Thank you all for your support. Now please join us in celebrating Camila's election as the new ALA President! If you are just joining us now that the election is over, welcome and please enjoy the website and blog!

We'd like to start off this new phase of our website -- as we transition from a campaign to a presidency -- with a special thank you message from Camila:

To all the folks who believe in me and supported me, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. It was a grueling time these past 6 months traveling to various conferences to campaign and traveling to speak at various venues. I am so relieved it is over.

I am so enthusiastic now that the election is over. I look forward to working with ALA Council, Executive Board, and members to move ALA from good to great!

I also want to thank J. Linda Williams for running a stellar campaign.

CAMILA

More about Camila:

Camila has a record of effectiveness as a long time library advocacy/marketing activist.

Camila is a proven leader:

• Current chair of ALA’s Committee on Legislation
• President of ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries)
• Elected to ALA Council and ALA Executive Board
• LAMA Executive Board
• Reforma president
• Chair of ALA’s Committee on Education, American Libraries’ Advisory Board, and Nominating Committee
• Active member of Colorado Association of Libraries

Camila is an experienced public speaker presenting nationally and internationally on:

• library services to Latino populations,
• disaster recovery,
• library leadership,
• advocacy and marketing

Camila publishes to make a difference:

• Serving Latino Communities (2007 – co-author)
• Academic Librarians as Emotionally Intelligent Leaders (2007 – co-author)
• Library Disaster Planning and Recovery Handbook (2000 – editor/author)

Camila understands all types of libraries - and has a background in academic, school, and special libraries and LIS education.

Camila is a strong supporter of intellectual freedom, literacy, information literacy, and IT. 

Camila walks the walk on diversity issues in libraries and services.

Camila would be the first Latina president of ALA.

Camila is an award-winning leader; honored for her ongoing contributions:

• ALA/ALTA National Advocacy Honor Roll
• Mountain Plains Library Association’s Legislative Award for work on library advocacy
• Reforma Librarian of the Year
• ALA Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award (First recipient)
• Colorado Library Association’s Award for Exemplary Services to Ethnic Populations (1995 and 1998)
• Scholar-in-Residence for the Chicago Public Library System
• Hispanic Business Magazine’s one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the country (1997)