State Librarian
Connecticut State Library
Deborah Schander began her tenure as Connecticut’s first female State Librarian in 2021. Prior to joining the Connecticut State Library, she was an educator and law librarian, serving in library administration at Seton Hall University and Vanderbilt University as well as working at law libraries in Georgia and California, where she specialized in foreign and international legal research, technology, and library outreach. She holds a JD and an MLIS from Florida State University (2007).
Deborah is an appointed member of Connecticut’s Commission on Educational Technology; the Data Analysis and Technology Advisory Board; and the Connecticut Semiquincentennial Commission. She represents the State Library on more than two dozen other local, regional, and national library, law, history, and archives interest groups.
Deborah is past chair of the Professional Engagement, Growth, and Advancement special interest section of the American Association of Law Libraries, past president of the Atlanta Law Libraries Association, as well as current vice chair of Southern Connecticut State University’s ILS Advisory Board.
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