ALA Cognotes January Preview Midwinter Meeting - 9

COGNOTES

JANUARY 2017 PREVIEW

Meet the Candidates on Saturday January 21

oida Garcia-Febo, Terri Grief, and
Scott Walter are the candidates for the
2018-19 presidency of the American
Library Association. Join them in a Candidates Forum from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. on
Saturday, January 21 during the 2017 ALA
Midwinter Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. The
candidates will each have an opportunity to
make a statement and will answer questions
from the audience.
Garcia-Febo
Garcia-Febo has been an ALA member for
15 years and has served the library profession both domestically and internationally.
Her organization, Information New Wave,
is a non-profit organization seeking to
bring access to information to underserved
populations.
Garcia-Febo has served on the ALA Council from 2011 - present and was elected to
the ALA Executive Board 2015 - 2018. In
addition, she has held numerous committee appointments within ALA including the
Committee on Diversity, Intellectual Freedom
Committee, and Nominating Committee;
she has chaired the International Relations
Committee, the Intellectual Freedom Round
Table and the Committee on Membership
meetings, and is currently the chair-elect of
the International Relations Round Table.
She is also very active in IFLA (the International Federation of Library Associations)
and currently sits on their governing board,
and REFORMA (The National Association
to Promote Library and Information Services
to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking) where
she co-chairs its 2017 National Conference
Committee, and served on the executive
board from 2008 - 2011, including president from 2009 - 2010.
"Libraries save lives," said Garcia-Febo.
"More than ever, we need strong libraries to
foster stronger communities. I hold almost 20
years of library work and leadership experience. I have worked in a variety of libraries,
including academic, public, school, and special libraries. As ALA president, I would bring
focus to four important pillars: Advocacy,
Diversity & Inclusion, Career Development,
and Information Policies. I am committed
and energized to collaborate with ALA, its
members, divisions, and partners for the advancement of our profession and the future of
libraries. I look forward to working together

Loida GarciaFebo

Grief
An ALA member for 19 years, Grief
served as the 2013 - 2014 president of the
American Association for School Librarians
(AASL) and has been a member of ALA
Council as the Kentucky chapter councilor
(2003 - 2005), AASL division councilor
(2010 - 2013), and councilor-at-large (2016
- present). She served on the ALA Executive
Board from 2005 - 2009.
Her numerous ALA activities include
serving as a member of the Committee on
Literacy, Intellectual Freedom Committee,
Nominating Committee, and chair of the
Training, Orientation, and Leadership Development Committee. She has also served
the AASL National Conference Committee
in various capacities, including co-chair of
the committee in 2011; she was the 1999 -
2000 AASL Affiliate Assembly chair.
In addition, Grief served as the 2001
- 2002 president of the Kentucky Library
Association, and the 1997 - 1998 president
of the Kentucky Association of School
Librarians.
Grief received the Kentucky Library Association Lifetime Achievement Award in

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in 2001.
"I am humbled by this nomination,"
Grief stated. "The American Library Association has been such an important part
of my life and I would be honored to serve
it as president."
Grief holds an MA in Educational Administration and Supervision and an MA in
History, both from Murray State University,
as well as a School Library Media Certification from Murray State. She also holds a BA
in Library Science and History from Western
Kentucky University.
Walter
An ALA member for 20 years, Walter
served on the ALA council 2013 - 2016. He
served on the ALA Publishing Committee
2014 - 2016, as well as numerous committees within the Association for College and
Research Libraries (ACRL). Between 2013
- 2016, he served as editor-in-chief of the
ACRL journal of record, College & Research
Libraries.
Walter is an active member of OCLC,
the Online Computer Library Center where
he has held various positions, including as a
current Americas Regional Council Delegate
to Global Council. He is a 2016 participant
in the UCLA Graduate School of Education
and Information Studies Senior Fellow Program, and received the ACRL Distinguished
Education and Behavioral Sciences Librarian
Award in 2012.
Walter recently provided leadership for
the design and launch of Chicago Collections, a unique consortium of academic
libraries, public libraries, museums, historical
societies, and others dedicated to the preservation, discovery, and use of materials and
expertise related to the City of Chicago. As
an elected representative to a Chicago Local
School Council, he collaborates with K-12
librarians, teachers, principals, and parents
to advocate for school libraries and librarians
in Chicago public schools.

