Libraries transform Communities

Face2Face with Leslie Burger

President of American Library Association
April 24, 2007

Welcome to "Face2Face" video webchat!

Information Resource Centers throughout the world, meet together online with Leslie Burger.

Myra Brown, Information Resource Officer for Mediterranean Europe, interviewed Leslie in Rome, posing her participants' questions on several topics including immigration and integration through libraries, emerging trends, and fundraising.

Leslie is the president-elect of the American Library Association, the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 64,000 members.

She is also founder of her own consulting firm, Library Development Solutions. In her consulting practice, Leslie has guided more than 100 urban, suburban, rural public, academic, special and state libraries, and single and multi-type library cooperatives across the US in strategic planning, space needs assessments, evaluation, and program implementation.

During her ALA Presidency, Leslie is focusing her efforts in issues related to how libraries can transform the communities they serve, shaping a platform that will ensure Americans the best network of library service in the world. The ultimate goal is that no one, regardless of geography, ability, or social position, is left behind in the information age.

Leslie received the Princeton YWCA Tribute to Women Award in 2003 (YWCA is the largest and oldest women's organization in the United States) and The New York Times Librarian Award for 2004.

Leslie lives with Alan, her husband of 33 years and partner in Library Development Solutions in Princeton Junction, NJ. She has three children. In her free time she loves to read, garden, travel, cook, and entertain friends and family.