Ann K. Symons is an American librarian.
She served as a president of the American Library Association from 1998 to 1999[1] and prior to that Treasurer from 1992 to 1996.
[2] Symons earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California and a Masters in Library Sciences degree from the University of Oregon.
[2] During her ALA Presidency, her presidential initiative was the adoption of a new ALA intellectual freedom statement Libraries: An American Value.
[2] She was the 1999 recipient of the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award from the American Library Association,[1] the 2002 recipient of the Joseph W. Lippincott Award from the American Library Association, and the 2014 recipient of American Library Association Equality Award[4] In 2017 Symons was awarded American Library Association Honorary Membership, the highest honor awarded.