Carla Hayden
Carla Diane Hayden (born August 10, 1952)[1][2] is an American librarian. She was the 14th Librarian of Congress from 2016 until 2025.[3][4] Hayden is the first woman and the first African American to hold the post.[5][6][7] She is the first professional librarian appointed to the post in over 60 years.[8]
Carla Hayden | |
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| 14th Librarian of Congress | |
| In office September 14, 2016 – May 8, 2025 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | James H. Billington |
| Succeeded by | Robert Newlen (Acting) |
| President of the American Library Association | |
| In office 2003–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Mitch Freedman |
| Succeeded by | Carol Brey-Casiano |
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| Born | 10 August 1952
(aged 73) Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Alma mater | |
Carla Hayden Media
Dr. Hayden (left) and actress Lynda Carter participating in the June 2017 "Library of Awesome" event that celebrated the role of comics and graphic novels in promoting literacy, as they strike the typical pose of Wonder Woman
Smokey Robinson and Carla Hayden at the Kennedy Center Honors Medallion Ceremony at the Library of Congress
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References
- ↑ "Carla Hayden". The HistoryMakers. 16 July 2010. http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/carla-hayden-41. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ↑ "Finding Aid to The HistoryMakers® Video Oral History with Carla Hayden" (Finding aid). The HistoryMakers. 16 July 2010. http://thmdrupal.azureedge.net/sites/production/files/A2010_082_Hayden_Carla_EAD.pdf. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ↑ Landgraf, Greg (November 2016). "Meet Carla Hayden: America's Librarian". American Libraries. https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/1116-AL-web.pdf.
- ↑ Cox, Ana Marie (19 January 2017). "Carla Hayden Thinks Libraries Are a Key to Freedom". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/19/magazine/carla-hayden-thinks-libraries-are-a-key-to-freedom.html.
- ↑ About the Librarian - About the Library - Library of Congress. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ↑ Brown, Matthew Hay (6 September 2016). "Carla Hayden, longtime Enoch Pratt CEO, to be sworn in as 14th librarian of Congress on Sept. 14". The Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-carla-hayden-swearing-in-20160902-story.html. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ↑ Ali, Safia Samee (14 September 2016). "Carla Hayden is the first African American and woman to head the Library of Congress". NBC News. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/carla-hayden-be-sworn-first-african-american-woman-head-library-n615116.
- ↑ Hines, Shawnda (16 July 2016). "Dr. Carla Hayden to serve as the next Librarian of Congress" (Press release). American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2016/07/dr-carla-hayden-serve-next-librarian-congress.
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