Jessica Chapel

Chief of Digital & Online Services, Boston Public Library

Jessica Chapel is Chief of Digital & Online Services at the Boston Public Library, where she leads digitization, digital stewardship, and UX, with a growing focus on AI's role in information access and discovery. Her department operates Digital Commonwealth, the statewide repository connecting 270+ Massachusetts libraries, archives, and museums. She co-hosts an ongoing speaker series with the Leventhal Map & Education Center on AI and cultural heritage collections, and co-moderates BPL's AI Interest Group.