Meet President Obama's Nominee for Librarian of Congress
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Day 25: Carla Hayden
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Librarian of Congress nominee Carla Diane Hayden was born on August 10, 1952 in Tallahassee, Florida. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Roosevelt University in 1973 and began to work in the Chicago Public Library system. After earning both a master’s and a doctorate in library science from the University of Chicago, Hayden taught the subject at the University of Pittsburgh. She later returned to Chicago where she worked as a children’s librarian and became Deputy Commissioner and Chief Librarian of the Chicago Public Library System in 1991. In 1993, Hayden was appointed Director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore, Maryland. If she is confirmed as Librarian of Congress, she will be the first woman, and first Black person to hold this position.
Hayden was president of the American Library Association from 2003-2004. She was also nominated, and confirmed, for a seat on the National Museum and Library Services Board. President Barack Obama nominated her for this position in 2010. She has won many awards such as Library Journal’s Librarian of the Year (1995), Johns Hopkins University President’s Medal, DuBois Circle of Baltimore’s Legacy of Literacy Award.
Hayden uses her positions to advocate for everyone who uses the public library. As head of the Pratt system, she helmed initiatives for teens to gain homework help and career counseling. During the uprising in Baltimore in 2015, Hayden made sure that the libraries stayed open and offered use of their space for the distribution of food and other supplies. While she was President of the ALA, she fought legislation in the Patriot Act that would have allowed the FBI access to all citizen’s library history. These permissions were rescinded. Hayden was also instrumental in combating legislation that blocked some internet content for library users. With her help, all libraries give visitors the option of unfiltered internet access.
