The deadline to vote in ALA’s annual election is April 3 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific. ALA members are voting for 2025–26 president and 12 councilors-at-large who will serve from 2024–27. Read the candidate statements for presidential candidates Sam Helmick, community and access services coordinator at Iowa City Public Library, and Raymond Pun, academic and research librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education in Redwood City, California. Both candidates also participated in the virtual ALA Presidential Candidates’ Forum. Biographical information for the presidential and councilor-at-large candidates is available on the ALA election website.
ALA Governance Office, Mar. 12; American Libraries, Mar./Apr.