State Friends Groups
State Friends Groups Contact Information
Updates to any of the information listed below can be requested by sending an email to united@ala.org.
Alabama
No state Friends group.
Alaska
No state Friends group.
Arizona
No state Friends group.
Arkansas
No state Friends group.
California
California Public Library Advocates
Colorado
No state Friends group.
Colorado Association of Libraries Trustees and Friends Division
Chair: Jennifer Kutzik jennifer.kutzik@colostate.edu
Connecticut
Friends of Connecticut Libraries
President: Pamela Monahan Pamela.Monahan64@gmail.com
State library liaison: Dawn La Valle dawn.lavalle@ct.gov
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Delaware
Friends of Delaware Libraries
President: Kay Bowes kaybowes@gmail.com
District of Columbia
Federation of Friends of the DC Public Library
Contact: Richard Huffine richardhuffine@yahoo.com
Florida
No state Friends group.
Florida Library Association: Friends , Foundations and Boards
Chair: Deborah Hohler deborahhohler@att.net
State library contact: Sandy Newell snewell@dos.myflorida.com
Georgia
Friends of Georgia Libraries
Hawai’i
Friends of the Library of Hawai'i
President: Marlene Booth info@friendsofthelibraryofhawaii.org
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Idaho
No state Friends group.
Idaho Library Association Trustees and Friends Division
Chair: Carolyne Pietz cpietz10@msn.com
Illinois
No state Friends group.
Indiana
Friends of Indiana Libraries
Contact: Lucinda Nord exec@ilfonline.org
Iowa
No state Friends group.
Kansas
Friends of Kansas Libraries (FoKL)
President: Judy Burgess jlb6486@sbcglobal.net
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Kentucky
Friends of Kentucky Libraries, Inc.
President: Mary Lynn Collins marylynn41@hotmail.com
Facebook
Newsletter
Louisiana
No state Friends group.
Maine
No state Friends group.
(Archived Friends of Maine Libraries site)
Maryland
Citizens for Maryland Libraries
President: Linda Lupro lmlibn@yahoo.com
Executive Director: Diane Barlow dianebarlow85@yahoo.com
Newsletter
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Friends of Libraries
President: Alice Welch alicewelch@verizon.net
Facebook
Newsletter
Michigan
Friends of Michigan Libraries
President: Patricia Orr President@foml.org
Administration: friendsofmichianlibraries@gmail.com
Facebook
Newsletter
Minnesota
Minnesota Association of Library Friends
President: Nancy Guerino info@mnlibraryfriends.org
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Mississippi
Friends of Mississippi Libraries
State library liaison: Lacy Ellinwood lellinwood@mlc.lib.ms.us
Missouri
No state Friends group.
Montana
No state Friends group.
Nebraska
No state Friends group.
Nevada
No state Friends group.
New Hampshire
No state Friends group.
Information for New Hampshire Friends of the Library
New Jersey
No state Friends group.
New Mexico
No state Friends group
New Mexico Library Foundation
Contact: Carol Hoover foundation@nm-lf.org
New York
New York Library Association: Friends of Libraries Section
President: Lisa C. Wemett lisawemett@frontiernet.net
Newsletter
North Carolina
North Carolina
Friends of the North Carolina Public Libraries
President: Judy Hills jahnbnc@gmail.com
North Dakota
No state Friends group.
Ohio
No state Friends group.
Ohio Library Council Friends
Contact: Michelle Francis -mfrancis@olc.org
Oklahoma
Friends of Libraries in Oklahoma
President: Sharon Saulmon ssaulmon@yahoo.com
Facebook
Newsletter
Oregon
No state Friends group.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries
President: Greg Thomas pcblpa@gmail.com
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Rhode Island
Rhode Island Coalition of Library Advocates
Chair: Gale Eaton gale.eaton@verizon.net
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South Carolina
Friends of South Carolina Libraries
President: Marlena White fosclpresident@gmail.com
South Dakota
No state Friends group.
State library contacts: Daria Bossman Daria.Bossman@state.sd.us, Lesta Turchen lestaturchen@hughes.net
Tennessee
Friends of Tennessee Libraries
President 2019-2021: Diane Johnson djohnson@sevierlibrary.org
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Newsletter
Texas
Friends of Libraries and Archives of Texas
President: Lori Brix friends@tsl.state.tx.us
Utah
No state Friends group.
State library contact: Juan Lee jtlee@utah.gov
Vermont
No state Friends group.
State library contact: Lara Keenan lara.keenan@vermont.gov
Virginia
No state Friends group.
Washington
No state Friends group
Washington Library Association Library Friends, Foundations, and Trustees Association
Chair: Will Stuivenga will.stuivenga@sos.wa.gov
Newsletter
West Virginia
No state Friends group.
West Virginia Library Association Friends dvision chair:Joan Armbruster jgarmbruster@frontiernet.net
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Library Trustees & Friends
President: Kathy Pletcher klpletcher@gmail.com
Wyoming
No state Friends group.
