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April 15, 2025 — In addition to this week's NewsBreaks article and the monthly NewsLink Spotlight, Information Today, Inc. (ITI) offers Weekly News Digests that feature recent product news and company announcements. Watch for additional coverage to appear in the next print issue of Information Today.
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ALA Leadership News
ALA announced the results of multiple elections and appointments for its organization and its divisions.Maria McCauley, director of libraries at Cambridge Public Library in Massachusetts, was elected the 2025–2026 president-elect of ALA. She will be ALA president for the 2026–2027 term. McCauley is a member of: - Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures
- Public Library Association (PLA)
- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
- ALA’s Rainbow Round Table, Sustainability Round Table, Intellectual Freedom Round Table, and International Relations Round Table
- Asian Pacific American Librarians Association
- Chinese American Librarians Association
- The Black Caucus of ALA
- REFORMA
- American Indian Library Association
- Freedom to Read Foundation
- Massachusetts Library Association
- New England Library Association
Larry Neal, library director of Clinton-Macomb Public Library in Michigan, was elected treasurer of ALA for 2025–2028. April Dawkins—assistant professor for information, library, and research sciences in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina–Greensboro—is the 2025–2026 president-elect of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL). She will be president for the 2026–2027 term. Alexia Hudson-Ward—associate director of research, learning, and strategic partnerships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Libraries—was named VP/president-elect of ACRL as of July 2025. She will assume the presidency in July 2026 for a 1-year term. Teresa Anderson, most recently VP of innovation and outreach at ASIS International, will become the executive director of ACRL on May 19. Ariana Hussain, teacher librarian at The Blake School in Minnesota, was elected VP/president-elect of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). This term begins in July 2025, and she will assume the presidency in July 2026 for a 1-year term. Steve Kelley, head of continuing resources and database management at Wake Forest University, is president-elect of Core; his term begins in July 2025. In July 2026, he becomes president for a 1-year term. Jamar Rahming, executive director of Wilmington Institute Free Library in Delaware, will be the 2026–2027 PLA president. He serves a 3-year term as president-elect (2025–2026), president, and immediate past-president (2027–2028).
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