The Library of Congress, for the past 30 years, has been headed by James H Billington, 85. In that time, it has lagged behind, in this digital age, in innovation and relevance. We need new thinking, a new direction in catching up to current information consumption trends.
Dr. Chancellor has the required qualifications, necessary experience and benefits of a comparatively youthful digital dexterity that will drive innovation at the Library of Congress.
Her successful work on digitization of legal documents as Librarian at the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Library and cultural heritage materials as a researcher at the Catholic University of America stand as a testament to her tenacity at adopting technology to serve document preservation, library access and information dissemination.