AUTHOR: Laurie Allen
Laurie Allen is the chief of the Digital Innovation Division (LC Labs) in the Digital Strategy Directorate at the Library of Congress. She joined the Library in 2019, after working for nearly 20 years in academic libraries at the intersection of technology and new approaches to scholarship and public engagement. Laurie has a masters in Library Information Sciences from Simmons College. When she’s not working, Laurie is a lifelong and devoted Philadelphian.