Judith Krug

Judith Krug has been the Director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom since it was founded in 1968. She helped found the Freedom to Read Foundation and has served as its executive director since 1969. Ms. Krug also serves as a Senator of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, vice-chair of the Internet Education Foundation, and a member of the Advisory Board of GetNetWise. She previously served on the Board of Directors of the Fund for Free Expression, the Board of Directors of the Illinois Division of the American Civil Liberties Union, and the American Bar Association’s Commission on Public Understanding About the Law.  She has won numerous awards, including the Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Award and the Joseph W. Lippincott Award for distinguished service to the library profession. Ms Krug is a noted author and speaker on the subject of intellectual freedom.