Kate Zwaard will discuss creating a sustainable and inclusive innovation culture in cultural memory organizations, recent experiments in LC Labs, and user-centered design for engaging all users.
Kate Zwaard is the Director of Digital Strategy at the Library of Congress. In that role, she is working to empower the nation’s oldest cultural institution to leverage technology to reach as many people as powerfully as possible.
A dynamic leader dedicated to using evidence and empathy to enable change, Kate brings passion and innovation to her work at the Library. In 2017, she spearheaded the launch of LC Labs, a small team charged with incubating innovative projects and serving as an inviting human interface to the Library’s digital services. Kate joined the Library in 2012 as an engineering manager, leading the team building the Library’s digital repository and serving as a technical advisor to curatorial groups who deal with Library digital collections.