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Sam Helmick
American librarian From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sam Helmick is the 2025–2026 president of the American Library Association.[1] Helmick is community and access services coordinator at Iowa City Public Library.
Education and career
Sam Helmick earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Services from Iowa Wesleyan University and a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences in 2012.[2]
They served on the American Library Association Executive Board.[3] They were also previously chair-elect of the ALA's Intellectual Freedom Round Table and Freedom to Read Foundation.[4][5]
They have served on committees for the United States National Library of Medicine, Stonewall Book Award, Young Adult Library Services Association, and Sophie Brody Award.[5]
Helmick was president of the Iowa Library Association in 2023 and chair of the Iowa Governor's Commission on Libraries.[6][7] As president of the Iowa Library Association, they wrote to newspapers in Iowa to support a library levy.[8]
Helmick has been active in speaking against Iowa legislation limiting library funding[9] and against book censorship.[10] Publishers Weekly highlighted Helmick's anti-censorship work in 2024.[11]
They were named ALA president-elect in 2025 after Raymond Pun stepped down.[4]
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