InTouch with Southern Kentucky March 2020 | Page 36

H ome
IN TOUCH
TIM MINTON PHOTO
Director Charlotte Keeney (left) and Judy Burdine look over old photographs and clippings from their time
together at the library. Burdine is the former library director and spearheaded the process of securing our
modern and impressive Pulaski library in downtown Somerset.
Judy Burdine’s community
legacy lives on in Pulaski
BY TIM MINTON
Libraries are important cor-
nerstones of a community. Their
services allow us to explore books,
conduct research, have a public
gathering place, and much more.
“When Somerset is looking to recruit
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new doctors or business professionals
to our area, our library is usually one
of the destinations they bring them to,”
states Judy Burdine. “When people are
relocating, a lot of them still look at the
public library when considering what
all a community has to offer.”
Burdine was the former director of
Pulaski County Public Library (Pu-
laski Library). Though we remain a
small-sized rural town, she became
instrumental in spearheading the way
for downtown Somerset’s modern
and dazzling library making up
36,000 square feet. Its grand open-
ing happened in 2008.
March designates Women’s Histo-
ry Month.

M arch 2020