Leslie Burger

Leslie B. Burger is the interim Executive Director of the American Library Association. She is an American librarian who served for sixteen years as the executive director of the Princeton Public Library. She was president of the American Library Association from 2006 to 2007.

Along with her husband Alan, Burger is the founder and owner of Library Development Solutions, a consulting firm where she provides guidance to libraries on strategic planning, space-assessments, building programs, and program evaluation and implementation.

Burger served as president of the American Library Association from 2006 to 2007, concentrating her efforts on initiatives focused on how libraries need to transform to serve their communities.

As president Burger represented ALA in challenging the Federal Bureau of Investigation over the access to patron records enabled by the USA PATRIOT Act. She also testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on the issue of closing Environmental Protection Agency libraries.

During her presidency she launched the organization's "Emerging Leaders" program, dedicated to providing leadership opportunities to new library professionals.

Library leadership and recognition

Burger was president of the Connecticut Library Association in 1982 and president of the New Jersey Library Association from 2001 to 2002.

She was named the University of Maryland College of Information Studies Alumnus of the Year in 2005.

The New Jersey Library Association named Burger their 2017 Librarian of the Year.