President Obama has announced his intention “to nominate Carla D. Hayden as Librarian of Congress.” More in this press release.

• An American Libraries blog post on the announcement quotes a statement from current ALA President, Sari Feldman applauding the selection of Hayden – who is a former ALA President and the current Head of Baltimore’s Pratt Library.
• Inside Higher Ed reported that her nomination drew support from library groups, and that Librarian of Congress nominations rarely face delays in congress, however this NY Times coverage was less rosy that her confirmation was certain.
• The LOC has an important role to play, not just for libraries, but also because of copyright and information law. From this summer, here was Jessamyn West’s wishlist for the next Librarian of Congress.

Via Gary Price on the Library Journal’s InfoDocket, researchers at Georgia Tech (a report from the University site (which links to the the study) here) have published a study showing how ad networks and personalized in-ap advertising could leak the sensitive data of mobile phone users to app developers.

And also in digital privacy news, The NY Times reported E.U. and U.S. Released Details on Trans-Atlantic Data Transfer Deal.