UTA alumna appointed to key post at the US Library of Congress

Monday, Feb 13, 2017

Paulette Marie Hasier has been appointed chief of the Geography and Map Division at the Library of Congress. Hasier has nearly twenty years of library and geospatial information program management experience, most recently as branch chief of the U. S. National Geospatial Intelligence Agency’s GEOINT Research Center and Pentagon Map Library. Hasier is the ninth person and first woman to be named chief of the division since its creation in 1897.

Helena Zinkham, director of Collections and Services at the Library of Congress, said “Dr. Hasier brings exceptional education and experience to this position. The Geography and Map Division will benefit from her formal education in the history of cartography and librarianship, her proven ability to manage large, complex map libraries and special collections, and her extensive knowledge of historical maps, modern cartography, and geospatial information systems.”

Hasier earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Northern Illinois University and a master’s in history and a master’s in library science from the University of North Texas. She received her doctoral degree in transatlantic history from the University of Texas at Arlington, with a focus on early French mapping of the United States.

To read the complete press release from the Library of Congress visit:

https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-018/new-chief-for-geography-and-map-division/2017-02-09/

Congratulations, Dr. Hasier!