Carla Diane Hayden (born August 10, 1952) [1] [2] is an American librarian who is serving as the 14th librarian of Congress. [3] [4] Since the creation of the office of the librarian of Congress in 1802, Hayden is both the first African American and the first woman to hold this post.

Carla Hayden was sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Congress on September 14, 2016. Dr. Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to lead the national library, was nominated to the position by President Barack Obama on February 24, 2016, and her nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate later that year on July 13.

2024年12月15日 · Carla Hayden, American librarian who was the first female and first African American to serve as the Librarian of Congress. She is also known for defending library users’ privacy and for her efforts to ensure widespread access to public libraries and their resources.

2023年6月8日 · Carla D. Hayden, AM’77, PhD’87, is the first African American and the first woman to lead the Library of Congress. In the fall of 2016, Carla D. Hayden had just been confirmed as the 14th librarian of Congress—the first woman and the first African American to hold the position.

Carla D. Hayden, AM’77, PhD’87, is the first African American and the first woman to lead the Library of Congress, but not the first UChicagoan in the role. Daniel J. Boorstin, a UChicago history professor for 25 years, went on to serve as the 12th librarian of …

2017年6月13日 · Dr. Carla Diane Hayden is the fourteenth librarian of the U.S. Library of Congress. Hayden’s swearing-in as librarian was the first time a woman and an African American was appointed to the position.

Hayden, the first woman and the first African American to lead the national library, was nominated to the position by President Barack Obama on February 24, 2016, and her nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 13, 2016. Prior to her latest post she served, since 1993, as CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland.

2023年5月4日 · Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th person, first woman, and the first Black to hold the position of Librarian of Congress, is the 2023 recipient of the American Library Association (ALA) Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship.

Carla Diane Hayden (born August 10, 1952) [1] [2] is an American librarian. She is the 14th and current Librarian of Congress since 2016. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Hayden is the first woman and the first African American to hold the post.

2020年2月12日 · In a career that spans state and government agencies, Carla Hayden has always fought for the people who need library resources the most and championed their right to have equal access to these resources, free of any government intervention.