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Donna Wills Scheeder is an American librarian, president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 2015 to 2017, under the theme "Libraries: A Call to Action". Scheeder has participated in the IFLA Governing Board for 6 years.

Jobs
She has been Deputy Director of Information in the Research Service of the Library of Congress of the USA, Director of Services in the Library of Law of Congress and has participated in the Permanent Commission of Library and Research Services for Parliaments. She is a member of the Library of Congress Advisory Council and has been inducted into the Association of School Libraries Hall of Fame for her pioneering work in the field of library science and for her experience and leadership.

Donna Scheeder is the former president of the International Federation of Library Associations. During his tenure, he visited the Russian State Library, on the initiative of the Margarita Rudomino State Library of Foreign Literature. She speaks frequently about the contributions made by libraries to advance the achievement of the UN 2030 agenda and the goals of sustainable development.

She retired in March 2015 as deputy chief information officer for the Congressional Research Service after a long career at the US Library of Congress. USA, which included 5 years as Director of Legal Library Services. . She is past president of the IFLA Section of Libraries and Research Services for Parliaments and has trained parliamentary libraries in many countries around the world. His networking skills have been sharpened during his 45-year career and his history of volunteer public service. He has introduced a number of innovative services throughout his career, including establishing the first collection of legal blogs and instituting the Electronic Briefing Book product for Congress. She is on the organizing committees of the Computers in Libraries and Internet Librarian conferences, which place great emphasis on showing the latest developments in the field and the innovative services that leverage those developments.

Scheeder lives on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. She is a founding member of the Hill Center Board of Directors and also serves as Chair of the Eastern Market Community Advisory Committee.

Awards and distinctions
For her achievements, dedication and service to IFLA, particularly in the areas of organizational transformation of IFLA and in the defense of libraries within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, she was awarded in 2019 as an Honorary Member of the IFLA.

She was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Special Libraries Association for her pioneering work in library science and her contributions to that association. .