Carla Hayden

卡拉·海登

The Big Interview

社会与文化

2023-06-16

30 分钟
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The first African American and female Librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, joins Christopher Cermak to discuss the role of libraries as a cornerstone of democracy and her efforts to spread the word about their wonders. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • I'm the child of two musicians, so I have no talent, so that's why I'm a librarian.

  • But I do recognize music.

  • And I knew about this young lady who was a classically trained flutist, but she's a big pop star.

  • And I've been talking about this for while.

  • I knew her because the Library of Congress has the world's largest collection of a single instrument, the flute.

  • So I said, boy, wouldn't it be good when I heard about this young lady if she could play, Young person on the team said, you know, she's coming for a concert in Washington.

  • Why don't we.

  • And I think the term is tag her Twitter.

  • Anyway, Lizzo and her mother and some of the people that work with her spent three hours in the music vault playing these different historic flutes, piccolo, all of that.

  • That's when you know this is a musician that really knows the instrument.

  • To pick up something from 1750 and be able to say that.

  • So our music curator was okay.

  • She's got chops.

  • Since her appointment by former President Barack Obama in 2016, Dr.

  • Carla Hayden has served as the Librarian of Congress, the world's largest library.

  • She's the first African American and first woman to hold the position and the first person with a background as a public librarian in 70 years, having served as head of libraries in Baltimore and Chicago before taking on her current position.

  • At a time when libraries around the world are getting a makeover, Dr.

  • Hayden is leading a $60 million overhaul of the 125-year-old Thomas Jefferson Building, the library's oldest and main building.

  • Her broader goal has been to make the Library of Congress more accessible to the public and more responsive to the country's other public libraries.

  • In this interview, you will hear Dr.