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The Library of Congress has an annual budget of about US$900 million, with a staff of 3,263. In 2024, the library’s staff ...
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, which honors a musician's lifetime contribution to popular music, hosted at DAR Constitution Hall in ...
Mellon Foundation announced that Carla Hayden will join the humanities grantmaker as a senior fellow. The former Librarian of Congress abruptly fired by President Donald Trump has found a new position ...
Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress, said she worked to make the Library of Congress more accessible to a wider audience during her nearly 10-year tenure there. (Emily Neil/WHYY) ...
Dr. Carla Hayden, a trailblazing librarian of Congress, was fired by President Trump in May. Geoff Bennett recently spoke with her about being blindsided by the decision, the administration’s ...
Carla Hayden, a Baltimorean and former librarian of Congress fired by President Donald Trump last week, could relate. She was a Brownie when she read “Bright April” as an 8-year-old ...
Carla Hayden, who was fired as librarian of Congress on May, spent her childhood summers in Springfield at her grandparents. Hayden attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville before transferring to ...
In 2016, President Barack Obama appointed Carla Hayden as the 14th Librarian of Congress, making her the first woman and the first African American to hold the position. But on May 8, Hayden’s tenure ...
Carla Hayden, the former Librarian of Congress fired by President Donald Trump, has joined the the country's foremost philanthropic supporter of the arts.