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ALA Announces Its 2027–2028 President
ALA elected Tamika Barnes, associate dean of Perimeter College Library Services at Georgia State University, as its 2027–2028 president. She will serve as 2026–2027 president-elect. Currently, Barnes is president of the Georgia Library Association. She is also a member of ACRL, the Black Caucus of ALA, the Freedom to Read Foundation, the Lois Ann Gregory-Ward Fellows Program committee, and the EBSCO Information Services Library Staff Development Award committee. “I am deeply honored by the trust ALA members have placed in me. Throughout this campaign, I have listened to members across library types and career stages, and I will continue to lead with that same commitment to connection, transparency, and responsiveness,” Barnes says. “Together, we will foster an ALA that is bold in its advocacy, clear in its purpose, and prepared to meet the challenges and opportunities ahead.” Maria McCauley, director of libraries at Cambridge Public Library in Massachusetts is 2026–2027 ALA president. For more information, read the press release.
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