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Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the former CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden to speak at Notre Dame Maryland commencement
Carla Hayden, the first Black woman to be named Librarian of Congress, will address nearly 500 Notre Dame of Maryland University graduates at the 2024 Commencement and receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Notre Dame.
The commencement is scheduled for Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Baltimore Convention Center (1 West Pratt St., Baltimore).
Hayden formerly served as the CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore from 1993 to 2016. She made history in 1995 as the first Black to win Library Journal’s Librarian of the Year Award, honoring her outreach services at the Pratt Library.
In 2015, she gained national attention in the wake of riots after the death of Freddie Gray, when she kept libraries open through the city to continue service and provide safe havens.
Hayden leads the world’s largest library and home to America’s national treasures, with a collection of millions of books, videos, audio recordings, photographs and more.
