President-Elect Courtney Louise Young

From Don Wood, ALA Chapter Relations Office:

Courtney Louise Young, head librarian at the Penn State Greater Allegheny has been elected president-elect of the American Library Association, defeating. Barbara Froling Immroth, professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Information.

Young received 5,391 votes, while Immroth received 5,029 votes.

As ALA president, Young will be the chief elected officer for the oldest and largest library association in the world.

http://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/ala/young-wins-ala-presidency

More information on ALA elections can be found at

http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/alaelection