American Library Association Council elects three members to Executive Board for 2024-2027 term

CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Council has elected Nick Buron, Peter Coyl and Dr. Corinthia Price to serve on the ALA Executive Board. Elected board members will begin a three-year term in July 2024 and conclude in June 2027.

Nick Buron is the chief librarian at Queens Public Library in New York. He holds a master’s in library science from State University of New York at Buffalo and a bachelor’s in American history from State University of New York at Albany. Buron currently serves as ALA Councilor at Large and served on the Council Orientation Committee and the Constitution and Bylaws Committee. He is a member of the Public Library Association (PLA), Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), Black Caucus of ALA, and Core: Leadership, Infrastructures, Futures.

“I am deeply honored to have been elected to serve as an Executive Board member for the American Library Association,” Buron said.  “Working to support libraries has been my professional life-long pursuit.  I look forward to helping advance all libraries during these exciting, and challenging, times through the mission and hard work of ALA and its members.”

Peter Coyl is the library director & CEO of the Sacramento Public Library. He holds a master’s in library and information science from Drexel University and a bachelor’s in public administration and public policy from Oakland University.  He currently serves as the Intellectual Freedom Round Table councilor and is a member of ALA’s Intellectual Freedom Committee.  He is the former President of the Freedom to Read Foundation; past Chair of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Round Table; past Chair of the Stonewall Book Awards; and a former member of the PLA Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Task Force.

“It is a privilege and an honor to be chosen by my colleagues to help lead our Association,” Coyl said.  “I believe in the power of libraries to change lives, and I am excited to continue the great work we are doing to defend the right to read, preserve access to our libraries, and advocate for library workers.”

Dr. Corinthia Price is the librarian at the Green Vale School in Old Brookville, New York. She holds a doctorate in Educational Administration, Leadership and Technology from Dowling College, Oakdale, New York. She holds a master of science in library and information science from Long Island University – C.W. Post Campus, Brookville, New York, and bachelor in professional studies from the New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury. She is a member of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table (EMIRT). She is a member of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table where she serves on the 55th Anniversary Committee and Marketing Standing Committee.

 “It is an honor to be selected to serve on the Executive Board of ALA,” said Price. “During these perilous times of book banning, it is important to have diverse representation within the profession reflected on the executive board.  School and children librarians who are the vanguard of free access to literature and learning should be represented fully at all decision-making tables.”

The ALA Executive Board manages the affairs of the association. It is composed of the president, president-elect, immediate past president, treasurer, executive director and ten members elected by Council from among the members of that body. For more information on the Executive Board, please visit http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/officers.

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