Leverne McBeth Receives FOSCL Public Library Employee Excellence Award
Leverne McBeth was
recently awarded the Friends of South Carolina Libraries’ Public Library
Employee Excellence Award. This award is given to those library employees that
provide innovative and/or creative ideas that have improved the efficiency
and/or effectiveness of a library unit or service. Leverne was selected for
this award for her focus on adult education by teaching adult computer courses
for the libraries.
She was also
recognized for her work in spearheading a GED program in the Pacolet community
by partnering with the Adult Learning Center and for her work in launching of
the Language Environment Analysis (LENA) program at the Pacolet Library. This
LENA program is the first pilot location outside of the Headquarters Library to
offer a 10-week classes for parents to help increase talk and encourage reading
with babies 32 months and younger.
Leverne now serves
as the Branch Librarian at the Middle Tyger Library and was awarded this year’s
FOSCL Public Library Employee Excellence Award at a recent meeting of the
Libraries’ Board of Trustees.