Ms. Hannah Sommers

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Library of Congress (LoC), USA

Hannah Sommers is the Associate Librarian for Researcher & Collections Services at the Library of Congress, in Washington D.C., leading over 550 employees responsible for the Library’s researcher, reference, and public service work, as well as collection development. Her work brings together collection stewardship with data strategy to improve the accessibility of library collections and the experience of researchers using them.

Prior to joining the Library of Congress, she served as senior associate dean and deputy university librarian at George Washington University, advising on institutional priorities and overseeing collections strategy and scholarly technology.

At NPR, she served as program director for research, archives and data strategy. Her work there included helping shape and implement the organization’s first digital archive and co-authoring a long-term digital stewardship plan.

She holds undergraduate degrees from Goshen College and a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Texas at Austin.