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Ann K. Symons

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Ann K. Symons is an American librarian. She served as a president of the American Library Association from 1998-1999.[1]

Education

Symons earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California and a Masters in Library Sciences degree from the University of Oregon.[2]

Career

She has been a school librarian since 1970.[2]

Awards

She was the 1999 recipient of the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award from the American Library Association.[1]

She was the 2002 recipient of the Lippincott Award from the American Library Association.[3]

Selected publications

  • Protecting the Right to Read (Neal Schuman, 1995)
  • Speaking Out! Voices in Celebration of Intellectual Freedom (ALA Editions, 1999)

References

  1. ^ a b "Ann Symons to Receive Downs Intellectual Freedom Award - American Libraries Magazine".
  2. ^ a b "Symons, Ann K. - The American Library Association Archives". archives.library.illinois.edu.
  3. ^ "ALA - Ann K. Symons receives 2002 Lippincott Award". www.ala.org.

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