Alire Elected ALA President

摘要

In an election marked by a growing number of participants, Camila Alire, dean emeritus of the libraries of both the University of New Mexico and Colorado State University, won election as 2009-10 American Library Association (ALA) president, with 8,956 votes, or 55.8 percent of the total. J. Linda Williams, coordinator of library media services for Anne Arundel County public schools in Annapolis, MD, got 7,102 votes. Alire will assume the title of president-elect at the American Library Association annual conference this month in Anaheim, CA, and take the top spot the following year. In an interview (see "Library Advocacy x 2," LJ 4/1/08, p. 50-52), Alire stressed advocacy training for librarians "back home," among other things, as part of her platform.