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This field report explores the recent planning and work underway by the American Library Association’s United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Task Force.

T he ACRL Board of Directors posed the following questions to the candidates (Grief and Walter are ACRL members) for ALA president, and C&RL News is pleased to publish their responses. Each candidate was given 1,200 words in which he or she could respond to six questions and contribute an optional opening statement; the responses are identified under each question. Opening statement Loida Garcia-Febo: I am a librarian, an advocate, and an activist. Libraries change lives for Americans in every community in our nation. Our strong value system propels us to create new ways to help children read, assist job seekers, support first-generation college students, and connect battered women and children with shelters. Thanks to our work, libraries remain the true bastion of intellectual freedom, democracy, diversity, and social responsibility in our communities. Given the threats we face to these core values, we cannot afford to stay on the sidelines. My vision for the association • ALA will be the leading voice advocating for libraries and library users while maintaining our core values.

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