Georgia Brown

Georgia Brown has been appointed the new head of the American Geographical Society Library. She began her new role earlier this month. 

Georgia has been an integral part of the AGSL for years. She served as the interim head of the AGSL since October 2025 and the public services librarian since 2020. Before that, she began her journey as a graduate intern at the AGSL in 2018. 

Georgia hails from Tennessee, where she received her undergraduate degree in history. She moved to Wisconsin to attend the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she earned a Master of Library and Information Science, as well as a Master of Arts in History in 2020.  

She brings with her an impressive track record of subject matter expertise, exceptional user services, experience with the media, and scholarship and professional service. Georgia’s involvement in the cartographic community is extensive, having recently published peer-reviewed articles in the Journal of Map and Geography Libraries and The Cartographic Journal, as well as presenting at the Western Association of Map Libraries annual conference and the Map and Geoinformation Curators Group biannual conference. Georgia also currently serves as the chair of the WAML Communications Committee and previously served as the features editor for the WAML Information Bulletin. 

As public services librarian, Georgia has demonstrated a passion for providing remarkable user experiences. To build upon her work in collaborating with UWM professors to teach students cartographic themes, primary source literacy, and visual literacy, Georgia earned the UWM’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Badge for an Online and Blended Teaching Program. 

Her commitment to the AGSL and the greater UWM community has earned her many awards, including the UWM Office of Student Involvement Professional Staff Impact Award (2025), the UWM Libraries Janet and Carl Moebius Outstanding Staff Achievement Award (2020), and the UWM History Department Ellen Healy Award (2019).