Writer, librarian and public scholar, Tracie D Hall, who was named as one of Time’s Most Influential people of 2023 and the first Black woman to lead the American Libraries Association (ALA) in its 150-year history, will deliver the inaugural For Future Reference lecture at State Library Victoria on 7 December.
Hall is the ALA’s outgoing executive director, finishing her tenure in October 2023. Her work in library and arts administration has been recognised in the US with the National Book Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award and by Time magazine. Hall was the 2023 recipient of the medal for Freedom of Speech and Free Expression by the Franklin D Roosevelt Institute.
