Theresa A.R. Embrey (Teri) has been the Senior Librarian of the Pritzker Military Library since September 2006. She began her career with the Library as a Catalog Librarian in 2005. As the Senior Librarian, she is the department lead on library acquisitions and cataloging of materials, reference and reader services, and conservation and preservation of the Library’s historic collections. She also serves as historian for the Library and its collections. She has published and presented numerous articles on innovations in technology applicable to libraries and on historical topics ranging from the English Civil War to World War I. Her current research interests include the American Civil War and women and the military. Teri is the recipient of the 2006 Illinois Library Association TBS, Inc. (Today’s Business Solutions) Technical Service Award and the 2006 Library Leadership Award from the Metropolitan Library System. She is currently a Ph.D. student at Loyola University Chicago in their joint Public History-American History program.

Location

Chicago

Disciplines

• History
• Literature
• Gender and Sexuality Studies
• Library and Museum Studies

Affiliation

Pritzker Military Library, Loyola University Chicago