We will hear from Kristin White, State Director of the Georgia Library Service (GLS) for the Blind and Print Disabled. Kristin will speak about GLS and providing accessible library services for library patrons. You can read more about Kristin below.
Kristin’s Bio:
Kristin White is the State Director of the Georgia Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. She is a graduate of Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and Valdosta State University with a Masters in Library and Information Science. Kristin is also a 2016 graduate of the competitive Georgia Public Library Service/University of Georgia’s Carl Vinson Institute of Government PINNACLE program. “Participants must hold a master of library science…degree, be currently employed in a public library in Georgia, and have at least two years of professional library experience. Over half of the program’s graduates have gone on to be library system Directors.” Having held previous positions with the Auburn Avenue Research Library On African-American Culture and History, served as Outreach Manager and Assistant Director of the Augusta (Georgia) – Richmond County Library System, and having served as State Director of South Carolina Talking Book Services through December of 2021, Kristin is happy to return to Georgia, the state where she was raised and raised her only child, a daughter, Blaire.