Ann K. Symons | |
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President of the American Library Association | |
In office 1998–1999 | |
Preceded by | Barbara J. Ford |
Succeeded by | Sarah Ann Long |
Personal details | |
Nationality | American |
Education | |
Occupation | Librarian |
Ann K. Symons is an American librarian. She served as a president of the American Library Association from 1998 to 1999[1] and prior to that Treasurer from 1992 to 1996.[2]
Symons earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California and a Masters in Library Sciences degree from the University of Oregon.[3]
She has been a school librarian since 1970[3] working in Alaska and Anglo American School of Moscow.[2]
During her ALA Presidency, her presidential initiative was the adoption of a new ALA intellectual freedom statement Libraries: An American Value.[2]
She was the 1999 recipient of the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award from the American Library Association,[1] the 2002 recipient of the Joseph W. Lippincott Award from the American Library Association, and the 2014 recipient of American Library Association Equality Award[4]
In 2017 Symons was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership, the highest honor awarded.[2]