[OPLINLIST] ALA Election News

[Hickson-Stevenson, Pamela]

Hello -

Elections for the American Library Association and its divisions and roundtables will start soon.  If you are a member of ALA, please plan to vote.

For the first time in about 20 years, there are 4 candidates for the position of President-elect of ALA.  They are:


*        Joseph Janes

*        JP Porcaro

*        James LaRue

*        Julie Todaro

These candidates participated in a forum at the Midwinter Conference in Chicago.  Video of the forum is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQkLGF64eFk.  Additional candidate information is available via the ALA Election Information page at http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/alaelection.

ALA staff provided the following list of candidates from Ohio for positions in ALA and its divisions and Roundtables. You will see the candidate's name, the ballot on which you'll find them listed, and the position they are seeking.

Mary Frances Burns, ALA Councilor-At-Large
Chuck Gibson, ALA Councilor-At-Large
Andrew P. Stuart, ACRL-STS, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Masha Stepanova, ACRL-SEES, Secretary
Katie Gibson, ACRL-WESS, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
Dracine Hodges, ALCTS-AS, Member-At-Large
Robin L. Gibson, ALSC, 2017 Wilder Committee
Kathleen Marie Webb LLAMA-BES Secretary
Felton Thomas, Jr., PLA, President-elect
David Lincove, RUSA, Division Councilor
Julia Warga, IFRT, Director-At-Large
Alenka Chadwick, RMRT, Director (Two-Year Term)
Virginia Ellis Palmer, RMRT, Director (Two-Year Term)

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.  Please also feel free to forward this other Ohio library listserves.
Pam

Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Ohio Chapter Councilor to ALA and
Deputy Director
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Akron, OH   44326

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