Gaining Insight

摘要

My time as ALA president has been personally and professionally transformative as I learned more than I thought possible in 12 short months. Early on in my presidency, I realized just how quickly I needed to ramp up my knowledge of information policy issues like net neutrality, and critical legislation such as the Every Student Succeeds Act. In addition to learning, I also worked to launch ALA's new public awareness campaign, Libraries Transform. Whether I was talking to a reporter, giving a keynote at a state library convention, or addressing a member of Congress, I sought to communicate one consistent message: Libraries of all kinds are neither obsolete nor nice to have; libraries are essential.