Daphne Harrison Lecture: Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress

A Conversation About Digital Access

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building : Linehan Concert Hall

Date & Time

April 13, 2017, 5:30 pm7:00 pm

Description

DAPHNE HARRISON LECTURE

Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress

Dr. Carla Hayden will discuss the importance of the Library of Congress in the 21st century, especially in the digital age. The Library houses more than 162 million items that include historical documents and artifacts, photographs, books, manuscripts, sheet music, and so much more. Her monumental goal is to share all these items online with the public from coast to coast. 

Sponsored by the Dresher Center for the Humanities, the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery, the Africana Studies Department, and the English Department