Maycock, Angela

Angela Maycock serves as Assistant Director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association. She provides guidance and support to librarians, teachers, and others on the application of ALA’s intellectual freedom policies and the First Amendment in situations involving challenges to materials and services in the library. She also undertakes projects to educate librarians and the general public about intellectual freedom issues through speaking engagements, conference programming, and outreach initiatives. Angela is passionate about connecting librarians with the resources they need to confront the complex challenges to intellectual freedom in libraries today. Prior to her work at ALA, Angela served as Reference and Instruction Librarian at the Michigan State University Libraries. She received her M.S. degree in Library Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her B.A. from Penn State University.