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REMEMBERING JANE SANCHEZ
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HON. TIM RYAN
of ohio
in the house of representatives
Monday, April 5, 2021
Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of Jane Sanchez, Deputy Librarian for Library Collections and Services and the 25th Law Librarian of Congress, who passed away on March 26, 2021 after a courageous battle with cancer.
Appointed as Law Librarian of Congress on February 6, 2017, Jane managed the operation and policy administration for the Law Library of Congress, the world's largest collection of legal materials. Then, in June 2019, Ms. Sanchez was also appointed Deputy Librarian for the newly formed Library Collections and Services Group (LCSG). Here, Jane was instrumental in helping to bring together the three units responsible for acquiring, stewarding, describing and serving library collections.
Prior to the Law Library, Jane had been Chief of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) since October 2014. HSS provided research service in the Library's Main Reading Room, the Local History and Genealogy section, the Digital Reference Team and the Microform and Electronic Resources Center. Under her leadership, services to researchers expanded which led to a more robust use of the collections and services.
Ms. Sanchez had also served as a business unit Managing Director at the U.S. Government Publishing Office; as an associate director of Justice Libraries, Justice Management Division, U.S. Department of Justice; as departmental head of History & Culture Libraries at the Smithsonian Institution Libraries; and as an acquisitions manager for electronic databases at BNA, Inc.
Jane had been the recipient of numerous awards over the course of her career, including from the U.S. Department of Energy for sustained superior service and from the Justice Management Division and the Smithsonian Institution for workflow improvements. Jane Sanchez held a Juris Doctorate from American University's Washington College of Law, a Master's of Library Science from Simmons College in Boston and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
As chairman of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee, I had the pleasure of working with Jane during the appropriations process for the Library. Anyone who has worked with Jane would describe her as a strong leader who will be remembered for her calming presence. Her passing is a great loss for not only her family and friends, but also for the Library of Congress. I thank Jane for her great service to Congress, the Library, and the American people. My deepest sympathies go out to Jane's colleagues, and especially her husband, Christopher, and her three children, Adam, Andrew, and Alyson.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 167, No. 60
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