*Meet ALA Presidential Candidate Sam Helmick*
Sunday, February 25, 2024
1:00 pm PT / 4:00 pm ET
Join AJL when we welcome Sam Helmick, a candidate for American Library Association presidency 2025–2026.
Sam Helmick is the Community & Access Services Coordinator at Iowa City Public Library. They are a current member of the ALA Executive Board and president of the Iowa Library Association. They previously served as chair-elect on the Freedom to Read Foundation and chair of the Iowa Governor's Commission of Libraries. They have served on committees for the Network of the National Library of Medicine, the Stonewall Book Awards, the ALA Policy Monitoring Committee, Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Michael L. Printz Committee, on the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Sophie Brody Award Committee and on the YALSA Fundraising Task Force. Helmick is a 2017 Emerging Leader as well as an author, consultant, and instructor for social media marketing and graphic design.
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Emily Bergman
Librarian
Temple Sinai
GlendaleCA
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