[Libs-Or] OLA Endorses Molly Raphael for ALA President

[Suzanne Sager]

On March 15, ALA will begin distributing an email message to all ALA 
Members regarding the upcoming election. Ballots will then start 
arriving on March 16 and must be submitted by April 23.

The Oregon Library Association (OLA) Executive Board has unanimously 
voted to endorse Molly Raphael for ALA President.  According to Connie 
Anderson-Cahoon, OLA's President "it is wonderful to have a local 
candidate of Molly's caliber and I hope that you will join with me in 
supporting her candidacy".  Molly is recently retired after six years as 
the Director of Libraries at Multnomah County Library in Portland, Oregon.

Some of the reasons you should vote for Molly Raphael are her broad and 
deep knowledge of ALA and her experience in its governance at all 
levels; her long record of demonstrated leadership ability and 
experience; her extensive experience in working with government 
officials at the local, state and federal levels; her extensive 
experience with working with the media, both on and off the record; her 
long record of promoting ALA's core values (open access, intellectual 
freedom, and privacy) on the frontlines and through ALA; her championed 
diversity (in hiring, programming and outreach to underserved) and she 
received the Arthur Fleming Civil Rights Award; and she has built 
collaboratives across all types of libraries and community organizations.

Molly Raphael has truly walked the walk and will make an ideal ALA 
President. Please take the time to visit her website at 
http://mollyraphael.org as you seek to make an informed choice. There 
you will find complete details about her platform as well as her career 
experience and ALA service. You can also read endorsements of Molly's 
candidacy from many professional colleagues, including several recent 
ALA Past Presidents from all types of libraries.

Thank you,

Suzanne
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Portland State University logo

Suzanne L. Sager
Library East, Cataloging
Portland State University

503-725-8169
503-725-5799
sagers at pdx.edu

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