{{Short description|American librarian}} {{infobox officeholder | name = Barbara Stripling | image = File:Barbara_Stripling.jpg | office = President of the American Library Association | term_start = 2013 | term_end = 2014 | predecessor = Maureen Sullivan | successor = Courtney Young | office2 = President of the Freedom to Read Foundation | term_start2 = 2020 | term_end2 = current | predecessor2 = Emily Knox | occupation = Librarian }}
'''Barbara Stripling''' is an American librarian and is the President of the Freedom to Read Foundation, a non-profit legal and educational organization affiliated with the American Library Association.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ftrf.org/page/Roster|title=Roster - Freedom to Read Foundation|website=Freedom to Read Foundation}}</ref> Stripling served as president of the American Library Association from 2013 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barbarastripling.org/|title=ALA President Barbara Stripling|website=ALA President Barbara Stripling}}</ref> During her term as president, she stressed that "Libraries Change Lives."
==Career == In July 2018, Stripling retired from her position as Senior Associate Dean at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ischool.syr.edu/garcia-murillo-named-senior-associate-dean/|title=Garcia-Murillo Named Senior Associate Dean|website=School of Information Studies - Syracuse University|date=29 August 2018 }}</ref> She had previously served as assistant professor of Practice at Syracuse University.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/02/people/barbara-stripling-on-seeing-the-big-picture/#_|title=Barbara Stripling on Seeing the Big Picture|access-date=2017-08-27|archive-date=2017-08-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827171656/http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/02/people/barbara-stripling-on-seeing-the-big-picture/#_|url-status=dead}}</ref> She started her career as a school librarian, and served as Director of Library Services for the New York City schools, a school library media specialist and school district director of libraries in Arkansas, and a library grant program director in Tennessee.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2020/06/six-trustees-elected-freedom-read-foundation-board|title=News Release - Freedom to Read Foundation|website=Freedom to Read Foundation|date=9 June 2020 }}</ref>
Stripling also serves on the board of the Freedom to Read Foundation. She was first elected as a trustee in 2018, reelected in 2020, and was later named president.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ftrf.org/news/400385/Five-Elected-to-the-Freedom-to-Read-Foundation-Board.htm|title=Five Elected to the Freedom to Read Foundation Board|website=Freedom to Read Foundation}}</ref><ref name="auto"/>
==Awards == *2017 recipient of the Joseph W. Lippincott Award from the American Library Association.<ref>United States : Dr. Barbara K. Stripling receives the 2017 Joseph W. Lippincott Award. (2017, May 18). TendersInfo - News (Mumbai, India).</ref> *2014 President's Award, presented by the Arkansas Library Association.<ref name="nyla.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.nyla.org/max/userfiles/Documents/Barbara_Stripling_Resume.pdf|title=Barbara K. Stripling - Resume (2015)|website=New York Library Association|access-date=2020-09-28|archive-date=2016-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416061223/https://www.nyla.org/max/userfiles/Documents/Barbara_Stripling_Resume.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> *2012 New York State School Library System Association's Distinguished Service Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ischool.syr.edu/stripling-receives-nys-school-library-system-association-award/|title=Stripling Receives NYS School Library System Association Award|website=School of Information Studies - Syracuse University|date=30 May 2012 }}</ref> *1990 Arkansas School Library Media Specialist of the Year.<ref name="nyla.org"/> *1989 Retta Patrick Award, presented by the Arkansas Library Association.<ref name="nyla.org"/>
==Selected publications == *Stripling, Barbara K., and Sandra Hughes-Hassell. ''Curriculum Connections Through the Library''. Westport: Libraries Unlimited, 2003. {{ISBN|1563089734}} *Stripling, Barbara K. ''Learning and Libraries in an Information Age: Principles and Practice''. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited and its Division Teacher Ideas Press, 1999. {{ISBN|1563086662}} *Stripling, Barbara K., and Judy M. Pitts. ''Brainstorms and Blueprints: Teaching Library Research As a Thinking Process''. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1988. {{ISBN|0872876381}}
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