229-333-5800 October 8, 2004
Governor Sonny Perdue appoints VSU's Dr. George Gaumond to StateBoard of Registration for Librarians
Governor Perdue Announces Executive Appointments
ATLANTA, GA---Governor Sonny Perdue announced today the following
executive appointments:
State Board of Registration for Librarians
George R. Gaumond, 58, Valdosta, GA, Special Librarian
Representative ? Gaumond is Director of Odum Library at Valdosta
State University. He was previously Director of Ruth Scarborough
Library at Sheperd College. Gaumond was an Officer in the United
States Navy. He serves on the Regents Academic Committee on
Libraries, was President of the South Georgia Associated Libraries,
and served as President of the Georgia Library Association. Gaumond
serves as the Georgia Library Representative for the American
Library Association, is Parliamentarian for the Southeastern
Library Network, and is a member of the Conference Planning
Committee for the Association of College and Research Libraries. He
was a recipient of the Regents Academic Committee on Libraries'
Outstanding Achievement Award for leadership during the
implementation of GALILEO and the Nix-Jones Award for distinguished
service to Georgia librarianship. Gaumond received his
undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina, a
master's degree from the University of Illinois, and a doctorate
degree in philosophy from the University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill. He and his wife, Arlene, have one child.
