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A librarian with a background in newspaper reporting and English literature has been selected to head the Georgiana Collection at the University of Georgia Libraries.
Macon native Keith Hulett, formerly a preservation services assistant at Harvard College Library, plans to use low-tech personal service and high-tech Web resources to broaden knowledge about “an unsurpassed resource for materials by Georgians and about the state.
“We have something that pertains to almost any town or subject: Georgia towns, businesses, the arts, literature, historical background.” Hulett says. “You don’t have to be a college professor to make use of this institution’s resources. As far as we’re concerned, the people of Georgia are our constituency.”
Hulett was a reporter at the Macon Telegraph, but changed careers when he realized “I liked the contact with the people I was working with more than the publication of my stories.”
This is Hulett’s second sojourn at the UGA Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, which houses the Georgiana Collection. Previously he assisted in the rare books area, including answering rare book queries and preparing materials for exhibits. He also worked in the cataloging area at the UGA Libraries.
“My interests in Georgia literature and history led me to my job as rare books assistant at the Hargrett Library. Those interests were further engaged by duties that included the DeRenne Georgia library and the Southern author collections,” he says. “I was attracted to the research and to the work involved with selecting, processing and exhibiting such materials, and I loved reference work as well. My interests and experience with Georgia history and literature led me to the Hargrett collections, which in turn made up my mind on library school.”
Hulett earned a master’s of library science from Simmons College in 1998, a master’s in English and a bachelor’s in journalism from UGA in the 1980s and attended the Writers Workshop at the University of Arkansas, 1991-1992.
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