Anna Rakityanskaya

Librarian for Russian and Belarusian collections
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Widener Library

Selected publications:

Belarusian Politics and Society Web Archive: Preserving the Belarusian Grassroots Protest. Journal of Belarusian Studies, 12(1–2), 81–94 (2023). DOI: 10.30965/20526512-12350021 

The SUCHO Ukrainian War Memes Collection. Slavic & East European Information Resources, 24(1), 53–70 (2023). DOI:10.1080/15228886.2023.2169634 

Video Appeals to the President of Russia: Creating a Born-Digital Primary Source Collection. Slavic & East European Information Resources, 22(3–4), 344–355 (2021). DOI:10.1080/15228886.2021.2018250 

The Late Soviet and Post-Soviet Ephemera Collection at Harvard Library. Slavic & East European Information Resources, 22(2), 210–227 (2021). DOI:10.1080/15228886.2021.1917067 

With Svetlana Rukhelman. Curating the Library Exhibit “Russian Revolution: Actors and Witnesses” at Harvard University: A Collaborative Experience. Slavic & East European Information Resources, 19(3–4), 201–215 (2018). DOI: 10.1080/15228886.2018.1539060

Anna Rakityanskaya - Research Guides at Harvard Library 

Roles

  • Collection Development
  • Research, Teaching, and Learning
  • Curation
  • Reference
  • Liaison

Languages

  • Russian
  • Belarusian
  • Polish
  • Ukrainian
  • Bulgarian