[Lswtalk] FW: Confirmation Hearing: Nomination of Dr. Carla Hayden to be Librarian of Congress

[Debbie Johnson-Houston]

Hi Everyone,

 

See below.  Just thought I'd share this historic moment in the library
profession with you.  The library profession is all abuzz with excitement
and anticipation as we follow the confirmation hearings for the highest
library office in the U. S.  For your convenience, I have included
information below about the previous Librarians of Congress.  Feel free to
share this information.  Thanks--Debbie

 

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Subject: [alacro-l] Confirmation Hearing: Nomination of Dr. Carla Hayden
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Carla Hayden's confirmation hearing before the Senate Rules Committee is
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 2:15 EDT

 

The hearing will be webcast.

 

 
<http://www.rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=CommitteeHearings&ContentR
ecord_id=D216E739-803A-4CCD-9F75-F1747F1BFA84&ContentType_id=14F995B9-DFA5
-407A-9D35-56CC7152A7ED&Group_id=1983a2a8-4fc3-4062-a50e-7997351c154b&Mont
hDisplay=4&YearDisplay=2016> Nomination of Dr. Carla Hayden to be
Librarian of Congress

http://www.rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=CommitteeHearings
<http://www.rules.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=CommitteeHearings&ContentR
ecord_id=D216E739-803A-4CCD-9F75-F1747F1BFA84>
&ContentRecord_id=D216E739-803A-4CCD-9F75-F1747F1BFA84





Librarians of Congress

1.	John J. Beckley <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J._Beckley>
(1802-1807)
2.	Patrick Magruder <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Magruder>
(1807-1815)
3.	George Watterston
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Watterston>  (1815-1829)
4.	John Silva Meehan
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Silva_Meehan>  (1829-1861)
5.	John Gould Stephenson
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gould_Stephenson>  (1861-1864)
6.	Ainsworth Rand Spofford
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainsworth_Rand_Spofford>  (1864-1897)
7.	John Russell Young
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Russell_Young>  (1897-1899)
8.	Herbert Putnam <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Putnam>
(1899-1939)
9.	Archibald MacLeish
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_MacLeish>  (1939-1944)
10.	Luther H. Evans <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther_H._Evans>
(1945-1953)
11.	Lawrence Quincy Mumford
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Quincy_Mumford>  (1954-1974)
12.	Daniel J. Boorstin
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_J._Boorstin>  (1975-1987)
13.	James H. Billington
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_H._Billington>  (1987-2015)
14.	David S. Mao <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_S._Mao>
(2015-Present), Acting

On February 24, 2016, Dr. Carla D. Hayden
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Hayden>  was nominated to the post by
President Barack Obama
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_Barack_Obama> . She would be the
first African-American and the first woman to serve in the post, and is
awaiting confirmation by the Senate. [19]
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librarian_of_Congress#cite_note-19> 

 

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