Resume  
 

Current Positions

Assistant Professor of School Librarianship
Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia, August 2015 to present.

Editor, School Library Connection
Operations and Management Topic Center
Libraries Unlimited an imprint of ABC-CLIO
Santa Barbara, California, March 2015 to present.

Previous Positions
School Librarian, North Elementary School, Noblesville, Indiana, 2002-2015.
Noblesville Schools, Library Department Chair, Noblesville, Indiana, 2008-2015.
Library Media Specialist, Lowell Elementary School, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1998-2002.
Library Media Specialist, Moorhead Elementary School, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1998-1999.
Technology Assistant, New Augusta Public Academy South, Indianapolis, Indiana, Spring Semester 1998.
Specialized Library Assistant, Speedway Public Library, Speedway, Indiana 46224, 1993-2008.

Other Experiences
Cadre Staff Member, C.L.A.S.S. (Connecting Learning Assures Successful Students), Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007-2015

Professional Activities

Longwood University

  • School Librarianship Search Committee, 2016-2017
  • Technology Committee, 2015-present.
  • Sunshine Committee, 2015-present.
    • Chair, 2016-present.
  • Longwood Summer Literacy Institute Committee, 2015-present.
  • Faculty Senate, 2016-present.
  • Graduate Faculty Petitions Committee, 2016-present.

State Professional Organizations

Indiana Library Federation

  • 2nd Vice President, 2006; 1st Vice President, 2007; President, 2008; Past President, 2009.
  • ILF Board Member, 2003-2005, 2006-2009.
  • ILF Conference Co-Chair, 2007 .
  • Strategic Planning Committee, 2004-2007.
  • Committee on Organization, Evaluation, and Structure, 2002-2006.
    • Committee Secretary, 2004-2005.

Association for Indiana Media Educators

  • Read Alouds Too Good To Miss Committee, 2002, 2004-2010.
  • Survivor: Library Media Specialist Workshop
    • Committee Member, 2008-2010.
    • Chair, 2006.
    • Co-Chair, 2003.
  • AIME Board Member, 2002-2007.
  • President-Elect, 2003-2004; President, 2004-2005; Past-President, 2005-2006.
  • Data Survey Committee, 2003-2005.
  • Annual Conference Chair, 2003-2004.
  • Young Hoosier Book Award Committee, 2000-2003.
    • General Chair, 2002-2003.

Hamilton County Reading Council, 2002-2015.

  • Planning annual author program, 2003-2015.
  • Recording Secretary, 2003-2005.

National Professional Organizations

American Association of School Librarians

  • 65th Anniversary Celebration Chair, 2014 to present.
  • Alliance for Excellent, 2016-2017.
  • AASL Presidential Initiative Task Force, Leslie Preddy, 2015-2016.
  • National School Library Media Program of the Year Committee, 2007-2008, 2015-2016.
  • Roald Dahl Miss Honey Social Justice Award, 2013-2015.
  • President-Elect, 2010-2011; President, 2011-2012; Past-President, 2012-2013.
  • Board of Directors
    • Executive Committee, 2009-2013.
    • Member At Large, 2008-2010.
  • Appointments Committee, 2008-2010.
  • National Conference Reno 2007 Committee, Co-Chair, 2006-2008.
  • Special Committee on Advocacy, 2005-2007.
  • Web Advisory Committee, 2002-2005.
  • Annual Conference Committee, 2003-2005.
  • National Conference Indianapolis 2001 Committee, Co-Chair for Local Arrangements, 2000-2001.
  • Affiliate Assembly
    • Chair-Elect, 2006 / Chair, 2007.
    • Recording Secretary, 2004.
    • Indiana Delegate, 2003-2005.

Association for Library Services to Children

  • Randolph Caldecott Committee, 2014.

American Library Association, 1999 to present.

  • Budget Analysis and Review Committee, 2017 to present.
  • Nomination Committee, 2015-2016.
  • Candidate for ALA Council, 2014, 2015, 2018
  • Library Advocacy Committee, 2013-2015.
  • Appointments Committee, 2011-2012.
  • Presidential Task Force on Diversity, 2011-2012.

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

  • Library Media Standards Revision Committee, 2009-2010.

International Society for Technology in Education, 2005 to present.

  • Affiliate Representative, 2005, 2006.

 

Advisory Boards

  • Plymouth State University School Library Advisory Board, 2017 to present.
  • Transform Your School Library – Mackin, 2015 to present.
  • School Library Connection Advisory Board, 2015 to present.
  • Granite State University School Library Program Advisory Board, 2014-2017.
  • Linworth Publishing Advisory Board, 2006-2015.
  • School Library Monthly Advisory Board, 2007-2015.
  • H.W. Wilson Advisory Board, 2004-2011.
  • CTELP Advisory Board, IUPUI School of Library and Information Science, 2009-2011.
  • Follett Software Advisory Board, 2009-2011.
  • Heinemann-Raintree Advisory Board, 2009-2011.
  • Gareth Stevens Advisory Board, 2007-2009.
  • Franklin Watts/Children’s Press (Scholastic Library Publishing) Advisory Board, 2006-2008.

 

 Awards

  • Virginia Association of School Librarian’s Rutherford Memorial Award, 2016.
  • Association for Indiana Media Educator's Peggy L. Pfeiffer Service Award, 2007.
  • Indiana Library Federation's Outstanding Media Specialist, 2007.
  • American Association of School Librarian's National School Library Program of the Year Award, 2007.
  • Community Literacy Award, Hamilton County Reading Council, 2006.
  • Blue Ribbon for Exemplary School Media Programs in the State of Indiana, 2005.
  • Teacher-Librarian Magazine Professional Development Grant, 2004.
  • Golden Apple Award, IPALCO, 2001.
  • American Association of School Librarian’s Frances Henne Award, 2000.
  • Indiana Library Federation’s Outstanding New Media Specialist, 1999.