Monika Rhue is currently serving as the Director of Library Services and Curation at Johnson C. Smith University. Mrs. Rhue managed the archives first digital project to transfer instantaneous discs into a digital format, “Save the Music: The History of Biddleville Quintet,” and launched Digital Smith, the University’s searchable archives with 3,000+ primary resources. Mrs. Rhue was instrumental in accessioning the James Gibson Peeler collection with over 100,000 photographs and negatives that document the history and culture of Charlotte’s African American population.

Mrs. Rhue has bridged several partnerships across campus and in the community such as, IMLS grant funding project, Giving Back: the Soul of Philanthropy Reframed and Exhibited, bringing over 400+ visitors to the campus to review the exhibit. Mrs. Rhue recent partnership is with the Arts and Science Council Culture Blocks to capture and preserve the rich heritage of the West Corridor neighborhoods. The project involves conducting community preservation workshops, oral histories, conceptualizing the content for West Corridor Neighborhood Heritage Collection website, and a traveling exhibit.

Mrs. Rhue has served as an archival consultant for the State Archives of North Carolina Traveling Archivist Program. Mrs. Rhue is the 2017-2019 Board Chair for HBCU Library Alliance. Mrs. Rhue is the author of Organizing and Preserving Family and Religious Records: A Step-by-Step Guide and Dress the African Way: An Activity Book for the Family and contributing writer to ACRL publication, Creating Leaders: An Examination of Academic and Research Library Leadership Institutes