Carla D. Hayden Confirmed as 14th Librarian of Congress by Wide Margin

In what is being widely celebrated as a historic decision, Carla D. Hayden was confirmed as the 14th Librarian of Congress July 13 by a Senate majority vote of 74-18. Hayden, currently CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore and LJ 's 1995 Librarian of the Year, will be the first woman and the first African American to lead the Library of Congress .

Library of Congress Drops Illegal Alien Subject Heading, Provokes Backlash Legislation

Thanks to the joint efforts of a student group and university librarians at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, with a push from the American Library Association , the Library of Congress announced on March 22 that it would remove the term "Illegal alien" from the LC Subject Heading system, replacing it with "Noncitizen" and, to describe the act of residing without authorization, "Unauthorized immigration." The heading "Illegal aliens" will become a "former heading" reference, cross-referenced with the new terminology; other headings that include the phrase will also be revised or canceled.