dr. hayden.know she will do an incredible job at the library of congress and it is great to be here with senator survey into is taken a great interest in the library and has been a great champion of these issues in our state and nation. with people from our community dr. hayden has worked today's hearing is well-timed. sunday marks the 216th anniversary of the creation of the library in 1800. senator mikulski and i were blessed to be baltimore and spy birth and others have the good sense to move to baltimore. for the last 23 years, she has directed the enoch pratt library which is not quite as old as the library of congress but was established in 1880 two, making it one of the oldest free public libraries in the nation. in 1994, maryland was the first state to offer statewide internet service to its residents with the sale of maryland's online public information network. dr. hayden didn't just run the public library system, she oversees the state library resource center which provides all marylan

dr. hayden: yes. the way you describe it is exactly the way that libraries even designed their buildings and the furniture, and making sure there is even signage that unaccompanied adults and children's sections are going to be questioned. there are so many safety measures put in public libraries and even college and university libraries to make sure that minors are safe and that they are not exposed to objectionable material, as far as we can prevent. your final degree was a phd from the university of chicago, a very highly respected institution, a logger early work was a children's librarian. these are issues you have always cared about. dr. hayden: yes, and it has been interesting -- i mentioned earlier with the proceed with caution for copyright, that if you pay attention with the front end it sometimes helps in terms of later. anding with young people seeing what imagination can be sparked -- 3-d printers are now has araries and that perfect time to let young people know that all of this informat

dr. hayden as well.hese are the people of the board and the executive advisory committee who on their own time and own dime worked to make the library one of the best and premier library systems in america. and the fact she has such broad support i think indicates what her leadership has been. she's been the ceo of the library for over 20 years. her nomination is bittersweet. it will be a great gain for the nation but a loss for baltimore. she once again will be a first, the first african american to be in the -- and the first woman to be the librarian of congress. but it's not about only breaking barriers. it's about what she will bring. i bring someone forward for support, for confirmation. i look, do they have competence, and do they have commitment to the agency and do they have integrity. she surpasses the high standards and the track record is proof enough. when you meat her, as you have, you will know it is her character and commitment that really shines forth. dr. hayden was born in florida and b

dr. hayden understands that. the libraries in baltimore have been more than just the traditional libraries. it has been a place in which the community can grow and children can go for peace and quiet. he was named librarian of the year in 1995 and elected to serve. she was assistant professor for science at my alma mater from 1987 to 1991. further, evidence of her excellent judgment. she has an outstanding resume and experience. she has integrity and a proven leadership and delivered results. in addition being qualified, she will be the first female to be librarian in congress and i agree that dr. hayden is the best qualified for the position and will bring the perspectives they think are needed to take the library of congress to its next chapter in the history of our nation. what a great resource we have. we all know that. this is a world resource. when there is a slow day here, i love to go to congress and get inspired. i believe they will take that to the next chapter and i strongly endorse her candidacy. >> s

dr. hayden would succeed james billington and become the first african-american woman to serve in the position. during hayden's congressional confirm make hearing she laid out her vision for the future of the library of congress. >> s i envision the future of this wonderful institution i see it growing in its stature, not only in library yapship but how people view libraries in general, as more of its resources are readily available for more people online, users will not have to be in washington, dc. everyone will have a sent of ownership pride in this national treasure. a child on a reservation in new mexico has the same access a high school student in st. louis, missouri, fifth grader in kentucky would be able to view abraham lincoln's papers from this home computer. and a shy, tenth grader from meridian, mississippi, with dreams of performing would be able to view the library's leonard bernstein collection, a student from a community college in kansas could look at and even download revolutionary war maps for a class assignment. and this would help libraries across the country, a small libr

dr. oversight, which i find is far less constructive. mr. hayden: i will double down on everything that ben said. oversight may help solve that problem. i suggested earlier with regard to the broad legitimacy of the enterprise the eyes of the american people. the oversight is seen to be sufficiently invasive and howevere and approving, we define that, that maky go a long way of going down the field . i would suggest picketing off of what ben said, narrow and intense is far better than broad. i am quite happy with the oversight committees getting deeper into the business, more immediacy, more at the operational tempo of the enterprise, rather than looking in the rearview mirror, rather than adding bodies to the left and right in the right and the left, which creates this bureaucracy that the operational community has to then fee in order get on to do what they have to do. one brief example. andesponse to mr. snowden the special commission created to look at nsa collection, the pdd 28,t issued which has to do with extending u.s. persons protections a