MIT World Speakers

Nancy Kranich

Nancy Kranich served as president of the American Library Association in 2000-2001, focusing on the role of libraries in democracies. In 2003-2004, she was a senior research fellow at the Free Expression Policy Project in New York, where she wrote The Information Commons: A Public Policy Report. Previously, she was associate dean of libraries at New York University where she managed NYU's libraries, press, and media services.