COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina State Library’s Board of Trustees has appointed Mr. Hulen Bivins director of the South Carolina State Library.
 
Bivins has over 30 years of experience working at the Alabama Public Library Service and was most recently the director of the North Dakota State Library.  He holds degrees from Lipscomb University (B.A. History), University of Tennessee (M.S.L.S.), and Faulkner University’s Jones School of Law (J.D.).
 
“I am honored by the confidence placed in me by the Board of the South Carolina State Library and I am excited about the challenges that the position of Agency Director brings,” said Bivins.  He also stated, “Knowing of the quality and dedication of the SCSL staff, I look forward to a team approach to both sustain present services and to embrace new services, all which shall be to help serve the information, research, and enrichment needs of the citizens of South Carolina.”
 
Bivins will begin his position as director of the South Carolina State Library in mid to late September.