Tulane University Libraries’ Dean Lindsay Cronk Among 2026-27 Candidates for American Library Association Presidency
Tulane University Libraries proudly announces that Lindsay Cronk, Dean of Libraries, is a candidate for the 2026-27 presidency of the American Library Association (ALA). Cronk joins Andrea Jamison, Assistant Professor of School Librarianship at Illinois State University, and Maria McCauley, Director of Libraries at Cambridge Public Library, as candidates vying for this esteemed role.
Cronk currently serves as a member of Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. She’s a member of the Core 5-Year Fundraising Team, and she served as president of Core in 2021-22. She was lead, Core Communications Working Group. She has also served on ALA Council, co-authoring ALA's Resolution Condemning White Supremacy and Fascism as Antithetical to Library Work. Before that, she served on the Board of the Library Information Technology Association and edited its popular LITA Blog. She is the first woman to serve as Dean of Libraries at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is Vice Chair of ARL's Advocacy and Public Policy Committee, 2024-2025. She also serves on the Board of the Association of Southeast Research Libraries, Clarivate North American Advisory, and the Serials Librarian. She is the co-creator and founder of PeMento: Peer Mentoring for MidCareer Library Workers. Her past keynotes have covered a variety of topics from leadership to team building to systems migrations while her research has focused on scholarly communication. Cronk holds an MLIS from Valdosta State University in Georgia, an EdS from Georgia Southern, and a BA from Agnes Scott College, Georgia.
“I’m honored and thrilled to be nominated for ALA President—thank you for this opportunity. Libraries are a collective superpower for learning, research, and discovery. We empower individuals and strengthen communities. The American Library Association champions and advances this vital work, offering all library professionals a shared home, a united voice, a thriving community of practice, and a values-driven foundation of policy. We have deep strengths and spectacular talent, and I am the loud librarian ready to amplify and advocate it,” Cronk said. “With a proven record of building teams and coalitions—within ALA and beyond—I am prepared to guide the Association through this pivotal moment of challenges and opportunities. Libraries are indispensable—not only providing resources but also fostering curiosity and inspiring a love of knowledge. When libraries lead, communities succeed.”
As the ALA election approaches, Tulane University Libraries proudly supports Dean Cronk’s candidacy, recognizing her commitment to championing libraries as vital community pillars. The election outcome will be announced in the spring of 2026.
Read ALA press release.
Published 11/11/2024
