Janice Rice, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, was the Outreach Coordinator for the College Library at the University of Wisconsin-Madison until her retirement in 2015. She also worked as a public librarian at the Wisconsin Valley Library Service and as the archivist for the Ho-Chunk people. She is a Past President of the American Indian Library Association and was Co-Chair of the 2012 Joint Conference of Librarians of Color.