newshour weekend's ivette feliciano spoke with historians, including carla hayden, the first woman and first african american librarian of congress, about this project. >> four score and seven years ago... >> reporter: abraham lincoln's gettysburg address, the papers of clara barton and benjamin franklin-- those are just a snapshot of the 171 million historical items preserved at the library of congress and available for study, both online and onsite in washington, d.c. >> yesterday, december 7, 1941: a date which will live in infamy. >> but there are more stories and more histories of groups that have been underrepresented in american history. >> reporter: carla hayden is the librarian of congress and would like to see a change in what resides in the annals of history. >> what we'd like to encourage everyone to think about is the fact that they have stories of value. >> reporter: that is why the l.o.c. is inviting archivists from underrepresented communies of color to add to the national archive and offer fresh perspectives on the library's existing resources. announced in january, th

before the pandemic, we took you inside america's library with carla hayden, the librarian of congress who says no matter what's happening, the mission remains the same -- to serve the community. it's so nice to be here. this is touch a beautiful space. thanks for talking with me. carla: and thank you because this is the nation's library and it represents what libraries do throughout the country and communities, on campuses. soledad: as laibraries changed dramatically? i mean, when i was a kid, i think libraries were thought of as a very special and important. and in those m special and important and in different ways. there are libraries that have sections called beyond books where you can check out a sewing machine. you can check out tools. soledad: out of the library? carla: out of the library. the number one thing that people are going into public libraries for now is information about health. and so they're relevant in different ways. soledad: you are the first woman to be the librarian of congress and when you think about the number of women who are in the field, that's a bit of

carla hayden, and a director of the congressional budget office. thank you for joining us here today to testify. the roles the all play are critical important to making sure congress can serve the american people well. your agencies help congress in our basic responsibility on behalf of our constituents. let me think the women and men of your agencies. the past year has been difficult from the pandemic to the genuine six attack -- january 6 attack. unanticipated enhancements, ppe, cleaning and security courses. because the senate and the house continue to meet, the heavy workloads of crs and the cbo have met congressional requests to inform legislative responding to the pandemic. the library has delayed the construction of a needed storage module in fort meade so we could use the $40 million to cover emergency campus security and covid-19 courses. i would like to thank the gao for letting elizabeth fields come and testify before the armed services committee on tuesday. another example of your contribution to our efforts. as i said, these challenges