Chief, Geography and Map Division
Library of Congress
Dr. Paulette Hasier’s passion for history, library science, geography, and maps has powered a career spanning more than two decades and has led her to all the way to the Library of Congress. She has a BA in History form Northern Illinois University, A MS in Library Science and History from the University of North Texas, and Ph.D. In History from the University of Texas at Arlington.
She started her career at the Dallas Public Library and later as a librarian/director of the Business Information Center at the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business. Hasier then entered federal government service working as a contractor for DARPA before landing with the U.S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), where she initially served as a lead geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) analyst and then chief of the GEOINT Research Center and map libraries. She was responsible for managing an estimated one million maps both at NGA and at the Pentagon Map Library, with approximately 90 percent of the maps digitized to ensure access.
In 2017, she was appointed Chief of the Geography and Map Division at the Library of Congress. She is the ninth person and first woman to be named Chief of the division since its creation in 1897. The division’s holdings puts it among the world’s largest map collections, holding more than 5.8 million cartographic items in various languages dating from the 14th century to the present.
Using Machine Learning Technology to Make Unique Collections More Accessible
Monday, January 22, 2024
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