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Calendar

Vivian Ann Davidson Hewitt Inaugural Lecture, featuring Dr. Carla Hayden

When

Apr 09, 2024

1:00 pm- 3:00 pm

Where

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main (Oakland)

4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is proud to announce the establishment of the annual Vivian Ann Davidson Hewitt Lecture intended to honor and celebrate the first Black librarian at CLP, who served the Hill District community in the 1940s.

The inaugural lecture will be presented by Dr. Carla Hayden, the 14th Librarian of Congress, nominated to the position by President Barack Obama in 2016. Dr. Hayden, a former assistant professor for Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh, is the first woman and first African American to lead the national library and will be joining us virtually. The Hewitt Lecture is presented in partnership with the Allegheny County Library Association and the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Computing and Information.

Photograph of Carla Hayden