Nationally+Known+Professionals

= Why I Chose These Prolific Librarians: = Each librarian in this Toolkit was someone I have either met or is someone I have been recommended by professionals I work with on a weekly basis. The seven I extrapolated on the most were people who I have or plan to use as resources in the future. The seven I chose also have diverse focuses within the public library and school librarian world. Some of them have great online presences and others have more of a publishing focus. Regardless, they have all made a critical mark within the library field.

= Barbara Kiefer =
 * Barbara Kiefer is a Ph. D professor at Ohio State University. Her duties include that of being the Charlotte S. Huck professor, meaning Kiefer is largely responsible for keeping up with primary children's resource //[|Charlotte Huck's Children's Literature]//. She has also published a multitude of works on children's materials and reading. These works may help with readers advisory and make it easier for librarians to understand what books are more suitable for different reading levels.
 * //Charlotte Huck's Children's Literature// has been primarily helpful when putting together booklists and storytimes, thus far. In the future, however, I can see myself getting into contact with Kiefer and using her as an outside resource.
 * IU SLIS instructor Dana Backs first initiated me to Barbara Kiefer.

Contact info: kiefer.38@osu.edu

1."Barbara Kiefer, Ph. D." 2011. Ohio State University. March 23 2012. [].

= Renee Hobbs =
 * Hobbs is an author, as well as a teacher at the University of Rhode Island. She also is a media literacy expert and founded the Media Education Lab, an online resource that offers media teaching instruction, a blog, a comprehensive list of media education links, and ways to research specific education media topics.
 * Hobbs' book //Digital and Media Literacy// has helped to shape the way I view media literacy and its possibilities in public libraries.
 * I was introduced to this resource through IU SLIS instructor Kym Kramer.

Contact info: hobbs@uri.edu
2. Media Education Lab. 2012. University of Rhode Island. March 22, 2012. [].

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 * Ellin Greene is kind of a jack-of-all-trades in the children's library world. She is an author, a renowned storyteller, and she is also a consultant for the ALA (and others) in regards to children's services. She also occasionally moonlights as a committee chair, including for prestigious awards, like deciding on the Caldecott Medal. Her works provide access to storytelling resources as well as offer helpful hints and fundamental ideas.
 * Greene's personal website is a great resource. I have used it when determining whether or not books she has written were suitable for a reference bibliography. I expect I may use it in the future as a contact resource.
 * MCPL librarian Mary Frasier first initiated me to Greene's prolific works.

Contact info:[]

3. "Ellin Greene." 2012. EllinGreene.com. March 22, 2012. [].

= Joyce Saricks =
 * Joyce Saricks is a public librarian, an adjunct professor at Dominican University, a contributor to [|Booklist Magazine], and a lecturer. She is known in the public library realm for her contributions to the field of Readers Advisory. Her writings include information on weeding, audio books, genre fiction, and mainstream fiction and ways to better implement these resources as a reference librarian.
 * Sarick's books have all been helpful to me in learning to be a better reference librarian.
 * IU SLIS instructor Phil Eskew first introduced me to her literature.

Contact Info: jsaricks@dom.edu

4. "Joyce Saricks." 2011. Illinois Center For The Book. March 22, 2012. []

= Virginia Walters =
 * Walters is a UCLA Ph.D professor who teaches storytelling, children's literacy courses, and public library management. Her professional website acts as a contact resource to her through the UCLA department as well as gives some insight into her curriculum. Since she is also a prolific writer of short articles, her site also acts as a great bibliography for her body of works.
 * I plan to use Walters in the future as a contact resource at UCLA if/when I head back to school to earn my Ph. D. I was told she is wonderfully informative and is one of the experts in her field.
 * I was introduced to Walters through MCPL librarian Christina Jones.

Contact information: vwalter@ucla.edu.

5."Virginia Walters, Ph. D." UCLA.edu. March 22, 2012. [| http://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/walter/index.htm].

= Sari Feldman =
 * Sari Feldman was formerly a teacher at Syracuse University and is currently the head of the Cayahoga County Public Library system based in Ohio. As head of the library she introduced a new website that is at the forefront of website technology and allows patrons to renew and apply for library cards online. She is also a big proponent of keeping up with technology in the public library system, including Overdrive e-book awareness. Her library was also the first to offer text messaging as a means to get library notifications delivered. The Cayahoga system even offers a lender program so that Cleveland Public Library cardholders and Cayahoga cardholders can borrow books from both systems without multiple cards.
 * The Cayahoga County Public Library site is a great resource to look at up-to-date ways to get patrons the materials they need and to help them in any way possible get in touch with those resources.
 * MCPL librarian Christina Jones introduced me to Sari and her website as a resource for libraries located in the midwest.

Contact info: []

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6.Feldman, Sari. "A Message From Sari Feldman." 2012. Cuyahoga Library. 3 April 2012.[| http://www.cuyahogalibrary.org/StdBackPage.aspx?id=7129]

= Kathy Schrock =
 * Kathy Schrock is an educator and a blogger with a focus on technology. She has more online presence than anyone I have ever encountered. Luckily, she has a home page that also acts as a hub to all of her outside work. This hub links to her discovery education site, her rubric resources, her[| Twitter], her [|blog], her [|resume], her contact information, and all of the other print book and article information she has ever been a part of.
 * I first used Schrock's Discovery education [|website] when researching rubrics for a SLIS School Library Media course.
 * IU SLIS instructor Kym Kramer introduced me to Schrock during a SLIS course.

Contact info:kathy@kathyschrock.net

7. Schrock, Kathleen. "About Kathy Schrock." 2012. Kathyschrock.net. 3 April 2012. [].

= Other Names To Know: =

Carl A. Harvey: AASL 2011-2012 President, elementary library media specialty, speaker.
e-mail: cart@carl-harvey.com site: [] blog: []

Kathy Hansen: Storyteller, librarian and blogger extraordinaire
twitter:[|https://twitter.com/#!/kat_hansen] site: [] blog: []

Kenneth and Sylvia Marantz: Kent State University Staff, Marantz Collection for the Study of Picturebook Art
contact information: [] Marantz Collection: []

Joyce Valenza: Illinois school librarian, School Library Journal blogger, tech junkie
blog: [] twitter: [|https://twitter.com/#!/joycevalenza] flickr: [] Springfield Township Library:[| http://www.sdst.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=161&Itemid=456]

Leslie Preddy: Perry Meridian Middle School Librarian, Award Winner
inquiry site: [] personal site: [] e-mail: lesliepreddy@hotmail.com