Executive Director

Sally G. Reed is the Executive Director of Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA), a national membership organization of more than 3,000 Friends groups, Trustees, libraries, and individuals representing hundreds of thousand of library supporters.

Prior to joining FOLUSA in 2001, Reed served as the Director of Libraries for the Norfolk Public Library in Norfolk, VA, where she worked closely with the Friends and Trustees to increase library funding and coordinate a strategic plan to build a new central library and two anchor branch libraries. Reed has also served as the Director of Libraries in Ames, IA, Middlebury, VT, and Northampton, NH.

Reed received her Bachelor of Arts in English from Colorado State University, her Masters of Arts in Library Science from Northern Illinois University, and completed the Senior Executive Institute at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.

She has written numerous articles and books for the field of librarianship, the most recent of which include 101+ Great Ideas for Libraries and Friends (Neal-Schuman, 2004), Making the Case for Your Library (Neal-Schuman, 2000) and the second edition of her book Small Libraries: A Handbook for Successful Management (McFarland, 2002). Reed has presented programs and lectures to Friends groups and librarians in hundreds of cities and towns across America as well as internationally.

Reed is an active member of the American Library Association. She has served on its executive board and continues to be involved in advocacy and library promotion through various committees and task forces. In 2000, Reed was the recipient of the Herbert and Virginia White award given annually by the American Library Association to recognize success in the promotion of libraries and librarianship.

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