Carla Hayden

Carla Hayden   (bureaucrat)
Born	1952-08-10 Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Alma mater	Roosevelt University, University of Chicago
US Librarian of Congress  Librarian of Congress  In office September 14, 2016 - Present  President of the American Library Association In office 2003 - 2004

Carla Diane Hayden is an American librarian and the 14th Librarian of Congress. She is the first professional librarian appointed to the post in over 60 years.

Born in Tallahassee, Florida, Hayden began her career at the Chicago Public Library, eventually earning a doctorate in library science from the University of Chicago. From 1993 until 2016, she was the CEO of Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland, and president of the American Library Association (ALA) from 2003 to 2004. During her presidency, she was the leading voice of the ALA in speaking out against the newly passed United States Patriot Act.

In 2020, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society. She is a board member of the Open Society Institute–Baltimore,

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