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City leaders and library officials recently celebrated the reopening of the Brooklyn branch in South Baltimore. (Courtesy Photo)
Jan 13, 2026

Enoch Pratt’s Brooklyn library branch reopens

Following a renovation project, the Enoch Pratt Free Library announced the grand reopening of its Brooklyn branch in South Baltimore. 

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden arrives at the presentation of the Gershwin Prize, which honors a musician's lifetime contribution to popular music, hosted at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington on March 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
Jul 7, 2025

Former Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, fired by Trump, gets new Mellon role

The former Librarian of Congress — previously the longtime CEO of Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library system — has found a new position.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, the former CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, will speak at the Notre Dame of Maryland University commencement Wednesday. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
May 9, 2025

Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden

Carla Hayden, the former head of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, was fired after serving as the first Black and first woman Librarian of Congress.

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Nov 21, 2022

Enoch Pratt Free Library employees agree to unionize in landslide vote

Workers at the Enoch Pratt Free Library voted overwhelmingly to form a union.

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Jul 6, 2022

Podcast: Carla Hayden, Library of Congress

Carla Hayden reveals lessons learned from her time as CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore and as the librarian of Congress. Plus, she offers valuable advice to other women who are in leadership roles or are aspiring to them.

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Jul 30, 2019

City offers raises, back pay to female Enoch Pratt librarian supervisors

Baltimore is seeking to settle an Equal Pay Act lawsuit over salaries for librarian supervisors at the Enoch Pratt Free Library and will offer to increase the claimants’ salaries and […]

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Dec 6, 2018

Judge denies Pratt library’s request to stay EEOC lawsuit

A federal judge has denied the city’s request to stay proceedings in a lawsuit filed against the Enoch Pratt Free Library, according to an order filed Thursday. In a motion […]

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Nov 8, 2018

Pratt library lawyers ask for temporary stay in EEOC lawsuit

Lawyers for Baltimore city representing the Enoch Pratt Free Library in its defense against a pay discrimination lawsuit have asked a federal judge to stay proceedings until the U.S. Supreme […]

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Aug 3, 2018

Motion to dismiss Pratt pay discrimination lawsuit denied

A federal judge has denied the Baltimore’s motion to dismiss a pay discrimination suit against the Enoch Pratt Free Library filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Feb 27, 2018

Baltimore seeks to dismiss Pratt pay discrimination lawsuit

Baltimore‘s Enoch Pratt Free Library paid a male librarian supervisor more than female employees with the same title because his job description included other responsibilities and his pay was commensurate […]

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Sep 27, 2017

EEOC files pay discrimination suit against Enoch Pratt Library

Baltimore‘s Enoch Pratt Free Library violated federal law by paying female librarian supervisors lower wages than their male counterparts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit filed […]

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Jul 3, 2017

Benjamin Rosenberg named chair of Enoch Pratt Free Library’s boards

The Enoch Pratt Free Library has chosen a prominent Maryland litigator as the new leader of its boards. Benjamin Rosenberg, founder and chairman of Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP, was elected as the […]