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Podcast: Commonwealth Club of California Podcast
Episode: Dr. Carla Hayden: Inside the Library of Congress
Description: When the Library of Congress (LoC) was authorized in 1800, its first collection consisted of 740 books and three maps. Today, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., the Library of Congress is the largest library in the world. Housing about 173 million items and employing more than 3,000 employees, the LoC is led by Dr. Carla Hayden, the first woman and first Black librarian of Congress. She assumed her position on September 14, 2016. and is only the 14th person to hold this position in 221 years.Serving as the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and housing the U...