Views from ALA President- Elect Maria McCauley

Abstract

What does it take to be president of the nation’s largest
library association? And what does that person envision
going forward? The Association for Library Service
to Children (ALSC) Public Awareness
and Advocacy (PAA) Committee spoke
with Dr. Maria McCauley, 2025–2026
president-elect of the American Library
Association (ALA) and the past president
of the Public Library Association
(PLA), a division of ALA.