Molly Horst Raphael is an American librarian. From 2011 to 2012, she was president of the American Library Association. In 2009, she won the

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. She served in urban public libraries for 40 years. Raphael's 33 years at the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL) began as a youth librarian and culminated in her appointment as Library Director in 1997. In 2003, Raphael was recruited to lead the award-winning

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(MCL) in Portland, Oregon. She retired from Multnomah County Public Library in May 2009.

Life

She graduated from

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, and

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. She was director of the

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. She is on the advisory board of

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Raphael, Molly Presidents of the American Library Association Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American librarians 21st-century American women librarians Oberlin College alumni Simmons University alumni