David Kelsey

David Kelsey has been the outreach services librarian at the St. Charles Public Library in St. Charles, IL since 2015, where he coordinates the department’s services and programs. David is the president-elect for the national Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS) and has spearheaded outreach interest networking groups for the Reaching Across Illinois Library System, System Wide Automated Network, and Library Integrated Network Consortium. He was a 2017 ALA Emerging Leader and is the recipient of the 2018 ILA Alexander J. Skrzypek Award, the 2018 ASGCLA Exceptional Service Award, and the 2019 ABOS John Philip Excellence in Outreach Award. David has been published in the March/April 2017 and July/August 2018 editions of Public Libraries magazine and was featured in the March/April 2018 edition of American Libraries magazine. David received his MLIS from the University of Rhode Island and is the recipient of the 2019 Alumni of the Year Award.