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Dr. Carla Hayden | 2019 National Book Festival
10m 37s
Before being nominated to her current post as the 14th Librarian of Congress by President Obama in 2016, Dr. Carla Hayden served as president of the American Library Association and was deputy commissioner and chief librarian of the Chicago Public Library, among many other prestigious posts.