ALA elections will open on March 12, 2018, and will close on April 4, 2018.
ALA members will vote on a dues increase not to exceed the percentage change in the national average Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest dollar through September 2022.
Members will also vote on a resolution determining whether the Association’s executive director should be required to hold an ALA-accredited master’s degree or a Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)-accredited master’s degree with a specialty in school library media.
In October 2017, ALCTS signed on to a joint letter encouraging the ALA Council to change the standing policy to make an ALA-accredited Master’s Degree or a CAEP-accredited master’s degree with a specialty in school library media degree recommended or preferred, instead of required, for future ALA executive directors. Council voted in November 115 to 34 (with two abstaining) to make an ALA- or CAEP-accredited master’s degree preferred rather than required for the position. This vote reversed a January 2017 Council resolution.
ALCTS Office
At the 2018 Midwinter Meeting, the ALCTS Board of Directors approved the following slate of candidates, brought forward by the 2017–2018 ALCTS Nominating Committee. Those elected will serve a term from 2018–2021.
ALCTS Division
Vice-President/President-Elect
- Jennifer Bowen (University of Rochester)
- Rebecca L. Mugridge (University at Albany, SUNY)
Director at Large
- Mary Miller (University of Minnesota)
- Hayley Moreno (OCLC)
Acquisitions Section (AS)
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
- Lori Duggan (Indiana University)
- Jeff Eller (Wake Forest University)
Member at Large
One to be elected.
- Coby Condrey (University of North Texas)
- Vanessa Walden (Marin County (CA) Free Library)
Cataloging & Metadata Management Section (CaMMS)
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
- Daniel N. Joudrey (Simmons College)
- Sandy Roe (Illinois State University)
Member at Large
Two to be elected.
- Stephen Hearn (University of Minnesota)
- Daniel Lovins (New York University)
- Wendy L. West (University at Albany, SUNY)
Collection Management Section (CMS)
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
- Alison M. Armstrong (Radford University)
- Gabrielle Wiersma (University of Colorado, Boulder)
Member at Large
Two to be elected.
- Michael Hughes (New York University)
- Jennifer Peters (Rockhurst University)
- Liz Siler (University of North Carolina, Charlotte)
Continuing Resources Section (CRS)
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
- Leigh Ann DePope (University of Maryland, College Park)
Member at Large
One to be elected.
- Maggie Dull (University of Baltimore)
- Rachel Fleming (University of Tennessee, Chattanooga)
Secretary
- Amanda Drost (Western Kentucky University)
Preservation & Reformatting Section (PARS)
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
- Miriam Nelson (Ohio University)
- Hilary Seo (Iowa State University)
Member at Large
One to be elected.
- Jessica Bitely (Boston Public Library)
ALA Council
The following ALCTS members are running for ALA Council:
- Whitney Buccicone, Special Collections Cataloging Librarian, University of Washington, Seattle
