{"id":27494,"date":"2025-03-06T09:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/acrlinsider\/?p=27494"},"modified":"2025-03-06T09:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T15:05:48","slug":"meet-the-candidates-millie-gonzalez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acrl.ala.org\/acrlinsider\/meet-the-candidates-millie-gonzalez\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Candidates: Millie Gonzalez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Editor\u2019s Note: In the lead-up to the 2025 ALA\/ACRL election, we\u2019re profiling the 2025 ACRL Board of Directors candidates. We\u2019ll feature one candidate in slate order each weekday from February 26 – March 7. Complete details on candidates for ACRL offices are available on the election website<\/a>.<\/em> Make sure to vote for the candidates of your choice starting March 10.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Millie Gonzalez is library dean at Framingham State University<\/a> in Framingham, MA, and a 2025 candidate for the ACRL Board of Directors as Councilor.<\/p>\n\n\n

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1. Describe yourself in three words:<\/strong> S\u00ed, se puede. (Yes, we can).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Describe ACRL in three words:<\/strong> Community, evolving, knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. What do you value about ACRL?<\/strong> I can depend on the organization to support my staff and me in the profession. ACRL provides critical connections, information, and space for academic librarians to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. What would you, as a candidate for the ACRL Board, like to see ACRL accomplish in the area of EDI?<\/strong> I would like to see more collaboration and liaison outreach with our ethnic caucuses, bolster mentoring opportunities, and a plan to do outreach to HS and college students about careers in librarianship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. In your own words (an open-ended statement or reflection about life as an academic\/research librarian):<\/strong> I love libraries. I have worked at various types of libraries: public\/academic\/special, large\/medium\/small, and well-resourced\/modest resources. I use those experiences to inform the way I manage my library: obsessing about the needs of people who work at the library, and the people we serve; looking for collaborative and creative solutions; building community and connection; and embracing innovation and welcoming change if it will benefit my library and community. I acknowledge that sometimes I feel like Sisyphus but mostly, I am grateful, curiously excited, and hopeful about the future of libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. What are you reading (or listening to on your mobile device(s)?<\/strong> I am reading these three books: Patriot<\/a><\/em> by Alexei Navalny, Puerto Rico: A National History<\/a><\/em> by Jorell Mel\u00e9ndez-Badillo, and Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI<\/em> by Yuval Noah Harari. I just finished listening to Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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