Kelly Tyler, Manager, Office of Education and Literacy, Los Angeles Public Library

Candidate for Director at-Large

Candidate for President-Elect

• Genesis Hansen
  

Candidate for Secretary

• Hilary Theyer
  

Candidates for Director At-large (3 positions open)

• Brandy Buenafe
  
• Kelly Tyler
  
• Darla Wegener
  

Biography

Kelly Tyler has worked in public libraries for 20 years in a variety of different roles. She received her B.A. in Economics from Mills College before relocating to Michigan to get her M.S.I. in Library Services. She returned to California and pursued her passion in working with teens for several years before transitioning into a management role as a community branch manager.

Kelly has been active in professional organizations her entire career, participating on and chairing multiple professional committees. She co-edited Intellectual Freedom for Teens: a practical guide for young adult and school librarians for ALA

Editions. She has been on planning committees for multiple CLA conferences, and her most recent assignments for CLA were to serve as the adult literacy interest group chair and to co-chair Southern California Library Literacy Services.

Since 2014, she has managed the Office of Education at the Los Angeles Public Library. She oversees the first library-based high school diploma program in the country and 20 literacy centers across the city. Her team delivers a continuum of learner-driven educational services for thousands of Angelenos, powered each year by over 500 volunteer tutors and teachers and building on a 40-year legacy of library literacy services.

Kelly has been active in professional organizations her entire career, participating on and chairing multiple professional committees. She co-edited Intellectual Freedom for Teens: a practical guide for young adult and school librarians for ALA Editions. She has been on planning committees for multiple CLA conferences, and her most recent assignments for CLA were to serve as the adult literacy interest group chair and to co-chair Southern California Library Literacy Services.

Candidate Statement:

The California Library Association has long been my professional home away from work. I am grateful for the amazing network of peers and mentors who make our conferences the premier yearly opportunity to network and learn. Being involved in the expansion of adult literacy offerings at CLA over the past few years, I know how our professional organization directly impacts the delivery of critical library services essential to equity within our diverse communities. If elected, I will continue to advocate for all library professionals. After all, it is all of us who make California an incredible library ecosystem!