Starr LaTronica

Starr LaTronica, youth services/outreach manager, Four County Library System, Binghamton, N.Y., is the president of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).

LaTronica received her MLS in 1980 from University of California, Berkeley, and has been an ALSC member for more than 27 years. She has served on the ALSC Advocacy and Legislation Committee and has served on numerous other committees, including Intellectual Freedom, Newbery, School-Age Programs and Services and Membership. She also was priority group consultant for child advocacy, 2008-2010, and served on the ALSC Board of Directors, 2005-2008.

Outside of ALA, LaTronica has been an active member of the New York Library Association (NYLA), serving as president of the Youth Services Section in 2001-2002. She received NYLA’s Dewey Fellowship Award in 2011. Among her accomplishments, LaTronica has collaborated with agencies and organizations on numerous initiatives such as the annual Kids’ Bookfest and the Story Garden at The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier in Binghamton, N.Y.