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CORRECTED VERSION For Immediate Release From: Pamela Goodes June 1994 Linda Wallace 312-280-5043, 5042 Betty J. Turock elected American Library Association president Betty J. Turock, chair of the Department of Library and Information Studies and director of the master's in library science program at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., has been elected president of the American Library Association (ALA) for the 1995-96 term. "I look forward to leading the American Library Association in directions that will benefit libraries and librarians into the 21st century," Turock said. "Together, we can make certain that libraries are out of the shadows and on center stage as our nation moves through a telecommunications revolution and establishes a national information infrastructure. "We can ensure that funding decision makers at the local, state and national levels are aware of the contributions libraries make in helping to solve the problems plaguing our nation," she said. "ALA must let them know of the many ways libraries expand the horizons of youth, minorities, immigrants and other people; of the dynamic role libraries can play in revitalizing the economy and increasing this country's productivity, if they are given a faire share of the fiscal pie." The president of ALA is the elected leader of the world's largest professional organization for library and information science professionals, with a membership of 57,000. Turock will serve as vice-president for 1994-95, and assume the presidency in June 1995 at the end of ALA's Annual Conference in Chicago. Turock, an active member of ALA for more than 20 years, currently serves on the ALA Executive Board. She has also served as an ALA Councilor-at-large, as a member of the Committee on Program Evaluation and Support (COPES) and as a member of the Committee on Professional Ethics. Turock has participated in ALA Chapters in Illinois, Arizona, North Carolina, New York and New Jersey. She is currently a member of four ALA divisions and two roundtables -- the Public Library Association (PLA), the Library Administration and Management Association (LAMA), the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD), the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), the ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) and the ALA Library Research Round Table (LRRT). Turock has also served as the coordinator of the ALA Feminist Task Force and as a member of the LAMA Executive Board. Turock has held management posts across the United States in public, school and academic libraries. She served as assistant director and director of the Montclair (N.J.) Public Library, assistant director of the Rochester and Monroe County (N.Y.) Library System, head of extension services at the Forsyth County (N.C.) Library System and school media specialist for the Alhambra School System in Phoenix, Ariz. Turock also served as senior advisor in the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement Library Programs. A frequent lecturer and consultant to libraries, Turock is the author of more than 60 publications and the founding editor of The Bottom Line: A Financial Magazine for Libraries. Her book, "Evaluating Federally Funded Public Library Programs," was released by the U.S. Department of Education. She is also the author of "Creating A Financial Plan," with Andrea Pedlosky. Since 1977, Turock has been listed in "Who's Who of American Women" and in "Who's Who in America" since 1991. She received the ALA Jesse Shera Award for Outstanding Research in 1989. Turock is the 1993 recipient of the Distinguished Alumna Award from Rutgers University and the 1994 New Jersey Library Leadership Award. A Charles Weston scholar, Turock has a bachelor's degree (magna cum laude) from Syracuse University and a master's degree and doctorate in library and information science from Rutgers University. Twenty-five members of the ALA Council were elected. All terms are for 1994-1998. They are: - Jim Bennett, Shoreham (N.Y.)-Wading River High School; - Mary Biblo, University of Chicago Lab School Library; - Elizabeth (Beth) Bingham, East Baton Rouge (La.) Parish Library; - Liz Bishoff, Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), Dublin, Ohio; - Pamela G. Bonnell, Waco (Texas)-McLennan County Library; - Kay Ann Cassell, The New York Public Library; - Julie Cummins, The New York Public Library; - Carolyn Dusenbury, California State University Library, Chico; - Susan Goldberg, Minneapolis Public Library & Information Center; - Sharon A. Hogan, University of Illinois at Chicago Library; - Margaret L. Kirkpatrick, Unified School District 259, Wichita, Kan. - Malikah D. Lumumba, Franko Middle School Library, Mount Vernon, N.Y.; - Anthony W. Miele, Arizona State Library Department of Library, Archives & Public Records, Phoenix; - Linda Mielke, Annapolis (Md.) & Anne Arundel County Public Library; - James G. Neal, Indiana University, Bloomington; - Toni Negro, Quince Orchard High School, Gaithersburg, Md.; - Elizabeth M. O'Donnell, Manchester (N.H.) City Library; - Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information, Washington, D.C.; - Sarah M. Pritchard, Smith College Library, Northhampton, Mass.; - James R. Rettig, College of William & Mary Library, Williamsburg, Va.; - Charles W. Robinson, Baltimore County Public Library, Towson, Md.; - Velma S. Salabiye, University of California, Los Angeles American Indian Studies Library; - Sue Stroyan, Illinois Wesleyan University Library, Bloomington; - Helen J. Tallman, MAST Academy, Miami, Fla.; - Kenneth A. Yamashita, Stockton (Calif.)-San Joaquin County Public Library. - END -