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Dr. Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\nCarla Hayden<\/strong><\/em> was sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Congress on September 14, 2016. Hayden, the first woman and the first African American figure to lead the national library, was nominated to the position by President Barack Obama on February 24, 2016, and her nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 13.\u00a0<\/p>\nPrior to her latest post she served, since 1993, as CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland. Hayden was nominated by President Obama to be a member of the National Museum and Library Services Board in January 2010 and was confirmed to that post by the Senate in June 2010. Prior to joining the Pratt Library, Hayden was deputy commissioner and chief librarian of the Chicago Public Library from 1991 to 1993. She was an assistant professor for Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh from 1987 to 1991. Hayden was library services coordinator for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago from 1982 to 1987. She began her career with the Chicago Public Library as the young adult services coordinator from 1979 to 1982 and as a library associate and children\u2019s librarian from 1973 to 1979.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hayden was president of the American Library Association from 2003 to 2004. In 1995, she was the first African American figure to receive Library Journal\u2019s Librarian of the Year Award in recognition of her outreach services at the Pratt Library, which included an after-school center for Baltimore teens offering homework assistance and college and career counseling. Hayden received a B.A. from Roosevelt University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Engel_Laurence_P3A3669_jer2028129.jpg\")
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Laurence Engel, President of the Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\nBorn in 1966, Laurence Engel<\/strong><\/em> was appointed President of the National Library of France and took up her post on April 11, 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\nA graduate of Ecole Normale Fontenay-aux-Roses, Sciences Po and Ecole nationale d\u2019Administration, she is a member of the Cour des Comptes (French Court of Audit).\u00a0<\/p>\n
After joining J\u00e9r\u00f4me Cl\u00e9ment, then President of ARTE, a public Franco-German\u00a0TV network that promotes programming in the areas of culture and the arts and later on the public television network \u201cLa Cinqui\u00e8me\u201d in 1998, she was appointed Adviser on Audiovisual Matters to Catherine Tasca, then French Minister of Culture and Communication, in the period 2000 to 2002. She was Cultural Advisor to Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delano\u00eb, in the period 2003 to 2008 and afterwards Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of Paris until 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She acted as Director of the Cabinet Office of Aur\u00e9lie Filippetti, then French Minister of Culture and Communication, for the period 2012-2014. Consequently, she joined the Cour des Comptes and was, furthermore, appointed as Ombudsman for the Book. During that period of time, Laurence Engel acted also as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Institut National de l\u2019Histoire de l\u2019Art (INHA) and Chair of the Finance Commission of the Agence France Presse.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She has published various books and articles, in particular about Cultural policy, for the French literary magazine Esprit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Colin20B.20Bailey.jpg\")
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Colin B. Bailey, Director of the Morgan Library & Museum<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\nColin B. Bailey<\/strong> is the Director of the Morgan Library & Museum, a position he has held since 2015. Prior to joining the Morgan, Bailey held the position of Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, overseeing both the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor. After periods at the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts, the Kimbell Art Museum, and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, he worked at New York\u2019s Frick Collection for thirteen years (between 2000 and 2013), becoming Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Curator.<\/p>\nA scholar of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French art, Bailey is a specialist of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and has been responsible for many publications and exhibitions over the course of his career. His book, Patriotic Taste: Collecting Modern Art in Pre-Revolutionary Paris<\/em>, was awarded the Mitchell Prize for best art history book of 2002\u20122003. An Officier de l\u2019Ordre des arts et des lettres, in 2020 he was awarded the Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la litt\u00e9rature fran\u00e7aises by the Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise.<\/p>\n
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Dr. Carla Hayden, 14th Librarian of Congress<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n Carla Hayden<\/strong><\/em> was sworn in as the 14th Librarian of Congress on September 14, 2016. Hayden, the first woman and the first African American figure to lead the national library, was nominated to the position by President Barack Obama on February 24, 2016, and her nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n Prior to her latest post she served, since 1993, as CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland. Hayden was nominated by President Obama to be a member of the National Museum and Library Services Board in January 2010 and was confirmed to that post by the Senate in June 2010. Prior to joining the Pratt Library, Hayden was deputy commissioner and chief librarian of the Chicago Public Library from 1991 to 1993. She was an assistant professor for Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh from 1987 to 1991. Hayden was library services coordinator for the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago from 1982 to 1987. She began her career with the Chicago Public Library as the young adult services coordinator from 1979 to 1982 and as a library associate and children\u2019s librarian from 1973 to 1979.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hayden was president of the American Library Association from 2003 to 2004. In 1995, she was the first African American figure to receive Library Journal\u2019s Librarian of the Year Award in recognition of her outreach services at the Pratt Library, which included an after-school center for Baltimore teens offering homework assistance and college and career counseling. Hayden received a B.A. from Roosevelt University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the Graduate Library School of the University of Chicago.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n \u00a9 BNF<\/p>\n\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\n\n Laurence Engel, President of the Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France<\/strong><\/em><\/u><\/p>\n Born in 1966, Laurence Engel<\/strong><\/em> was appointed President of the National Library of France and took up her post on April 11, 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n A graduate of Ecole Normale Fontenay-aux-Roses, Sciences Po and Ecole nationale d\u2019Administration, she is a member of the Cour des Comptes (French Court of Audit).\u00a0<\/p>\n After joining J\u00e9r\u00f4me Cl\u00e9ment, then President of ARTE, a public Franco-German\u00a0TV network that promotes programming in the areas of culture and the arts and later on the public television network \u201cLa Cinqui\u00e8me\u201d in 1998, she was appointed Adviser on Audiovisual Matters to Catherine Tasca, then French Minister of Culture and Communication, in the period 2000 to 2002. She was Cultural Advisor to Mayor of Paris Bertrand Delano\u00eb, in the period 2003 to 2008 and afterwards Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of Paris until 2012.\u00a0<\/p>\n She acted as Director of the Cabinet Office of Aur\u00e9lie Filippetti, then French Minister of Culture and Communication, for the period 2012-2014. Consequently, she joined the Cour des Comptes and was, furthermore, appointed as Ombudsman for the Book. During that period of time, Laurence Engel acted also as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Institut National de l\u2019Histoire de l\u2019Art (INHA) and Chair of the Finance Commission of the Agence France Presse.\u00a0<\/p>\n She has published various books and articles, in particular about Cultural policy, for the French literary magazine Esprit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n Courtesy of The Morgan Library & Museum<\/p>\n\t\t<\/figcaption>\n\t<\/figure>\n\n\n Colin B. Bailey, Director of the Morgan Library & Museum<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Colin B. Bailey<\/strong> is the Director of the Morgan Library & Museum, a position he has held since 2015. Prior to joining the Morgan, Bailey held the position of Director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, overseeing both the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor. After periods at the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts, the Kimbell Art Museum, and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, he worked at New York\u2019s Frick Collection for thirteen years (between 2000 and 2013), becoming Deputy Director and Peter Jay Sharp Curator.<\/p>\n A scholar of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French art, Bailey is a specialist of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and has been responsible for many publications and exhibitions over the course of his career. His book, Patriotic Taste: Collecting Modern Art in Pre-Revolutionary Paris<\/em>, was awarded the Mitchell Prize for best art history book of 2002\u20122003. An Officier de l\u2019Ordre des arts et des lettres, in 2020 he was awarded the Prix du Rayonnement de la langue et de la litt\u00e9rature fran\u00e7aises by the Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t