Barbara Stripling Explained

Barbara Stripling
Office:	President of the American Library Association
Term Start:	2013
Term End:	2014
Predecessor:	Maureen Sullivan
Successor:	Courtney Young
Office2:	President of the Freedom to Read Foundation
Term Start2:	2020
Term End2:	current
Predecessor2:	Emily Knox
Nationality:	American
Occupation:	Librarian

Barbara Stripling is an American librarian and is the President of the Freedom to Read Foundation, a non-profit legal and educational organization affiliated with the American Library Association.^[1] Stripling served as president of the American Library Association from 2013 to 2014.^[2] During her term as president, she stressed that "Libraries Change Lives."

Career

In July 2018, Stripling retired from her position as Senior Associate Dean at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies.^[3] She had previously served as assistant professor of Practice at Syracuse University.^[4] She started her career as a school librarian, and served as Director of Library Services for the New York City schools, a school library media specialist and school district director of libraries in Arkansas, and a library grant program director in Tennessee.^[5]

Stripling also serves on the board of the Freedom to Read Foundation. She was first elected as a trustee in 2018, reelected in 2020, and was later named president.^{[6] [5]}

Awards

• 2017 recipient of the Joseph W. Lippincott Award from the American Library Association.^[7]
• 2014 President's Award, presented by the Arkansas Library Association.^[8]
• 2012 New York State School Library System Association's Distinguished Service Award.^[9]
• 1990 Arkansas School Library Media Specialist of the Year.^[8]
• 1989 Retta Patrick Award, presented by the Arkansas Library Association.^[8]

Selected publications

• Stripling, Barbara K., and Sandra Hughes-Hassell. Curriculum Connections Through the Library. Westport: Libraries Unlimited, 2003.
• Stripling, Barbara K. Learning and Libraries in an Information Age: Principles and Practice. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited and its Division Teacher Ideas Press, 1999.
• Stripling, Barbara K., and Judy M. Pitts. Brainstorms and Blueprints: Teaching Library Research As a Thinking Process. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1988.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roster - Freedom to Read Foundation. Freedom to Read Foundation.
2. Web site: ALA President Barbara Stripling. ALA President Barbara Stripling.
3. Web site: Garcia-Murillo Named Senior Associate Dean. School of Information Studies - Syracuse University. 29 August 2018 .
4. Web site: Barbara Stripling on Seeing the Big Picture.
5. Web site: News Release - Freedom to Read Foundation. Freedom to Read Foundation. 9 June 2020 .
6. Web site: Five Elected to the Freedom to Read Foundation Board. Freedom to Read Foundation.
7. United States : Dr. Barbara K. Stripling receives the 2017 Joseph W. Lippincott Award. (2017, May 18). TendersInfo - News (Mumbai, India).
8. Web site: Barbara K. Stripling - Resume (2015). New York Library Association.
9. Web site: Stripling Receives NYS School Library System Association Award. School of Information Studies - Syracuse University. 30 May 2012 .