CHICAGO — Today, the Public Library Association (PLA) announced the results of its 2021 Election. Voting was available from March 8 through April 7, and open to all PLA members in good standing.
The members elected Dr. Maria Taesil Hudson McCauley, director of Libraries at the Cambridge (Massachusetts) Public Library to the office of 2022-2023 PLA president.
McCauley will serve a three-year term beginning this June and including one-year stints as president-elect (2021-2022), president (2022-2023), and immediate past-president (2023-2024).
“I am filled with gratitude to have this opportunity to serve as future President (2022-2023) of the Public Library Association and to work with talented member-leaders to fulfill PLA’s mission of strengthening public libraries and their invaluable contribution to communities,” said Dr. McCauley on learning the outcome of the…