Jackie R. Esposito

Esposito has over twenty-five years of archival and records management experience. She has been serving as both faculty and administrator for the Penn State University Archives since 2001. She joined the faculty of the University Libraries in July 1991 as Assistant University Archivist for Records Management/Senior Assistant Librarian. She was tenured and promoted to Associate Librarian in 1998.

Esposito co-authored Penn State’s ElectRar: Electronic Records Repository Specifications Report, presented several conference papers on team management of born-digital records utilizing the Matryoshka (Russian Nesting) dolls theory, and served on the Society of American Archivist’s Digital Archives Continuing Education Task (DACE).  Among her other publications is the acclaimed, The Nittany Lion: An Illustrated Tale (Penn State Press). She runs her own archival consulting firm, Archives and Old Lace.