Sam Helmick

5k-er. @ALALibrary President. Author. Baker. Christian. #FreePeopleReadFreely. LEGO lover. #Library Worker. Policy Wonk. #ThoughtBunny Wrangler. 🐇

[Sam Helmick @GeometricRabbit]

I'm doing a thing. Opening up my #thoughtbunnies substack for subscriptions with the plan to use any proceeds to publish my first book of poetry. #nervous #excited #amwriting

https://t.co/PRYQbjCD2t

[Sam Helmick @GeometricRabbit]

@kyle_winward Nice! 😊

[Sam Helmick @GeometricRabbit]

Turns out one of the perks of being an adult is after your leave the gym, you can have animal crackers for dinner and call it “recovery nutrition.” 🦁🐘🐒

I don’t make the rules, I just abide by them.

#adulting #dinnertime

[Sam Helmick @GeometricRabbit]

Thank you, librarians and library workers, for the opportunity to represent your care, expertise and impact to the communities we serve as @ALALibrary president.

It has been the privilege of a lifetime.
#OurStoriesAreWorthSharing
#FreePeopleReadFreely

[American Libraries @amlibraries]

"Decades from now, library workers will look back at the 2026 conference in Chicago as the point where the next century of service began." Gear up for #ALAAC26 with ALA President @GeometricRabbit. https://t.co/IBbz2MFZr4

[American Libraries @amlibraries]

The FCC has issued a draft proposal asking if the E-Rate program should be "limited or sunset." Learn more at https://t.co/HHxGpkY3iL

[National Coalition Against Censorship @ncacensorship]

NCAC proudly announces Don't Delete Art to its Arts and Culture Advocacy! Thanks to all collaborators for six years of impactful work! #ArtsAdvocacy #DontDeleteArt #SupportArtists

[American Libraries @amlibraries]

"After years of navigating shifting landscapes, there is no substitute for the hand-to-hand knowledge exchanged among colleagues." ALA President @GeometricRabbit looks ahead to #ALAAC26. https://t.co/IBbz2MFZr4

[American Libraries @amlibraries]

ALA President @GeometricRabbit reflects on the Association's first 150 years, and looks forward to the next. https://t.co/WG7t2szIi4

[American Libraries @amlibraries]

Our May issue, commemorating ALA's 150th anniversary, looks at moments that changed librarianship, barrier-busting library leaders, and more than a century of library poster art. Read the full issue at https://t.co/xp8rdLnSXB or by article at https://t.co/fnE3XmGeRh.

[Terje Håkstad @terjehaakstad]

📚✨ In 10 years in libraries, I’ve never seen 300 Norwegian librarians moved like this. Today, Sam Helmick, the American Library Association, did.

The fight against book bans is about democracy.

We can’t take our values for granted. 📖
#Libraries #FreedomToRead #Democracy

[Gretchen A Peck @GretchenAPeck]

In honor of National Library Week, I spoke with the ALA's president, Sam Helmick, about the week of celebration and its critical call to action.

https://t.co/vtQQzxjzkN

#NationalLibraryWeek #ALA #RightToRead #newsmedia #libraries #UniteAgainstBookBans

[Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran @Iran_GOV]

Head of Iran’s National Archives & #Library wrote to ALA President Sam Helmick on protecting cultural #heritage during the war. Helmick responded, emphasizing libraries and archives as reflections of human dignity, calling their protection a shared global responsibility.

[NDE @NDE_GOV]

The theme of #NationalLibraryWeek is joy.

Sam Helmick, 2025-2026 President of the American Library Association states that “Joy can be a quiet thing. Joy is the child who discovers their first favorite book and insists on reading it again right there on the library floor.

[American Libraries @amlibraries]

Libraries are outstanding partners and collaborators that support local businesses and entrepreneurship. Read more from ALA President @GeometricRabbit. https://t.co/6iqhwp8qmQ

[Sam Helmick @GeometricRabbit]

I’m about a giddy as a goat that my post ALA networking/business cards have arrived and that there’s an actual thought bunny hiding in my jacket.

#HappyMaking #ThoughtBunnies

[Sam Helmick @GeometricRabbit]

#loving #travel #poetry #peoplewatching

[Sam Helmick @GeometricRabbit]

Soliciting prayers and petitions for travel mercies: our pilots and plane, our cabin and crew, our wind and weather, and our take off and touch down.

Grateful to be headed home: happy, humbled, and half-awake.

✈️ 💜 🥱

[Viewpoints Radio @ViewpointsRadio]

Sam Helmick reminds us that our founding fathers stressed the importance of libraries from the very beginning. #LibraryAdvocacy #LiteracyMatters

Hear the full story on Viewpoints Radio: https://t.co/6fQJQsMguA

[Sam Helmick @GeometricRabbit]

Thousands of Iowans manage their child’s library accounts today.

Minors have 4th Amendment Rights library workers honor both by Iowa Code & professional ethics.

Compelling the government to monitor + report on accounts (regardless of age) is not appropriate or legal.

#IALegis