Instructor
University of South Carolina
Valerie Byrd-Fort is an Instructor at the University of South Carolina in the
School of Information Science and the Coordinator of Cocky's Reading Express, UofSC's literacy
outreach initiative. She received her Masters in Library Science from the University of South
Carolina and is currently working on her doctorate in Language & Literacy from the University
of South Carolina. Her research is focused on diverse children's literature and its use in the
classroom and school library. She is a Past-President of the South Carolina Association of School
Librarians and is a member of the ALSC Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Committee
and the ALSC School-Age Programs Committee.
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Saturday, June 25, 2022
11:00am – 12:00pm
Sunday, June 26, 2022
4:00pm – 5:00pm