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South Carolina's State Library director, a distinguished alumnus and member of the Board of Visitors of the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been appointed director of library services at The Citadel. As the director of the South Carolina State Library for the past five years, Goble has guided the state agency through significant budget and staffing cuts. "David saw the mission of the State Library as optimizing South Carolina's investment in library and information services and did that with energy and skill. "His belief in the importance of public libraries and their role in solving South Carolina's illiteracy problems served the state well," said Dan Mackey, Chairman of the South Carolina State Library board. One of Goble's signature programs was WorkSC.org, a statewide workforce development program, which enabled public libraries to help South Carolinians find employment.
"The constant thread running through my professional career is innovation and leadership. The Citadel was the formative experience of my life and the Honor Code the ethical foundation of all my actions," Goble said. "The Citadel and my experience as a captain in the Marine Corps taught me the essence of leadership and the fact that it requires intellectual discipline and physical stamina."
Upon graduation of the Citadel ('69), Goble was commissioned in the Marine Corps and served in Vietnam. Goble spent 18 years in the banking industry before entering the library services field. Before becoming director of the South Carolina State Library, he was dean of libraries at Central Piedmont Community College. He has also held positions at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library and at the North Carolina State University Libraries. In addition to his bachelors in English from The Citadel, Goble earned a Master of Arts in American Literature from the University of South Carolina and a Master of Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Goble was awarded the John N. Olsgaard Distinguished Service Award by the USC School of Library and Information Science in 2011.
Goble will direct library services at The Citadel's Daniel Library beginning August 1.
