Permanent CIO at Library of Congress

Library of Congress Finally Gets a Permanent CIO

Hallie Golden | September 8, 2015

After three years of short-term IT leadership, the Library of Congress has named a permanent chief information officer to manage IT operations at one of the world’s largest libraries.

Source: http://www.nextgov.com/big-data/2015/06/hiring-first-librarian-congress-internet-age/115861/

Bernard A. Barton Jr.’s first day as CIO was Tuesday. In a statement announcing the new hire, Librarian of Congress James H. Billington said Barton “brings to the Library of Congress the knowledge, expertise and leadership skills crucial to the institution’s mission of serving Congress and the American people in an age of rapidly evolving information technology.”

<more at http://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2015/09/library-congress-finally-gets-permanent-cio/120485/; related links: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/09/10/brewster_kahle_creator_of_the_internet_archive_should_be_the_next_librarian.html (The Creator of the Internet Archive Should Be the Next Librarian of Congress. September 10, 2105) and http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/06/hiring-the-first-librarian-of-congress-for-the-internet-age/396038/ (Hiring: The First Librarian of Congress for the Internet Age; Experts say that a new librarian should digitize more works, raise more money—and use email. June 18, 2015)>