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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden
and Sociologist Eric Klinenberger
Dr. Carla Hayden invites Professor of Sociology and author of Palaces of the People to
discuss the important and unique role that
libraries provide to the community. The
session will include the mapping out of
accessibility and adapting to the changing
needs of the library users in person, and
online. This session will take place Saturday,
June 22 from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the 2019
ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in
Washington, DC.
Carla Hayden was sworn in as the 14th
Librarian of Congress in September 2016.
Carla Hayden
& Eric Klinenberger
Auditorium Speakers
Saturday 6/22, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Library of Congress
She is the first woman and the first African
American to lead the national library. She
was nominated to the position by President
Barack Obama in February 2016 and her
nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate, July 2016.
Prior to her current post, she served as
CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in
Baltimore, Maryland. She was nominated by
former President Obama to be a member of
the National Museum and Library Services
Board in January 2010 and was confirmed to
that post by the Senate in June 2010. Prior
to joining the Pratt Library, Hayden was
deputy commissioner and chief librarian of
the Chicago Public Library; an assistant professor for Library and Information Science at
the University of Pittsburgh; and the library
services coordinator for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. She began
her career with the Chicago Public Library
as the young adult services coordinator and
as a children's librarian.
Hayden was president of the American
Library Association from 2003 to 2004. In
1995, she was the first African American
to receive Library Journal's Librarian of the
Year Award in recognition of her outreach
services at the Pratt Library, which included
an after-school center for Baltimore teens offering homework assistance and college and
career counseling. Hayden received a B.A.
from Roosevelt University and an M.A. and
Ph.D. from the Graduate Library School of
the University of Chicago.
Eric Klinenberg is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Public
Knowledge at New York University. His
most recent book is Palaces for the People:
How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight
Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of
Civic Life, available now. The book argues
that the future of democratic societies rests

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not simply on shared values but on shared
spaces: the libraries, childcare centers, bookstores, churches, synagogues, and parks that
help us form crucial, sometimes life-saving
connections. These are places where people
can gather and linger, strengthening personal
ties and promoting interaction across group
lines. They are vital parts of what he calls our
"social infrastructure," and they are necessary for rebuilding societies everywhere. Of
all the articles written about Palaces for the
People, Klinenberg's favorite was written by
the Librarian of Congress in the Wall Street
Journal. Carla Hayden called Palaces, "One
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Dr. Carla Hayden

Eric Klinenberg

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