ALA President
Candidates Forum
Saturday 1/21, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
NEW TIME!

Walter has been engaged in professional
education programs for librarians for more
than a decade, and has served as an adjunct
member of the faculty in LIS programs at the
University of Illinois, San Jose State University,
and Dominican University. He is a frequent
speaker and published author in areas such as
information literacy instruction, library assessment, and the future of library services.
"Libraries, archives, museums, and the
people who work in them have a critical role to
play in a world where challenges to intellectual
freedom, equitable access to information, and
informed citizenship seem greater than they
have in decades," said Walter. "ALA has a
unique opportunity to bring people together
in support of the core values of our profession
with an eye toward empowering our members and their allies to advocate for libraries,
library staff, and the people who depend on
the library to make a difference in their lives.
I will bring strong experience in libraries and
a commitment to values-centered leadership,
member empowerment, and activism at the
grassroots level to the ALA presidency. I will
make it my mission to work with members
across the country and around the world to
answer the key questions of how ALA makes
a difference in their lives, and how, through
ALA, our libraries can be the force for good in
our communities that they need to be today."
Walter holds a PhD in higher education
administration from Washington State University, an MS in History and Philosophy of
Education from Indiana University Bloomington, an MLS also from Indiana University
Bloomington, an MA in Education from
American University, an MA in Russian
Area Studies, a BS in Russian, and a BS in
Linguistics, all from Georgetown University.
Ballot mailing for the 2017 ALA election
will begin on March 13, 2017 and will run
through April 5, 2017. Individuals must be
members in good standing as of January
31, 2017, in order to vote in the 2017 ALA
election.
Get more information and add this to your
schedule now.

ASCLA to Hold LTC Health Outreach Event

ISSN: 0738-4319 * Volume 2017 Issue I
Publisher/
Managing Editor
Deb Nerud
Vernon

Scott Walter

with you as we take action to advance library
concerns on the national agenda."
Garcia-Febo is the recipient of the 2015
REFORMA Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime
Achievement Award. She was named a Notable Member on ALA's International Relations Round Table, received the Elizabeth
Futas Catalyst for Change Award in 2010
and was named a Library Journal Mover
& Shaker Freedom Fighter in 2007. She
was also awarded an ALA/IFLA Fellowship
for the 2004 IFLA Congress where she coestablished the IFLA New Professionals.
She received both her MLS degree and BA
in Business Education from the University
of Puerto Rico, and is currently pursuing her
PhD in Information Sciences at the Long
Island University.

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Reporters
Michelle
Kowalsky
Rowan University
Glassboro, N.J.

Terri Grief

2015, the Barby Hardy Lifetime Achievement Award from
the Kentucky Association of
School Librarians in 2013, the
McCracken County Education
Association Teacher of the Year
in 2002, and the Kentucky Association of School Librarians
Outstanding School Librarian

Media Manager
Fiona Soltes
Videographer/
Video Editor
Andrew Franks
Guido Ronge
ALA Liaison
Paul Graller

egister for "Activate, Collaborate and Engage:
Transforming Your Community through
Health Outreach @ Your Library," by using the
unique link in your registration email confirmation. If
you don't have your registration confirmation handy,
you can request a copy by emailing alaregistration@
compusystems.com.
This event will be held on Friday, January 20, 2017
from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., event code: ASC1. Please
refer to the below chart for ticket pricing:
Category Advance
ALA Member
$135
Other Member
135
Non-Member 145
ASCLA Member
135
This session will provide an introduction on how
libraries can strengthen their roles within the communities they serve through health outreach using ALA's

Libraries Transforming Communities (LTC) initiative. Learn about free and reliable health information
resources and ready-to-use materials. The focus will
be on teaching libraries how to proactively create a
culture of health for their users. Attendees will leave
this session with resources to begin health outreach
implementation at their library. Co-sponsored by
ASCLA's Consumer Health Information Librarians
Interest Group.

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