Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is an American librarian and administrator who became the first woman and first African American to lead the Library of Congress.

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instanceOf human
librarian
library administrator
public official
academicDegree Bachelor’s degree from Roosevelt University
Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Chicago
Ph.D. in Library Science from the University of Chicago
appointedBy Barack Obama
awardReceived Librarian of the Year (Library Journal, 1995) NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1952-08-10
educatedAt Roosevelt University NERFINISHED
University of Chicago
employer Enoch Pratt Free Library NERFINISHED
Library of Congress NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Hayden NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork information access
librarianship
public libraries
gender female
givenName Carla NERFINISHED
knownFor advocacy for equitable access to information
modernizing the Library of Congress
memberOf American Library Association NERFINISHED
name Carla Hayden NERFINISHED
notableAchievement first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress
first woman to serve as Librarian of Congress
notableWork expansion of public outreach at the Library of Congress
leadership of the Library of Congress digital initiatives
occupation Librarian of Congress NERFINISHED
librarian
library administrator
placeOfBirth Tallahassee, Florida, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld 14th Librarian of Congress
CEO of Enoch Pratt Free Library
President of the American Library Association NERFINISHED
residence Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
startTime 2016-09-14
workLocation Baltimore, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED

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Library of Congress Living Legend hasNotableRecipient Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
this entity surface form: Carla Hayden