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JUNE PREVIEW

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,
Carla Hayden
& Eric Klinenberger
Auditorium Speakers
Saturday 6/22, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by Library of Congress
June 22 from 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the 2019
ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in
Washington, DC.
Hayden was sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Congress in September 2016. 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
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

Dr. Carla Hayden

Eric Klinenberg

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
of my favorite books of 2018," and exclaimed
that "Klinenberg is echoing what librarians
and library patrons have been saying for
years: that libraries are equalizers and absolutely universal."
Klinenberg is also the coauthor, with
Aziz Ansari, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance, and author of the
acclaimed books Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living

Alone, Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, and Fighting for Air: The
Battle to Control America's Media. In addition to his scholarship, Klinenberg has contributed to The New Yorker, the New York
Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, the London
Review of Books, Wired, and This American
Life.
Hayden will host an ongoing series of
discussions at ALA conferences with principals in the library field, thought-leaders,
and icons. Past guests have included former First Lady Michelle Obama and 10th
Archivist of the United States David S.
Ferriero.
Get details and add to your schedule
now.

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