(via Lisa Hinchliffe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Scott Walter, DePaul University)
Lisa Hinchliffe, Professor/Coordinator for Strategic Planning and Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction at UIUC, is one of three individuals currently in the race for President of the American Library Association. The link to her campaign website is below.
If you are interested in learning about the other two candidates, they are Christine Hage, Director of the Rochester Hills (Michigan) Public Library (http://www.christinelindhage.org/), and Jim Neal, University Librarian Emeritus at Columbia University (http://jimneal.org/). Also, if you will be attending ALA Midwinter in Boston, there will be an opportunity to hear the candidates speak during a forum on Saturday, January 9.