Senate Rules Sets Wednesday Confirmation Hearing for LOC Nominee

The Senate Rules Committee scheduled Librarian of Congress nominee Carla Hayden’s confirmation hearing for Wednesday. President Barack Obama nominated Hayden, CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library system in Baltimore, in February (see 1602240054). Hayden would replace Deputy Librarian of Congress David Mao, who has been acting head since previous Librarian of Congress James Billington retired in September. Stakeholders have said Hayden is largely a blank slate on copyright issues but praised her experience with pushing for major library modernizations, given the Library of Congress’ IT issues (see 1603080063). The hearing is to begin at 2:15 p.m. in 301 Russell, Senate Rules said.