This week's guest on the Internet talk show Books and Beyond, hosted by Bonnie Blose,
has achieved national and international recognition for outstanding leadership in
a number of areas affecting the lives of thousands of blind and visually impaired
individuals. Kim Charlson , herself totally blind, has consistently displayed outstanding
leadership capabilities. In pursuing her own education, she became one of the few
blind people in the United States to earn a master's degree in library and information
science. Then, following 16 years as the Service Management Librarian and Assistant