Donna Scheeder
American librarian
Donna Wills Scheeder (November 8, 1947 – March 7, 2022) was an American librarian who was president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 2015 to 2017, under the theme "Libraries: A Call to Action". Scheeder participated in the IFLA Governing Board for 6 years.
Career
Scheeder was deputy director of Information in the Research Service of the Library of Congress of the US, Director of Services in the Library of Law of Congress and participated in the Permanent Commission of Library and Research Services for Parliaments. She was a member of the Library of Congress Advisory Council.
She was President of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) from 2000 to 2001.
Donna Scheeder was president of the International Federation of Library Associations. During her tenure, she visited the Russian State Library on the initiative of the Margarita Rudomino State Library of Foreign Literature. She spoke frequently about the contributions made by libraries to advance the achievement of the UN 2030 agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Scheeder retired in March 2015 as deputy chief information officer for the Congressional Research Service after a long career at the US Library of Congress, which included 5 years as Director of Legal Library Services. She was past president of the IFLA Section of Libraries and Research Services for Parliaments and trained parliamentary librarians in many countries around the world.
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