Carol A. Brey-Casiano

Carol A. Brey-Casiano is an information resource officer, a librarian administrator and former President of the American Library Association.

Carol A. Brey-Casiano
President of the American Library Association
In office
2004–2005
Preceded byCarla Hayden
Succeeded byMichael Gorman
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
OccupationLibrarian, Information Resource Officer

Education

Brey-Casiano earned a master's degree in library science from University of Illinois. Brey-Casiano earned a PhD from University of Texas at Austin's Graduate School of Library & Information Science.[1]

Career

From 1991 to 1995, she was the Director of the Oak Park Public Library.[2]

Brey-Casiano served as executive director of the El Paso Public Library. In 2001, Brey-Casiano stood up against the Texas Ranger, mayor of El Paso, Texas, a lawyer named Francisco Domínguez, and the El Paso police for the purpose of protecting intellectual freedom and privacy of library users.[3]

From 2004 to 2005, Brey-Casiano served as the President of the American Library Association.[2][4]

Brey-Casiano also served as an information resource officer for the United States Department of States. In September 2017, as the Regional Public Engagement Specialist, Brey-Casiano was an opening ceremony speaker at the Argentine Binational Center Executive Directors Meeting in Argentina.[5]

Awards
  • 2012 Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecture[6]

See also

References
  1. "Brey-Casiano, Carol A.; The American Library Association Archives". library.illinois.edu. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  2. "ALA - Carol A. Brey-Casiano elected ALA president for 2004-2005;Teri R. Switzer elected to complete ALA treasurer term". www.ala.org.
  3. "Carol Brey-Casiano Tells a Patriot Act Story". americanlibrariesmagazine.org. June 29, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  4. "ALA's Past Presidents". ala.org. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  5. "Binational Center Annual Meeting". usembassy.gov. September 22, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  6. "Awards Grands: Carol Brey-Casiano". ala.org. April 5, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by
Carla Hayden		 President of the American Library Association
2004–2005		 Succeeded by
Michael Gordon
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