“To become the Librarian of Congress was really humbling because, as a person of color, people who looked like me were forbidden by law to learn to read. Also, to be a woman in a profession that’s been called a feminized profession, was also something. It was the culmination of seeing the hopes and dreams of so many people that came before me,” said Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress.
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Those who spot Hayden walking through the halls of this sprawling building, know her as the 14th Librarian of Congress. However, Baltimore remembers her by a different name: Director of the Enoch Pratt Free Library.
“I still live in Baltimore. Baltimore is home, where everybody knows your name,” said Hayden.
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area.
He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
