MLA/DLACon2025

Julius Jefferson has spent his career committed to advocacy, information policy, diversity, equity and inclusion, and professional and leadership development. An ALA Past President, he continues to advocate for libraries as the chair of ALA's International Relations Committee. In this wide-ranging conversation, Mr. Jefferson will be interviewed by Joseph Thompson, Director of Public Services at the Carroll County Public Library, about his experience and he will share advice for all of us as we work to advance the mission of libraries locally, nationally, and internationally.