About
Barry joined the Volusia County Public Library system as their Marketing Specialist in July of 2024. Prior to joining the library, he was the Chief Marketing and Outreach Officer for the Halifax Humane Society in Daytona Beach, FL where he was employed for six years.
Since joining the library, in addition to his marketing and outreach duties, he has designed and launched two websites, one for public access and one staff-only intranet site. The new public website is located at http://www.volusialibrary.org. When hired, management was unaware that Barry possessed extensive website design and coding skills, saving the library substantial output of expenses.
In addition to working full-time for the library, Barry also writes a weekly pet column for the USA Today Network, which is published by approximately 2400 newspapers nationwide. He has written the column for six years, and published two books, “Why Do People Have Pets?” and “Why Do Pets Have People?”, each containing 70 of his columns.
A lifelong writer, he authored a very popular novel, “The Christmas House”, which has been downloaded over 15,000 times as an eBook and audiobook. The recent sequel, “Martha’s Return, The Christmas House II” is also doing well. All books are available as hardcover, paperback, audiobook, eBook, and podcast.
Barry shares his life with his wife of 35 years, Cindy, and their three rescue dogs, Bentley (Golden Retriever), Brody (Golden Retriever/Irish Setter), and Mini-Cooper (Caviler/Cocker).
His band, The Taylor Road Band, plays about 30 events each year. Barry is the drummer in the band. For more information about Barry’s band, visit http://www.taylorroadband.com. For more information about Barry’s books, visit http://www.
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About
Beryl White-Bing is the Virtual Learning Librarian at the University of North Florida’s Thomas G. Carpenter Library in Jacksonville, Florida. Her main focus there is instruction in the Virtual Learning Center (VLC), a VR lab. She began working as an Educational Media Specialist in 2003 and started in academic libraries in 2006 as an adjunct librarian. Before becoming a librarian, Beryl had a career in Federal Government service at both the Social Security Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration. Beryl has a B.A. in History from Savannah State University, graduated with her MLIS from Florida State University in 2005 and completed the GEN150 Genealogical Principles course from Boston University in 2021. Beryl’s professional interests include virtual reality, augmented reality, XR technology, genealogy, podcasting and instruction. She co-hosts The Instruction Request Podcast which highlights the resources, instruction initiatives and immersive technology in the VLC at the Thomas G. Carpenter Library at UNF. Her most cherished co-creation is the Eartha M.M. White Virtual Reality Experience which blends her interest in history, genealogy and VR. Beryl has been the principal contact on two NEFLIN Innovation Projects: 2018 SJR State: Virtual Entertainment Technology Center and 2023 UNF: Eartha M. M. White Virtual Reality Experience. Plus collaborated on a third in 2024 UNF: Sound in Library Instruction, which included The Jazz AR Experience. To view Beryl’s publications and presentations, please visit her UNF Scholar Profile at https://scholars.unf.edu/en/
UNF Scholar Profile: https://scholars.unf.edu/en/persons/beryl-white-bing/publications/
UNF Faculty Bio: https://webapps.unf.edu/faculty/bio/N00050240
The Instruction Request Podcast Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBz242sKNw-HwACu-HCm2IPhJx_w9MWkI&si=sf0Fw1iIeegQIOOF
Eartha M.M. White Virtual Reality Experience:https://libguides.unf.edu/VLC/EMMWVR
The Jazz AR Experience at UNF: https://libguides.unf.edu/JazzExperience


