CRRL Librarian Recognized by Library Journal

Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 10, 2022 - Central Rappahannock Regional Library (CRRL) Access Services Librarian Babak Zarin has been recognized by Library Journal, a national trade publication for librarians, as one of their 2022 Movers & Shakers. This award celebrates library workers who are shaping the future of libraries through promoting accessibility, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Zarin has been recognized in the Innovators category for his work expanding Access Services at CRRL, partnering with the Library of Virginia to create the Virginia Deaf Culture Digital Library, and work with the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. CRRL is one of only 97 libraries nationwide that serve as a National Library Service Subregional Library for the Blind and Print Disabled, delivering books, magazines, and more through a no-cost machine and downloadable mobile app, to individuals with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or physical or print disability.

For more information on Access Services and the ways in which CRRL works to remain accessible to all regardless of specialized or adaptive needs, contact Babak Zarin at talking-books@crrl.org. To subscribe to Sightlines, CRRL's quarterly email newsletter of reading recommendations and news of interest to Access Services customers, visit librarypoint.org/sightlines.