Professional Work Experience:

   Librarian Media Specialist 2001-present
       Mount Gilead Exempted Village Schools
       Mount Gilead Middle/High School 
       http://www.mtgilead.k12.oh.us/mg/index.html
       Mount Gilead, Ohio

   Librarian Media Specialist 1988-2001
       Marion City Schools  - Marion, Ohio:
       Taft Middle School   -
            Baker, Edison and Taft Middle Schools
            Baker Middle School
            Pearl Street Elementary School
   Children's Librarian 1985 - 1987
        Prescott Valley Public Library - Arizona
        Prescott Public Library - Arizona

Education:

   Postgraduate Work (45 hours) 1990 -
        present from Ashland University, Kent State
        University, The Ohio State University,
        State University of New York, Walsh
        College and Lindenwood University.
   ALA MLS from the  University of Arizona
        SIRLS (Tucson, Arizona) in 1985
   BS in Library Educational Media  (K-12)
         from Bowling Green State University
         (Bowling Green, Ohio) in  1982

 Awards:

   2008 OELMA/Follett Library Resources School Librarian of the Year
   2004 Ohio Department of Education & OELMA
       Innovative School Library Practices Award Winner
          Get on Your Bikes and Ride:
          Information Literacy Models & Constructive Criticism

Selected Activities & Memberships:

    ALA Why I Love My Library Task Force 2010-present
    OELMA Intellectual Freedom Chair 2010
    AASL Annual 2010 Committee
          Committee Chair 2009-present
    ALA Committee on Library Advocacy
          Committee Member 2009-present
    OELMA Advocacy Co-Chair 2008-2009
    ALA Advocacy Coordinating Committee Member 2007-2009
    AASL Advocacy Committee Member 2005- 2009
          Committee Chair 2007- 2009
    AASL Classification Taskforce Member 2006- 2007
    AASL Website Resource Guides Editorial Board
          Committee Member 2005 - 2007
    Library Leadership Ohio 2008 -  Mentor
    SchoolRooms™ Contributor - High School Research Room 2006
    Poetry Alive Fellow 2005
    ILILE Summer Seminar Facilitator 2004 & 2006
    ILILE Advisory Council 2003-present
    ILILE Summer Seminar Fellow 2003
    Linworth Advisory Board 2003-present
    Ohio Department of Education
        Technology Standards Writing Team 2002-2004
        Effective School Library Guidelines Writing Team 2001-2004
    National Writing Project Fellow 2002-present
    OELMA Advocacy Chair/Co-Chair 2001-2006
    AASLTask Force on the Implementation of the
         New National Guidelines and Standards 2000 - 2001
   KidsConnect Volunteer 1997 - 2001
    Storyteller
    Marion Public Library Preschool Storyhour 1989 - 1997
         (Marion, Ohio)

Selected Memberships:

       ALA, AASL, OELMA, Beta Phi Mu,
        Kappa Delta Phi, and Phi Delta Kappa.

Technology:

Marion City Schools Technology Trainer 1999-2001
   SchoolNet Novice Certification
   WebMaster of
       deblogan.com
       http://www.deblogan.com
       webpuppies.info
       http://www.webpuppies.info
   Creator & former WebMaster of
         Taft Library Media Web Site
             recognized by School Library Journal
             as the June 1999 Online Site of the Month
         Taft Middle School Web Site