“Taking Our Own Measure”: Archival Engagement and Storytelling Available to Purchase

Jennifer Meehan serves as director of the Special Collections Directorate at the Library of Congress, in which role she provides leadership and strategic direction for the American Folklife Center, including the Veterans History Project, Geography & Map, Manuscript, Music, Prints & Photographs, and Rare Book & Special Collections divisions. Prior to this, she served as head of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at Penn State and associate director of the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University, and previously held positions at Yale University, the Smithsonian Institution, and Virginia Tech. Meehan has written extensively on archival concepts of evidence and value, the theory and practice of archival arrangement and practice, and the role of storytelling in archival outreach and advocacy, publishing articles in leading archival journals and presenting at national and international conferences. She has served on numerous Society of American Archivists (SAA) groups, including the American Archivist Editorial Board and Annual Meeting Program Committee, and she has taught SAA workshops on archival processing. Meehan received a master's in archival studies from the University of British Columbia and a BA in English and film studies from the University of California, Berkeley.