance: Navigating Archival Work and Caregiving Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, The American Archivist, 2024

Examining the Cost of Care on Archives Professionals, 2022

Reducing Barriers to Access in Archival and Special Collections Public Services, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research & Practice, 2021

The Cost of Care and the Impact on the Archives Profession, The Journal of Western Archives, 2019

What Are We Doing with the Website: Transition, Templates, and User Experience in One Special Collections Library, Practical Technology for Archives, 2018

Let’s ‘Go It Alone:’ The Wyoming State Historical Society’s Move to Independence, Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal, 2013

Performances

‘Water is Wyoming’s Gold:’ Better Living through Reclamation, Traveling exhibit, debuted in Laramie, WY, 2/7/2015

Other Publications

Chapters

Managing Knowledge, Managing Change: An Interim Leadership Experience, ALA Editions, 2019

Hiding in Plain Sight: Reference Archivists as Social Justice Actors, Library Juice Press, 2018

Building Bridges: Closing the Divide between Minimally Processed Collections and Researchers, Rowman & Littlefield, 2014

Happy Accidents and Unintended Consequences: How We Named Our Tribble, Rowman & Littlefield, 2014

Book/Film/Article Reviews

Review of Proper Pronouns, Educational Media Reviews Online, 2021

Review of Song Without a Name (Canción sin nombre), Educational Media Reviews Online, 2021

Review of Narratives of Modern Genocide, Educational Media Reviews Online, 2021

Review of The Children of 209 Saint-Maur Street, 2021

Review of The Undocumented Lawyer, Educational Media Reviews Online, 2021

Review of The Vow from Hiroshima, Educational Media Reviews Online, 2021

Media Review of Santuario, Educational Media Reviews Online, 2020

Review of Mother, Daughter, Sister, Penn State Libraries, 2020

Memoir Column: What We Talk About When We Talk About…Memoir, Library Journal, 2016

Memoir Column: Loss and Gain, Library Journal, 2016

Memoir Column: Tomes of the Brave, Library Journal, 2016

Memoir Column: Family Fables and Failures, Library Journal, 2016

Memoir Column: Poetry, Dining, & Shakespeare, Library Journal, 2016

Memoir Column: Under Self-Construction, Library Journal, 2015

Magazine/Trade Publications

Learning What Data Means: A First-time Journey into Quantitative Research, Archival Outlook, 2021

Others

Bits and Baby Steps: RAO Engages with Electronic Collection Material, 2016