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Background
- Library
Information Specialist, Springfield Township
High School (1998-present)
- techlife@school
column, Philadelphia Inquirer 1996-2006.
- Frequent
speaker on issues relating to libraries, technology and education
- Consultant,
Gale Cengage, ABC-CLIO, Grolier, Schlessinger Media, ProQuest
- Adjunct
instructor Mansfield University Distance Learning Masters for School
Library Information Specialists (on leave)
- Former
adjunct Applied Technology Program, Chestnut Hill College
- Branch
Manager, Children's and Adult Services, Free Library of Philadelphia
(1977-1988)
- Readers'
Services Librarian, Franklin Institute (1976-1977)
Publications
-
NeverEndingSearch
Blog, School Library
Journal, June 2007--
-
Philadelphia Inquirer techlife@school
columnist--1996--2006.
-
2.0 at AASL National
Conference in Charlotte. Knowledge Quest, May/June 2009,
80-82. A Letter to My Seniors, eVoya, April 2009, 6-8. - Reading 2.0:
Getting the Gears to Work in Harmony.
eVoya,
October 2008, 1-5
- "Reboot
Camp." (with Doug Johnson), School Library Journal,
May 2008, 56-57.
- "Kids
and Information Spaces: On the Stickiness of Widgets." eVOYA, April 2008,
1-3. http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200804tag_team_tech.pdf
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"A
Few New New Things." LMC,
April/May 2008. 10-13.
- "Creating
Virtual Reference for Deaf Students." (with Vivian Cisneros, David
Scott, and Mary Jo Venetis) in Virtual Reference on a Budget: Case
Studies. Eds. Michael Pullin and Teresa Dalton. Columbus, OH: Linworth,
2008. 41-66.
- "Booktalking
2.0." eVOYA, Oct. 2007,
http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200710tag_team_tech.pdf
- "Open
the Door. Let 'em In." eVOYA,
April 2007. 1-3.
-
"It'd be
dumb not to use it. Virtual libraries, their influence on high school students’
information." In M. K.
Chelton and C. Cool. (Eds.) Youth Information Seeking
Behavior. 2nd
ed.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow.
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"They might be
gurus." e-VOYA, (April 2006), 1-4.
http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200604TagTeamTech.pdf
- Author,
Super
Searchers Go to School, Information Today, 2005
-
NeverEnding
Search Blog
- teacherlibrarianwiki
http://teacherlibrarianwiki.pbwiki.com/
- "The
Virtual Library."
Educational
Leadership, December 2005, January 2006, 54-59
- Chapter,
Guiding
Students from Cheating and Plagiarism to Honesty and Integrity,
Lathrop and Foss, Libraries Unlimited, 2005
- Author,
Power
Tools Recharged, ALA Editions, June 2004
- Author,
Power Research Tools,
ALA Editions, 2003
- Cover
story Classroom Connect, April 2005, Find Your Path: Making Research
Easy with Virtual Libraries
- Cover
story Classroom Connect, Dec/Jan
2003/2004 Anti-Plagiarism Campaign
-
10 Reasons to Hug Your School Librarian, Classroom Connect, May 2004
- Video
series Research
Skills for Students, Schlessinger
Media/Library Video Company, upcoming Fall 2004
- Library
Skills for Children, video series,
Schlessinger Media/Library Video Company 2003
-
Featured in School Library Journal cover
story
"Making Research Count," November 2002.
-
Cover story "What's Not on the Web," Learning
and Leading with Technology (ISTE)
-
School Librarians: A Field Guide to an
Evolving Species--Cover Classroom Connect April,
2002
http://www.classroom.com/community/connection/connectednewsletter/librarians.jhtml
-
Technology Tag Team Column, VOYA
(Voice of Youth Advocates)
-
Database Column, Media and Methods
-
Editor and developer
Pennsylvania
Milken Educators' Web page
-
Reviewer and frequent contributor Technology
Connection, Book Report , Classroom
Connect, Multimedia Schools
-
Author
Power Tools
, Chicago: ALA Editions, 1998.
-
"Transformational Impact of School Reform
and the Web." in The Evolving Virtual
Library II. Laverna Saunders, ed. Information Today, 1999.
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Contributor. Skills for Life:
Information Literacy for Grades 9-12. Linworth, 1999
-
Internet Searching Skills,
video, Schlessinger Media, 1998 (1999 Film Advisory Board Award of
Excellence winner, 1999 Selected DVDs & Videos for Young Adults)
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Contributor, Jacobson, Trudi. Critical
Thinking and the Web: Teaching Users to Evaluate Internet Resources. Pittsburgh:
Library Instruction, 2000.
-
Cybrarian's
Column,
Electronic Learning
Podcasts
- ISTE Eduverse Talks, Beyond the Dewey Decimal System, SecondLifeTV. Feb. 17, 2009
- Web 2.0 Tools for Learning, SIGMS lecture in Second Life, Oct. 2008
- Pandora
Revisited (Podcast by Bob Sprankle) (slideshare)
- Chat
with Miguel Guhlin on Transparency and Brand NECC 2008
- Women of the Web:
On Libraries, (with Doug Johnson) Show #65, EdTechTalk, 2008
- SIGMS Forum, NECC 2008: Evidence that we are already meeting the standards
- On
Coming of Age 2.0 chapter, (with Ken Rodoff), 2007
- Participation
is the Most Important Part: VoiceThread Love-in,
Teachers Teaching Teachers, EdTechTalk, 2007
- Information
Fluency Meets Web 2.0 (with Ken Rodoff), NECC, Atlanta, 2007
- Manifesto
for the 21st Century Librarian, NECC, Atlanta, 2007
- Interview
with Terry Freedman about chapter in Coming of Age 2.0, NECC,
Atlanta, 2007
- Evaluating
Materials in a 2.0 Landscape, IMSA, 2007
- LibraryFest
with Joyce Valenza, EdTechTalk, 2006
- Retooling
for Relevance in Learning, November Learning, 2007
- Be
CyberSmart: Research the Internet Wisely,
CyberSmart, 2005(?)
Professional
Associations and Awards
-
PSLA Outstanding Contributor, 2009.
-
Top 100 Librarian Tweeters (Best Colleges Online)
-
100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators (Online
University Reviews)
- Top Fifty Librarian Bloggers (GetDegrees)
- Nominated 2008 Edublogs Award: Library/Librarians
Category
- AASL Conference 09 Technology Committee Co-Chair
- ALA OITP Library Future Taskforce
- AASL
2.0 Taskforce, Chair, 2008--
- AASL
/ Highsmith Research Grant 2005
- NeverEnding
Search Blog,EduBlogs Award, 2005
- Pennsylvania
Individual School Library Program of the Year Award 2005
- Queens
College SLIS Alumna of the Year 2005
- IASL School Library Web
Page of the Year Award, 2001
- ISTE
Library Media SIG Officer, 2002--
- YALSA Spotlight, January, 2001
- Who's
Who in School Librarianship (LION Website)
- Milken Family Foundation
National Educator Award, 1997/98
- Summer
1998 Library of Congress
American Memory Fellow
- Fall
1998 Fulbright Teachers Program to Japan
- Co-organizer
of LM_CONF—Virtual
professional meetings for librarians, sponsored by LM_NET and AASL
- KidsConnect
Volunteer ICONnect
- Co-chair
Media Selection and Review Committee, PSLA
- Chair
YALSA Technology Committee
- Past
chair YALSA Publishers' Liaison Committee
- Library
of the Future Award, judge, ALA
- Mentoring
the Profession Committee, AASL
- Member
ALA, AASL, YALSA, PSLA, CMCLA
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