For the last 61 years, the Librarian of Congress appointee has not been a librarian. For as long as the position has existed, there has never been a Librarian of Congress appointee that is not a white man.
This is particularly interesting considering that librarianship is a field where around 81% of professionals are women, and roughly 17% are minorities.
A consistently white and male Librarian of Congress re-enforces institutional stereotypes whereby women and minorities were relegated to lower levels while their bosses were mostly white men. This problem persists today: men are still over-represented in library director positions, particularly in the academic sector.
There are many qualified female and minority librarians who could bring LOC into the digital age and lead.