Kelyn Ralya said she wants to support Alabama librarians the best way she can after a “topsy turvy” atmosphere over the last three years.
Ralya has worked in libraries for 30 years. She now will lead the state Public Library Service, which administers state and federal funding to more than 200 libraries and provides resources and programming to librarians.
Political controversies and book challenges have been “overshadowing the good that public libraries do every day, and I think that’s very unfortunate,” Ralya said…