| Sam Helmick | |
| Office: | [President-elect of the American Library Association] |
| Term Start: | July 2025 |
| Predecessor: | Cindy Hohl |
Sam Helmick is the 2025–2026 president of the American Library Association.[1] Sam Helmick is community and access services coordinator at Iowa City Public Library.
Sam Helmick earned the B.S. from Iowa Wesleyan University in Human Services and was awarded the Master of Science in library and information science from the University of Illinois School of Information Sciences in 2012.[2]
Sam Helmick has served on the American Library Association Executive Board.[3]
Helmick was president of the Iowa Library Association and chair of the Iowa Governor's Commission on Libraries.[4] As president of the Iowa Library Association Helmick wrote to newspapers in Iowa to support a library levy.[5]
Helmick has been active in speaking against Iowa legislation limiting library funding,[6] book bans and challenges.[7] Publishers' Weekly highlighted Helmick's work on the frontlines of the battle of the Freedom to Read in 2024. [8]