ALA Nominating Committee announces councilors-at-large candidates

CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) has announced the names of the 21 nominated candidates who are running for a total of 12 at-large seats on the ALA Council to serve the 2025-2028 term.

The following candidates were accepted by the ALA Nominating Committee (listed alphabetically by last name):

Kate Alderete
Deputy State Librarian
New Mexico State Library
Santa Fe, NM
State Library

Martha Anderson
Organizational Development Director & Head of Digital Services
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Farmington, AR
Academic

Robbie Barber
Teacher-Librarian
DeKalb County School District
Tucker, GA
School

Stacie Cannon
Postgraduate Student
Northeastern State University - Library Media Information Technology
Tulsa, OK
School

Douglas Crane
Library Director
Palm Beach County Library System
West Palm Beach, FL
Public

Sara Dallas
Director
Southern Adirondack Library System
Albany, NY
Consortium

Emily Drabinski
Associate Professor
Queens College, CUNY
Brooklyn, NY
Academic

Oscar Gittemeier
Program Manager, Division of Innovation & Community Engagement
San Diego Public Library
San Diego, CA
Public

Andrew Harbison
Director, WebJunction
OCLC
Seattle WA
Library technology & research

Qiana Johnson
Associate Dean of Libraries, Collections and Content Strategies
Dartmouth Libraries
Lebanon, NH
Academic

Lesliediana Jones
Associate Director for Public Services
Harvard Law School Library
Cambridge, MA
Academic

Robin Kear
Liaison Librarian
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Academic

Katherine Lester
Adjunct Faculty - School Libraries
Wayne State University
South Lyon, MI
Educator of Youth & School Librarians - Academic Institution

Ramin Naderi
Adult Librarian III
Los Angeles Public Library
Los Angeles, CA
Public

Jerome Offord
Associate University Library and Chief Diversity Officer
Harvard University Library
Cambridge, MA
Academic

Anchalee Panigabutra-Roberts
Head of Cataloging
University of Tennessee Libraries
Knoxville, TN
Academic

Conrrado Saldivar
Tech Services Manager
Natrona County Library
Casper, WY
Public

Amanda Sand
Library Director
Dubuque County Library District
Dubuque, IA
Public

Evviva Weinraub Lajoie
Vice Provost
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Academic

Janice Welburn
Dean Emerita, University Library
Marquette University Raynor Memorial Libraries
Arlington, VA
Academic

Aaron Wilson
Serials/Government Information Cataloging Librarian
University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Academic

The Nominating Committee extends its gratitude to all the members who put forth their names to be considered for this position and have expressed the desire to serve. Every year, the Nominating Committee selects candidates from within the general membership for council members-at-large.

Members who are interested in running by petition for ALA Councilor at Large, you may do so by completing a petition form with the signatures of no fewer than 25 ALA current personal members. Here are instructions for creating an e-petition by December 13, 2024. In addition to the petition itself, members must complete a Candidate Biographical Information Form. The information submitted on this form will be used for the web ballot. Once the petition process is completed, petition candidates and nominated candidates are treated exactly the same. They are not differentiated on the ballot because they are on equal footing and are all viable candidates for these positions. The petition period for the 2025 election is open now and will close on December 13, 2024.

Ballot mailing for the ALA election will begin on March 10, 2025, and will run through April 2, 2025. Individuals must be members in good standing to vote in the 2025 ALA elections. Renew your membership online or by calling 1-800-545-2433, option 1. For more information, please visit the ALA Election webpage.

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