Sari Feldman

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Sari Feldman
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President of the American Library Association
In office
2015–2016
Occupation Librarian

Sari Feldman is an American librarian who served as president of the American Library Association (ALA) from 2015 to 2016. During her presidency, she launched the Libraries Transform public awareness campaign that increased funding support for libraries and sought to advance information policy. [2]

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Education and career

Sari Feldman received a master's degree in Library Science from the University of Wisconsin in 1977 and a bachelor's in English from State University of New York at Binghamton. [2] While in graduate school, Feldman became a jail librarian at Dane County, Wisconsin Correctional Facility. [3] Since 1984, she has served as an adjunct faculty member at the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, in New York, teaching graduate courses in library management, reference services, policy and grant writing. [4] She made her way to Ohio in 1997 and became head of community services at the Cleveland Public Library and later became deputy director. [5] She served as president of the Public Library Association from 2009 to 2010 and numerous other boards and committees as a long-lasting ALA member. Sari was executive director of Cuyahoga County Public Library from May, 2003 to August 2, 2019. [6]

Committee work

Feldman has been a member of ALA since 1990 and has served on several boards and committees.

Honors

Source: [7]

Publications

Books

Articles

References

  1. "What I Learned from Bestselling Author Andrew Neiderman".
  2. 1 2 "President's Page". 8 November 2012.
  3. Miller, Jay (July 18, 2011). "Sari Feldman - Cleveland Business".
  4. Brimfield, Colin. "Sari Feldman, Exec. Director, Cuyahoga Community Public Library | 1C". www.onecommunity.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  5. "Sari Feldman". Crain's Cleveland Business. 13 July 2011. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  6. Bamforth, Emily (March 14, 2019). "Feldman to retire at county library". The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
  7. "President's Page | About ALA". www.ala.org. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
  8. "Celebrate The Freedom To Read". The Huffington Post. 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2016-04-25.
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by President of the American Library Association
2015–2016
Succeeded by