2026 Election Information

A complete listing of ACRL Board and section candidates, including bios of vice-president/president-elect candidates Russell Michalak and Yasmeen Shorish (will be posted in C&RL News, January 2026).

Statements from the Vice-President/President-Elect Candidates
ACRL vice-president/president-elect candidates Russell Michalak and Yasmeen Shorish share their plans for ACRL (will be posted in C&RL News, February 2026).

Meet the Candidates
Profiles of the candidates for ACRL vice-president/president-elect, director-at-large, and councilor of the ACRL Board of Directors from ACRL Insider. One candidate will be featured each day beginning March 2, 2026.

Russell Michalak (vice-president/president-elect)
Yasmeen Shorish (vice-president/president-elect)

Heather Dalal (director-at-large)
Eric Edwards (director-at-large)

Jill Sodt (director-at-large)

ACRL members running for ALA Council in the 2026 election will be listed here.

2025 Results

ACRL 2025 Election Results (PDF)

Alexia Hudson-Ward elected Vice-President/President-Elect - ACRL Insider Announcement | Official Press Release

Andrea Falcone, Dean of Libraries at Binghamton University Libraries at Binghamton University SUNY has been elected to the ACRL Board of Directors as Director-at-Large.

Kimberley Bugg, CEO/Library Director of the Woodruff Library at the Atlanta University Center, has been elected to the ACRL Board of Directors as Director-at-Large.

Millie Gonzalez, Dean of Libraries at the New York Institute of Technology, has been elected to the ACRL Board of Directors as Councilor.

Election Details
Voting in the 2026 ALA/ACRL election begins March 9, 2026, with members receiving an email announcement between March 9-10 containing voting instructions.

Any individuals whose emails bounced will be sent a "snail-mail" letter with their voting credentials. To be eligible to vote, individuals must have been members in good standing of ALA as well as applicable divisions as of January 31, 2026. Those without Internet access at home or work can easily access the election site by visiting their local public (or in many instances academic or school) library. Anyone who reinstates their membership after January 31, 2026, will be ineligible to vote in the 2026 elections.

If you don't receive the email, please contact Help+ALA@yeselections.com or (866) 384-9978.

The 2026 ALA/ACRL election will close on April 1 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time, and the results will be made public the afternoon of April 6. More details are available on the ALA Election Page.