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Cuyahoga County Public Library executive director Sari Feldman elected American Library Association president

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Sari Feldman
Sari Feldman, executive director of the Cuyahoga County Public Library, has been elected president of the American Library Association for the 2015-16 term.
In a news release, the association said Feldman received 5,184 votes, while her opponent, Maggie Farrell, dean of libraries at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, received 4,185 votes.
Feldman will be the chief elected officer for an organization that calls itself “the oldest and largest library association in the world.” She will serve as president-elect for a year and then will become president at the close of the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco.
"I am deeply honored to be given the opportunity to serve libraries and library professionals as president of the American Library Association,” Feldman said in a statement. “I look forward to continuing the leadership commitment of current president Barbara Stripling and president-elect Courtney Young to support advocacy for all libraries by strengthening our ability to speak with a unified voice. Throughout my campaign I challenged our association to engage, innovate and inspire — and I sincerely appreciate the support for that call to action."
Feldman has been an ALA member since 1990. She previously chaired the ALA Office for Literacy/Outreach Services Advisory Committee (2000-2003) and co-chaired the ALA Digital Content and Libraries Working Group (2011-present).
In Northeast Ohio, Feldman is board president of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture and is a trustee on the board of OneCommunity, a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding high-speed broadband access across Northeast Ohio.
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