AUTHOR: Eileen J. Manchester

Eileen J. Manchester (she/her) is an Innovation Specialist on the LC Labs team at the Library of Congress. Since 2019, Eileen has worked on a wide range of initiatives regarding how the Library can creatively use technology to engage the public and provide access to its digital collections. As a former high school English teacher, she is especially interested in the Library’s engagement with young learners and K-12 educators. She has extensive research experience in early modern European literature and history and speaks German natively and French fluently. Eileen is an alumna of the Library of Congress Junior Fellows Program, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in English, French, and German from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and a Master’s in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford. While working, she is also pursuing a Ph.D. in Education at George Mason University on a part-time basis.

Most Recent Posts

• Jackie Katz, 2022–23 Einstein Fellow, on science education and LC collections March 9th, 2023
• LC Labs Letter: December 2022 December 27th, 2022
• Now Playing: the CCHC Data Jam! December 8th, 2022
• Announcing LC Labs Data Sandbox and 3 New Data Packages December 6th, 2022
• Accessing Our Digital Past in the Manuscript Division Reading Room November 2nd, 2022
• LC Labs Letter: September 2022 September 28th, 2022
• Q&A with Laurie Allen, new Chief of LC Labs September 22nd, 2022
• LC Labs is Celebrating Five Years! September 20th, 2022
• Introducing the congress.gov API September 19th, 2022