Hello! I am Valerie Byrd Fort, sometimes known as "Library Goddess." I am an Instructor for the School of Information Science at the University of South Carolina. This site will take you to my blog, social media links, and other resources that I feel are important to my work and teaching.
Opinions and words are my own.
Valerie Byrd Fort was an elementary school librarian for 15 years before deciding to stay home with her daughter. When her daughter went back to school, she accepted a full time position in the iSchool at the University of South Carolina. She teaches classes related to school librarianship and children's literature.
She is passionate about literacy, libraries, inclusion, intellectual freedom, and equity.
She is married to Marty Fort, owner of the Irmo Music Academy, Columbia Arts Academy and the Lexington School of Music (all in South Carolina), as well as a music studio owners consulting business. They have one daughter, four dogs, and two guinea pigs.
In her free time, VBF enjoys Target, Barre3, and reading. Her favorite things to read are true crime, graphic novels, funny memoirs and young adult novels. She adores picture books.
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