Carla Hayden

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Carla Hayden (2016)

Carla Diane Hayden (born August 10, 1952 in Tallahassee , Florida ) is an American librarian and head of the Library of Congress since September 2016 .

Life

Hayden studied at Roosevelt University ( Chicago ) and the University of Chicago , where she also received her doctorate in library science . She then taught at the University of Pittsburgh before moving to the Chicago Public Library as a children's librarian . From 1991 she was deputy director of this library, and in 1993 she became director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore . During the riot in Baltimore that broke out in April 2015 after Freddie Gray's death in police custody, she ensured that library branches in the city remained open to serve as a safe place for families and children.

On February 24, 2016, US President Barack Obama proposed Hayden as the next Librarian of Congress . The US Senate confirmed the nomination on July 13, 2016. She was sworn in on September 14, 2016. She is the first woman and first African American woman to hold this position. Unlike her predecessors, who were appointed for life, her tenure is ten years.

Offices and memberships

From 2003 to 2004, Hayden was President of the American Library Association . In this role she made a name for herself as a staunch critic of the Patriot Act .

Awards

Publications (selection)

  • Hayden, CD (2014). LEO the Maker Prince: Journeys in 3D printing.
  • Hayden, CD (1994). New approaches to black recruitment. In Josey, EJ (Ed.), The Black librarian in America revisited (55-64). Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press.
  • Hayden, CD (1992). Venture into cultures: A resource book of multicultural materials and programs. Chicago: American Library Association.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carla D. Hayden Biography .
  2. ↑ St. Lifer, E., & Rogers, M. (1993). Hayden leaves Chicago PL to head Enoch Pratt Free Lib. Library Journal , 118 (10), 19. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ Carla Hayden Reflects on Her Time in Baltimore , Baltimoremagazine.net, August 3, 2016
  4. ↑ Carla Hayden confirmed as 14th librarian of Congress , Washington Post, July 13, 2016
  5. ↑ Carla Hayden Breaks New Ground as 14th Librarian of Congress ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ABC News, Sept. 14, 2016 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / abcnews.go.com
  6. ↑ Catherine Orenstein: Woman of the Year: Carla Diane Hayden ( Memento of the original from March 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Msmagazine.com, Winter 2003 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.msmagazine.com
  7. ↑ Carla Hayden, 63 . In: Fortune. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Hayden, Carla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hayden, Carla Diane (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American librarian
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Tallahassee , Florida