AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Chase Ollis is an experienced communications and outreach professional with a strong background in library services and public relations. Currently serving as Communications Manager for the American Library Association since September 2013, Chase supports national initiatives promoting libraries and co-manages social media accounts. Previously, Chase held various roles at the Association of College & Research Libraries, managing programs and providing consulting services. Earlier experience includes positions at the Pritzker Legal Research Center and Furman University, where responsibilities ranged from circulation supervision to event management at a university radio station. Chase holds a Master of Library & Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a BA in English and Communication Studies from Furman University.
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
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Donate | Assistance | Trustees | Staff | Dr. LeRoy C. Merritt | Articles | Videos | Brochure | ReportsThe LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund was established in 1970 as a special trust in memory of Dr. LeRoy C. Merritt. It is devoted to the support, maintenance, medical care, and welfare of librarians who, in the Trustees' opinion, are: Denied employment rights or discriminated against on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, age, disability, or place of national origin; Denied employment rights because of defense of intellectual freedom; that is, threatened with loss of employment or discharged because of their stand for the cause of intellectual freedom, including promotion of freedom of the press, freedom of speech, the freedom of librarians to select items for their collections from all the world’s written and recorded information, and defense of privacy rights.