News (2019-2022)
- Library Journal Interview
“Julius Jefferson on Convening the Conversation”
- Slate Magazine on Melvil Dewey
- ALA Member News
“Serving on ALA, Council and Joint Committees 2020-2022”
- American Libraries: COVID-19 Update (March 17th 2020)
“Executive Board Recommends Closing Libraries to Public”
- American Libraries: COVID-19 Update (March 23rd 2020)
“Executive Board Recommends Libraries Leave WI-FI Open During Closure”
- American Libraries: COVID-19 Update (March 24th 2020)
“Executive Board Announces 2020 Annual Conference Cancellation – first time in 75 years…”
- ALA News: ALA Statement Affirming the Rights of Transgender People (June 23rd 2020)
- ALA News: ALA takes Responsibility for Past Racism, Pledges a More Equitable Association (June 26th 2020)
- ALA News: ALA Summons Support for Library Stabilization Fund Act (July 2nd 2020)
“Bicameral Legislation to Support Libraries”
Click Here and Tell your Member of Congress to Support Libraries
- Washington Post: Opinion Piece on MLK Jr. Memorial Library Renovation (July 23rd 2020)
“American Libraries Need Pandemic Relief”
- Forbes: Google Partnership with ALA (July 23rd 2020)
13 Libraries: Entrepreneurship Hubs in Underserved Communities
- American Libraries: ALA Midwinter Update (August 6th 2020)
“ALA Issued Statement on Midwinter 2021”
- American Libraries: ALA Statement on Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping (October 29th 2020)
“ALA Issued Statement on Combating Race & Stereotyping Executive Order”
- Library Journal: ALA Midwinter 2021: From Indianapolis to Virtual (August 7th 2020)
“ALA Takes 2021 Midwinter Meeting Virtual”
- American Libraries: ALA Executive Board Affirms Support for Library Workers (November 2nd 2020)
“2020 Has Taken a Toll on Libraries and Library Workers”
- American Libraries: ALA Releases State of America’s Libraries Special Report: COVID-19 (April 5th 2021)
“Report Traces Impact of Pandemic”
- The Hill: From Steel to Fiber, Libraries are American Infrastructure (April 5th 2021)
“The Upcoming Infrastructure Package is a Critical Opportunity to Rebuild a New Generation”
- The Congressional Record, Volume 167, Number 164, Page E1006 (September 22, 2021)
“Honoring American Library Association President Julius Jefferson”
- The Washington Post: The Golden Age of Public Libraries Dawns Again (January 1st 2022)
“As the world enters 2022, public libraries are emerging as one of the bright spots — literally”