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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/persons/beryl-white-bing/publications/. |
