Patty Wong for ALA President 2020
A proven leader and catalyst for change
My Vision for ALA
Libraries are in a state of continual change. ALA as both an organization and as a reflection of our profession is also changing. We will face stressors that challenge us in publishing and digital access, intellectual freedom and legislation, funding and innovation. Our success will come from managing that change and not allowing it to manage us. Sustainability and resiliency will be hallmarks of my focus as ALA President. Join me!
My ALA experience
An active ALA member for 35 years, Patty has served several terms as at-large councilor (1996-2007, 2012-14) and as California Chapter councilor (2015-2017). Patty is currently in her second term on the ALA Executive Board, previously serving as the first Asian-American Executive Board member from 2001-05. She has held numerous committee positions, including chair of the Budget Analysis and Review Committee. She is an active member of ALSC, LLAMA, PLA, United for Libraries, YALSA, the Social Responsibilities Round Table, Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table, and the Rainbow Round Table. She is a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation and, as an Executive Board member, has worked with the Intellectual Freedom Committee, Committee on Legislation and the Conference Committee.
2001-2005, 2016-Present
Executive Board Member
2015-2017
California Chapter Councilor
1996-2007, 2012-2014
At-Large Councilor
2005-2007
Chair of the Budget Analysis and Review Committee
2006-2008
Spectrum Advisory Committee Member
2000
Chair of the American Libraries Advisory Board
1998
APALA President
About Me
Patty is the city librarian at Santa Monica (California) Public Library. She also serves part time on the faculty at the San Jose State University iSchool and is the former director of library services, Yolo (California) County Library. She started out her career as a children's librarian at Oakland Public Library.
Patty is the recipient of several awards, including the 2012 ALA Equality Award, CALA Distinguished Service Award (2014), and Member of the Year, California Library Association (2012). She holds a BA in Women’s Studies and an MLIS, both from the University of California at Berkeley.
Endorsements
Asian Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)
Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
Barbara Stripling, ALA President 2013-2014, Syracuse University School of Information Studies
Camila Alire, ALA President 2009-2010, Dean Emerita at the University of New Mexico and Colorado State University
Sarah Long, ALA President 1999-2000, North Suburban Library System
Barbara Ford, ALA President 1997-1998, University of Illinois School of Information Sciences
Betty Turock, ALA President 1995-1996, Associate Dean Emerita at Rutgers University
Robert Newlen, Deputy Librarian of Congress 2016-2017
Pat Schuman, ALA President 1991-1992, ALA Publishers
Teri Switzer, ALA Treasurer 2003-2007, Colorado Association of Libraries President 2011-2012, Dean Emerita University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Pat Smith, retired executive director of the Texas Library Association (TLA)
Janet Clarke, APALA President 2015-2016, Stony Brook University
Madeline Peña, REFORMA President 2018-2019, Los Angeles Public Library
Ana Elba Pavon, REFORMA President 2005-2006, Oakland Public Library
Lucia Gonzalez, REFORMA President 2010-2011, Director at North Miami Public Library
Liz Bishoff, former VP of Digital Collection Services at OCLC
Chulin Meng, ALA At-Large Councilor 2017-2020, Lehigh University
Pat Toney, ALA At-Large Councilor 2015-2018, Oakland Public Library
Eric Suess, ALA At-Large Councilor 2008-2021, Director at Marshall Public Library
Sue Kamm, ALA At-Large Councilor, 2010-2013, Inglewood Public Library
Maribel Castro, Texas Library Association President, 2011-2012, Louise S. McGehee School
Dolly Goyal, California Library Association President 2018-2019, San Mateo County Libraries
Kenneth Yamashita, APALA President 1996-1997, Stockton-San Joaquin Public Library
Fu Zhou, CALA President 2019-2020, University of Missouri - Kansas City
Stephanie Sterling Brasley, Dean of the University Library at California State University - Dominguez Hills
Clara Chu, Mortenson Center Director, University of Illinois School of Information Sciences
Susan Anderson, Director at Redondo Beach Public Library
Sara Dallas, Director at Southern Adirondack Library System
Rebekkah Smith Aldrich, Executive Director at Mid-Hudson Library System
Melissa McCollum, Director at El Segundo Public Library
Jeannete Contreras, Placentia Library District
Alma Ramos-McDermott, Collier County Public Schools
Maria Kramer, Redwood City Public Library
Claudette McLinn, Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature
Mario Ascencio, Art Center College of Design
Raymond Pun, Alder Graduate School of Education
Janice Hochstat-Greenberg, Jersey City Free Public Library
Shu Hua Liu, Santa Clara County Library
Hong Wu, Reynolds Community College
Michael Huang, Stony Brook University
Kathleen Bethel, ALA Councilor, Northwestern University
Peter Spyers-Duran, University of Central Florida, APALA Executive Board Member
Candice Wing-yee Mack, Los Angeles Public Library, YALSA President 2015-2016
Meghan Brody, Michigan State University
Lana Adlawan, Sonoma County Library
Melissa Cardenas-Dow, California State University - Sacramento
Touger Vang, Director of Learning Resources and Professional Development, Montgomery Community College
Julie Kane, Head of Collection Services and Associate Professor, Washington and Lee University
Sharon Hallberg, Chair at Yolo County Library Advisory Board
Julia Warga, ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee Chair 2019-2020, Director for Research and Instruction at Kenyon College
Karen Downing, University of Michigan
Meng Qu, Miami University (Ohio)
Mai Soua Lee-Cha, College of the Sequoias & Reedley College
Gladys Smiley Bell, Hampton University
Rita Pino Vargas, Haaku Community Academy
Douglas Smith, Berkeley Public Library
Diane Davenport, Berkeley Public Library
Lucien Plauzoles, Chair of the Santa Monica Library Board
Kelli Roisman, MLIS candidate at San Jose State University
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