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    {"title" :"Member Spotlight \u0026#8211; Hannah Rubin, Library of Congress","summary" : "Meet Hannah Rubin, who works in the Congressional Research Service (CRS) at the Library of Congress. She’s the focus of this month’s Member Spotlight.","date" : "2014-09-26T10:00:17-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"rflagg" : "Rachel Flagg"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/09/2014-09-26-member-spotlight-hannah-rubin-library-of-congress.md","slug" : "member-spotlight-hannah-rubin-library-of-congress","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/09/26/member-spotlight-hannah-rubin-library-of-congress/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eMeet Hannah Rubin, who works in the Congressional Research Service (CRS) at the Library of Congress. She’s the focus of this month’s Member Spotlight. In addition to her “real” job, she’s also currently working as a “20%-er” with the \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/resources/digitalgov-user-experience-resources/\" title=\"DigitalGov User Experience Program\"\u003eDigitalGov User Experience Program\u003c/a\u003e via our \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/resources/open-opportunities/\" title=\"Open Opportunities Program\"\u003eOpen Opportunities program\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"what-do-you-love-most-about-your-current-jobposition\"\u003eWhat do you love most about your current job/position?\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image image-right image-right-legacy\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/09/250-x-366-Hannah-Rubin.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Hannah Rubin, Congressional Research Service (C R S) at the Library of Congress.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCRS has a unique mission: to provide objective, nonpartisan, confidential, and authoritative research and analysis for Congress throughout the legislative process. As a service unit of the Library of Congress, it’s also part of a world-class institution. Even though I don’t work with Congress directly, I feel privileged to support the CRS mission and come to work at the Library every day. I also love checking out books from the Library—one of my favorite employee benefits!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRegarding the work itself, I love the big-picture perspective that information architecture provides. A lot of my work is very detailed, but those details are part of a coherent whole that improves the user experience. I need to understand the big picture and how the details connect to make it work. My colleagues and I bridge the technical and business sides, and we need to speak both languages and work with people across the organization.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"what-projects-or-initiatives-are-you-currently-working-on\"\u003eWhat projects or initiatives are you currently working on?\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI work on a number of projects related to the CRS website for Congress. Broadly speaking, my colleagues and I are responsible for optimizing access to CRS content by managing metadata, search, taxonomy, and analytics.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"please-tell-us-about-a-recent-project-that-youre-proud-of-and-why-it-went-so-well\"\u003ePlease tell us about a recent project that you’re proud of, and why it went so well.\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI’m active in \u003ca href=\"http://www.sla.org/\" title=\"Special Libraries Association\"\u003eSpecial Libraries Association (SLA)\u003c/a\u003e, an international organization of librarians and information professionals who work in a variety of settings, including government. For the past two years, I’ve been the planning director for the SLA \u003ca href=\"http://govinfo.sla.org/\" title=\"SLA Government Information Division\"\u003eGovernment Information Division\u003c/a\u003e. In that role, I help plan our division’s programs for SLA’s annual conference. I previously served as chair of the SLA \u003ca href=\"http://taxonomy.sla.org/\" title=\"SLA Taxonomy Division\"\u003eTaxonomy Division\u003c/a\u003e, which brings together people with interest and expertise in taxonomies, metadata, and semantic technologies.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the 2014 SLA conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, we offered several programs of interest to the digital government community.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a session on digital government strategy, panelists discussed the local digital strategy for the City of Vancouver, which was co-chaired by the head of the Vancouver Public Library; the Federal Reserve’s online resources, including the FRED database and FRASER digital library; and eLibraryUSA, a State Department initiative to provide common digital resources for users of embassy information resource centers around the world.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA program on “Bringing Parks to the People” introduced social media initiatives at Parks Canada (the Canadian park service), and the Open Parks Network, a project based at Clemson University to digitize materials from U.S. national parks and make them available online.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother session explored evolving roles for information professionals. Technology has changed librarianship dramatically, and many librarians are seeking new roles outside of traditional libraries in areas such as digital content management and information architecture. At the same time, newer information-related fields are beginning to define themselves more concretely.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFinally, “60 Government Sites in 60 Minutes” gave a quick overview of the presenters’ favorite government and government-related websites.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can \u003ca href=\"http://www.slideshare.net/SLADGI/presentations\" title=\"slides from 2014 SLA Conference\"\u003eview the slides from all of these sessions\u003c/a\u003e to learn more.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"where-did-you-go-to-school-and-what-did-you-study\"\u003eWhere did you go to school, and what did you study?\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor undergrad, I went to Carleton College and majored in comparative religion. It was fascinating to learn about different belief systems and cultures, and the degree involved lots of reading and writing. I also worked as a writing tutor and wrote for the school newspaper, all of which prepared me for editorial jobs after I graduated.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter eight years in journalism and communications, I went back to school for a master’s degree in library science at the University of Maryland, where I focused on knowledge organization. That led me to my current work in information architecture, content management, and analytics.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"how-do-you-like-to-spend-time-away-from-work\"\u003eHow do you like to spend time away from work?\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have kids, and family time is a high priority. I also like to read, bake, swim, travel, and spend time outside.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisclaimer\u003c/strong\u003e: The views expressed herein are those of the author and are not presented as those of the Congressional Research Service or the Library of Congress.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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