ALA Full Membership to Vote on Executive Director Qualifications; Library Journal, January 25, 2018

Lisa Peet, Library Journal; ALA Full Membership to Vote on Executive Director Qualifications

"When Keith Michael Fiels, the former executive director (ED) of the American Library Association (ALA), announced in September 2016 that he would retire the following July, ALA leadership began considering its requirements for the role. As ALA convened a search committee and engaged a search firm to find the next ED, the question arose as to whether potential candidates should be required to hold an MLIS—or the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)/school librarian equivalent—or whether the degree should be merely preferred."