Dr. Carla Hayden

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'The City That Reads': The power of libraries & literacy in Baltimore

Dr. Carla Hayden, Sam Bermas-Dawes, Rob Sivak

Guest host Dr. Carla Hayden, ex-Librarian of Congress and former CEO of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Library, explores Black history books, talks with the Pratt's current CEO and meets members of a youth literacy group.

Former Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden was appointed in July, 2025 as a senior fellow at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where she continues to pioneer advances in the public knowledge ecosystem.

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Dr. Carla Hayden continuing to advance public knowledge as new senior fellow at Mellon Foundation

Tom Hall, Sam Bermas-Dawes, Rob Sivak

The former Librarian of Congress and past head of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Library discusses her new but familiar role at the Mellon Foundation: advancing public knowledge through libraries and archives.

Dr. Carla Hayden is the first woman and the first African American to lead the Library of Congress, a position to which President Barack Obama appointed her in 2016. (Photo LOC/Shawn Miller)

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Dr. Carla Hayden, The Librarian of Congress, On Why Libraries Matter

Tom Hall, Malarie Pinkard-Pierre, Rob Sivak

The former Pratt Library CEO discusses libraries' role in a polarized nation reckoning with race and a pandemic.