Deborah A. Robertson

Deborah A. Robertson is Director, Public Programs Office of the American Library Association. She established the Public Programs Office in 1990; its audience has grown to an estimated 10 million participants. Robertson has created more than 20 nationwide programs and initiatives, including traveling exhibitions, reading and discussion program series, and literary and cultural programming. She has served as an advisor on library projects to such organizations as the Smithsonian Institution, PBS, the Poetry Foundation YMCA National Writers' Voice, and Brown University. She is a popular ALA speaker at national, division and state library association conferences. Robertson holds a B.A. from University of Michigan and received her MLS from the University of lllinois. She would like to thank Susan Brandehoff, Mary Davis Fournier, and Laura Hayes for their assistance.