Tah-Da!

New ALA President

Camila Alire Elected 2009–10 ALA President
Lynn Blumenstein & Norman Oder -- Library Journal, 5/2/2008

Winner has background in academic libraries Stripling, Stoffle, Kunzel lead race for Council
Larger turnout, thanks to electronic voting.

In an election marked by a growing number of participants, Camila Alire (l.), 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% of the total. J. Linda Williams, coordinator of library media services for Anne Arundel County public schools in Annapolis, MD, got.7102 votes. Alire will become president-elect at the American Library Association annual conference next month, and will take the top spot the following year. In an interview in LJ in April, Alire stressed advocacy training for librarians "back home," among other things she supports.

Well lets see how this goes. Advocacy training aside (a good idea) what are some of her other top priorities? How about job shortage? How about facing the new president and promoting more tax allocation for funding public libraries. How about reversing some of the damage that Bush inflicted on American libraries?

I know I am leaving a lot out.

Any thoughts?

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6557081.html?desc=topstory