Carol A. Brey-Casiano
Carol A. Brey-Casiano | |
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President of the American Library Association | |
In office 2004–2005 | |
Preceded by | Carla Hayden |
Succeeded by | Michael Gorman |
Personal details | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Librarian, Information Resource Officer |
Carol A. Brey-Casiano is an information resource officer, a librarian administrator and former President of the American Library Association.
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
- List of presidents of the American Library Association
- Intellectual freedom#LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund
References
- ^ "Brey-Casiano, Carol A.; The American Library Association Archives". library.illinois.edu. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ a b "ALA - Carol A. Brey-Casiano elected ALA president for 2004-2005;Teri R. Switzer elected to complete ALA treasurer term". www.ala.org.
- ^ "Carol Brey-Casiano Tells a Patriot Act Story". americanlibrariesmagazine.org. June 29, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ "ALA's Past Presidents". ala.org. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ "Binational Center Annual Meeting". usembassy.gov. September 22, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
- ^ "Awards Grands: Carol Brey-Casiano". ala.org. April 5, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2019.