It was announced today by ALA that Patricia “Patty” M. Wong, city librarian at Santa Monica (Calif.) Public Library and current SJSU professor, has been elected 2021-22 president-elect of the American Library Association (ALA). She received 6,718 votes, while her opponent, Steven Yates, who is the assistant director of the University of Alabama’s School of Library and Information Studies, received 2,448 votes. While serving as the president of ALA, she will be the chief elected officer for the oldest and largest library association in the world; and will serve as president-elect for one year before stepping into her role as president at the close of the 2021 ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. To read the full press release, you can click here. Congratulations Professor Wong!
