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

Hawaii
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
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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
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts Friends of Libraries
President: Alice Welch alicewelch@verizon.net
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Michigan
Friends of Michigan Libraries
President: Patricia Orr President@foml.org
Administration: friendsofmichianlibraries@gmail.com
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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
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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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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
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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.