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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 Research, ABC-CLIO, Scholastic, Microsoft, bigchalk,
Schlessinger Media, SIRS
- Adjunct
instructor Mansfield University Distance Learning
Masters for School Library Information
Specialists (on leave)
- Former adjunct
Applied Technology Program, Chestnut Hill College
- Summer
workshops, Drexel University and various school
districts
- 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
- "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
- "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 really
dumb not to use it. Virtual libraries, their influence on high
school students’ information seeking and use." In M. K. Chelton
and C. Cool. (Eds.) Youth Information Seeking Behavior. 2nd
ed.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow.
-
"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.
- 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)
- Contributor, Jacobson, Trudi.
Critical Thinking and the Web: Teaching Users to Evaluate
Internet Resources. Pittsburgh: Library Instruction, 2000.
- Cybrarian's Column,
Electronic
Learning
Podcasts - Women of the Web: On Libraries, (with Doug Johnson) Show #65, EdTechTalk, 2008
- 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
- 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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