| Carol A. Brey-Casiano | |
| Office: | President of the American Library Association |
| Term Start: | 2004 |
| Term End: | 2005 |
| Predecessor: | Carla Hayden |
| Successor: | Michael Gorman |
| 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.
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]
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]
Brey served 2018-21 as director of the Office of American Spaces (OAS) in Washington, D.C., overseeing more than 600 of public diplomacy platforms in over 145 countries
In 2022 she was appointed director of the Quality of Life Department by the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico.[6]