Loida Garcia-Febo

Loida Garcia-Febo is a Puerto Rican American librarian and library consultant. Garcia-Febo served on the Governing Board of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) 2013-2015 and 2015-2017[1][2] and she was a member of the Executive Board of the American Library Association 2015-2020 serving as a board member and president.[3][4] She was President of the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA) from 2009-2010.[5]

Loida Garcia-Febo
Loida Garcia-Febo speaking at a library conference in the Dominican Republic, 2016
Past-President of the American Library Association
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byJames G. Neal
Succeeded byWanda Kay Brown
Personal details
OccupationLibrarian
CommitteesInternational Federation of Library Associations

Career

Garcia-Febo has served as an elementary school librarian in Puerto Rico, Graduated from the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology (EGCTI), University of Puerto Rico. Was a librarian at the Centro de Informacion (PRATP) of the Unidad de Servicios Bibliotecarios para Personas con Impedimentos (SBPI) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, [University of Puerto Rico, Library Services for Persons with Disabilities’ Assistive Technology Information Center], Chief of the SBPI, and Manager at Queens Library.[6]

Garcia-Febo was a co-founder of the IFLA New Professionals SIG (Special Interest Group), an international forum for library and information services students and newly qualified librarians.[7]

Garcia-Febo has served on the Access to Learning Award Advisory Board for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Global Libraries,[8] the Library 2.0 Advisory Board from the San Jose State University School of Information,[9] Library Advisory Board of Praeger an imprint of ABC-Clio, and the Public Libraries Advisory Committee[10] and has been associated with REFORMA (The National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking) serving on the board from 2008–11, including a term as president from 2009-10.[7]

Garcia-Febo represented the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions as a speaker at the United Nations Development Programme Meeting on Data Accountability for the Post-2015 Development Agenda in New York.[11]

Garcia-Febo was the President of Information New Wave,[9] an international charity seeking to enhance the education of minority groups in the USA and in developing countries.[12]

In April 2017, Garcia-Febo was elected president-elect of the American Library Association 2018–2019.[13][14][15] Garcia-Febo completed a national tour of libraries during her presidential term leading the Libraries = Strong Communities national advocacy initiative.[16][17][18][19] Garcia-Febo represented the American Library Association at Generation Code: Born in the Library interactive exhibition presenting to the members of the European Parliament.[20]

In June 2020, Garcia-Febo was elected to the Board of Trustees for the Freedom to Read Foundation.[21] She also chairs the American Library Association Task Force on United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.[22]

Works
  • Garcia-Febo, L. 2016. Working together: access to information and our power to cause change. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2016 – Columbus, OH.
  • Garcia-Febo, L. 2015. “La privacidad y la proteccion de datos.” In Analysis sobre tendencias de informacion propuestas por la IFLA. Mexico: UNAM, 2015.
  • Garcia-Febo, L. 2013. Fundamental Freedoms, Library Services and Multi-Lingual Populations. Special Issue of Indiana Libraries: Intellectual Freedom & Censorship 32 (1): 45-46.
  • Garcia-Febo, L. and R. Kear. 2012. “Worldwide Perceptions of New Librarians.” In Wolf-Fritz Riekert and Ingeborg Simon (Eds.), Information in e-motion Proceedings BOBCATSSS 2012 – 20th International Conference on Information Science. Amsterdam, 23–25 January 2012. Bad Honnef, Germany: Bock+Herchen Verlag, p. 122-125.
  • Martínez Arellano, F. F. and L. Garcia-Febo. (eds.). 2011. Servicios bibliotecarios en America Latina: tres casos prominentes = Library services in Latin American: three outstanding cases. México UNAM, Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas : Federación Internacional de Asociaciones e Instituciones Bibliotecarias para America Latina y el Caribe.
  • Garcia-Febo, L. 2011. “ALA, IFLA and their relationship with Latin America.” In John Ayala and Sal Guerena (Eds.), Pathways to Progress: Issues and Advances in Latino Librarianship. California: Libraries Unlimited.[23]

Awards
  • 2015 REFORMA Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award[24]
  • Notable Member on ALA’s International Relations Round Table[25]
  • 2010 Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award[26]
  • 2007 Library Journal Mover & Shaker Freedom Fighter[27]
  • 2004 ALA/IFLA Fellowship for the 2004 IFLA Congress where she co-founded the IFLA New Professionals[28]

References
  1. "IFLA -- 2015-2017 Governing Board". www.ifla.org. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. Eberhart, George. "Libraries Improving Lives in Asia and Oceania | American Libraries Magazine". American Libraries. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  3. "Executive Board Directory". American Library Association. 30 October 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. MMORALES (2019-05-23). "ALA President Loida Garcia – Febo shares insights on sustainable thinking during United Nations event". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  5. "Press release - REFORMA Announces 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award (LAA) Winner" (PDF). REFORMA. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  6. "Yo soy Queens Library: Loida Garcia-Febo: Queens Library". Library Journal. 132 (5): S38. March 2015.
  7. Price, Gary. "Loida Garcia-Febo and Terri Grief are the Candidates For 2018-19 ALA Presidency". LJ INFOdocket. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  8. "Access to Learning Award ATLA". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  9. "International Advisory Board". www.library20.com. Library 2.0. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  10. "Public Libraries Advisory Committee". 10 October 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  11. "Biography in Context: Loida Garcia-Febo". American Libraries. 56. May 2014.
  12. "Information New Wave". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  13. "Garcia-Febo Wins 2018–2019 ALA Presidency". American Library Association - News and Press Center. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  14. "Garcia-Febo Wins 2018–2019 ALA Presidency". American Library Association - News and Press Center. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  15. "American Library Association gears up for 2017 ALA election". News and Press Center. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2017-03-20.
  16. "Libraries = Strong Communities | ALA Libraries Transform". www.ilovelibraries.org. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  17. SZALUSKY (2019-05-08). "ALA President Loida Garcia-Febo's 'Libraries = Strong Communities' tour reaches next stop in LA". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  18. Rogers, Heila. "American Library Association President Loida Garcia-Febo kicks off national tour at Library 21c in Colorado Springs". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  19. Krueger, Alyson (2019-08-10). "Where Libraries are the Tourist Attractions (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  20. "Generation Code: Born at the Library". American Libraries Magazine. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  21. YBROWN (2020-06-09). "Six trustees elected to the Freedom to Read Foundation Board". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  22. DGUERRA (2020-03-10). "ALA creates Task Force on United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
  23. Ayala, John L; Güereña, Salvador; EBSCOhost (2012), Pathways to progress : issues and advances in Latino librarianship, Libraries Unlimited, ISBN 978-1-59158-644-9
  24. "Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award". REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  25. "Notable IRRT Member". American Library Association. 29 January 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  26. "Loida García-Febo receives 2010 Elizabeth Futas Catalyst for Change Award". IFLA. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  27. "Loida García-Febo - Movers & Shakers 2007". Library Journal. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  28. "IFLA Congress in Milan". Loida Garcia-Febo. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by
James G. Neal		 President of the American Library Association
2018–2019		 Incumbent
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