ABOUT OUR AUTHORS
Helen Adams is a former school librarian and technology coordinator in Wisconsin and currently an online instructor for Mansfield University. She co-author of School Media Policy Development and co-author of Privacy in the 21st Century: Issues for Public, School, and Academic Libraries published by Libraries Unlimited.
Carolyn S. Brodie, Ph.D. is a professor at Kent State University, School of Library and Information Science, Kent, OH. She was a member of the fifteen-member 2007 Randolph Caldecott Selection Committee.
Greg Byerly Ph.D., is an associate professor at the School of Library and Information Science, Kent State University, Kent, OH.
Daniel Callison professor and Dean of Continuing Studies and Online Education at Indiana University. Visit http://eduscapes.com/blueribbon for information leading to online school media certification. He is the author of the Blue Book: On Information Age Inquiry, Instruction and Literacy. (Libraries Unlimited, 2006).
Kristin Fontichiaro is the library media specialist at Beverly School in the Birmingham (Michigan) Public Schools and author of the books Active Learning through Drama, Podcasting, and Puppetry (Libraries Unlimited 2007) and Podcasting at School (forthcoming, Libraries Unlimited). She is the columnist for SLMAM'S Library 2.0 Blog
Pat Franklin is a library media specialist at Timber Creek High School in East Orlando, Florida and is a National Board Certified Teacher in Library Media.
Kathy Fredrick is the Director of Libraries and Instructional Technology for the Shaker Heights City Schools in Ohio. She has worked in school libraries at all grade levels in Ohio, Wisconsin, Australia and Germany.
Judy Freeman is a well-known consultant, writer, and speaker on children's literature. She is the author of Books Kids Will Sit Still For 3 (Libraries Unlimited, 2006) and Once Upon a Time!: Using Storytelling, Creative Drama, and Reader's Theater with Children in Grades K-6 (Libraries Unlimited, 2007).
Sharron L. McElmeel is director of McBookwords, an online instructor for the University of Wisconsin - Stout, and an author of several books about authors and illustrators including Authors in the Kitchen: Recipes, Stories, and More (Libraries Unlimited, 2005) and its companion, Authors in the Pantry: Recipes, Stories, and More (Libraries Unlimited, 2007).
Barbara Ripp Safford is Associate Professor at the School Library Media Studies, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls. She has been a middle school and elementary school library media specialist in Maryland, a high school media specialist in Ohio, and a public library director in Pennsylvania.
Claire Stephens is a National Board Certified Teacher in Library Media and has worked as a Media Specialist first on the middle school level and most recently at Freedom High School in south Orlando, FL.
Gary Zingher was previously library media specialist at Corlears School in New York City. He is the author of At the Pirate Academy (American Library Association, 1990) and Theme Play: Exciting Young Imaginations (Libraries Unlimited, 2006), and was previously Imagination Consultant at the Children's Workshop in New York City.