Other+Gems

Complete the chart below for the leaders we discussed in class and for five others (your choice.) Post your chart on your individual LIS 620 wiki on the Other Gems page. As you complete this task, please reflect on the following questions:
 * Charting the Leaders in Our Field: **
 * Who are the leaders who made //or are making// school library programs what they are today?
 * How did they contribute //or are contributing// to our profession (i.e., to their schools, districts, and/or organizations)?
 * Of these, who can serve as a guide/model for me?
 * As a first year LMS, what steps should I take to put myself on a leadership path.
 * || ** Leader ** || ** Time Period ** || ** Contributions ** || ** Notes ** ||
 * || Joyce Valenza || 1990-present || Teacher-Librarian at Springfield Township High School

techlife@school column for Philadelphia Inquirer

NeverEndingSearch blog

Edublog awards multiple years including Lifetime Achievement

Focus on technology and Web 2.0

Tag Team Tech, School Library Journal contributor || []

|| English teacher, technology integration specialist, and librarian.
 * || Buffy Hamilton || 2005-present || High school librarian and teacher at The Unquiet Library in Canton, GA with nineteen years experience as an educator. Background as an

Transformed her school’s library into a true learning commons called The Unquiet Library.

Runs a highly successful blog called The Unquiet Library proving that blogs can be used as an effective tool in academic settings.

Interested in social media, participatory learning environments, ethnographic studies, digital composition, personal learning environments, and social scholarship.

2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker || http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/

http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/ || (Learning Commons) || 1990-present || MLS, now K-12 Department Head of Libraries for the District of Chelmsford, high school librarian there, as well as doctoral student and adjunct professor. Diggs serves on many Boards and contributes articles to various scholarly publications. Diggs is responsible for revolutionizing school libraries and promoting the metamorphosis into **learning commons**. Loertscher, Koechlin, and Zwaan, leaders of library transformation, champion Diggs as the LMS who led a massive reinvention of an antiquated school library into an ideal learning commons, while stressing that program is paramount, and collaboration is key. || Diggs, Valerie. (2009, April). From library to learning commons: A metamorphosis. //Teacher Librarian// 36(4), 32-38. || (Concord-Carlisle) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Valerie Diggs
 * || Robin Cicchetti
 * || Deb Logan ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Carolyn Kirio and Sandra Yamamoto (Kapolei High School in Hawaii) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Doug Johnson || 1990-present || Director of Media and Technology for the Mankato (MN) Schools

Adjunct Professor of University of Minnesota since 1990

Author of six books including //Teaching Right from Wrong in the Digital Age, Machines are the Easy Part; People are the Hard Part, The Classroom Teachers Survival Guide to Technology.//

Column “Head for the Edge” appears in the //Library Media Connection//

Successful blog called “Blue Skunk Blog” about achool technology and library issues || []

http://www.doug-johnson.com/ ||
 * || Sara Kelly Johns ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Mary Burkey (Liberty Middle School; “Voices in My Head” http://audiobooker.booklistonline.com/) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Lucretia (Lucia) Miller (Chaffee Trail Elementary) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Barbara Stripling || 1988-present || Former SLMS with teaching experience nationwide in public schools.

Developed the REACTS taxonomy and inquiry learning model, which focuses on teaching critical thinking within the curriculum.

Through the inquiry model, she revolutionized curriculum design and teaching methods to include librarians in curriculum planning.

Her passion is to help students and teachers think critically and evaluate information in both the physical and digital library.

2005-present Director of Library Services for the New York Department of Education

Jan. 2012 assuming new role as professor at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies || Stripling, Barbara. (1999, October). Learning and Libraries in an Information Age. Libraries Unlimited. || Regular technology columnist for the School Library Journal. Coordinator of the SLS for 22 small rural districts in Western, NY. (2007) ALA Emerging Leader
 * || Christopher Harris (Informancy) || 2006-present || Writes about the digital reshift, gaming, and libraries on his blog Infomancy.

(2008) Library Journal Mover and Shaker

(2008) Co-wrote ALA Tech Source Library Technology Report on using the open source Drupal content management framework in libraries.

(2010) Co-wrote Libraries Got Game published by ALA about curriculum-aligned educational gaming. INFOMANCY Infomancy n. 1.The field of magic related to the conjuring of information from the chaos of the universe. 2.The collection of terms, queries, and actions related to the retrieval of information from arcane sources. || __ http://schoolof.info/infomancy ____ / __  ||
 * || Diane Chen (//Practically Paradise// blog for SLJ) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Michael Porter (Libraryman) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || David Loertscher ||  || Advocates transforming libraries into Learning Commons

Writes a blog on the impact of libraries on teaching and learning, and on professional issues.

Professor of LIS at San Jose State Univ (CA)

Served as Head of the Editorial Department of Libraries Unlimited for 10 years

Past president of AASL || []

http://www.davidvl.org/Home.html ||
 * || Jonathan Hunt (School Library Journal) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Vicki Davis (Teacher Librarian) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || ** Ross Todd ** || ** 1991-present ** || Associate Professor and Director of Rutgers SCILS and MLIS

Doctor of Philosophy from The University of Technology of Sydney, AUS

Publishes on Evidence Based Practice in School Libraries, Boosting Achievement through Information Literacy, and Advocacy to Action that School Libraries Work! || http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~rtodd/home.htm ||
 * || Cassandra Barnett ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Jonathan Hunt (School Library Journal) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Debbie Abilock ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Carol Kuhlthau ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Kristin Fontichiaro ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Mary J. Johnson (primary Source Librarian) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Jody Howard || 2000-present || Professor of Library and Information Science

Interim Director of Palmer School LIS

Sits on many boards including CAL, AASL, ELMSS

Publishes and presents on topics such as The Teacher-Librarian as Curriculum Leader, on Celebrating the Team of Administration, Librarians, and Teachers, and The Relationship between School Culture and an Effective School Library || Author, "The Teacher-Librarian as a Curriculum Leader" a chapter in The Many Faces of School Library Leadership, Sharon Coatney, Editor. || She infuses curriculum with technology on all levels. Her blog KaffeeKlatsch, on educational technology topics, was 1st runner-up in 2009 EduBlog awards. She writes articles for library media publications, general education periodicals, ed tech journals, online e-zines, and has authored several books. She runs workshops and speaks at conferences all over the world. ||   [] http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/index.html  ||
 * || Blanche Wools ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Sharon Coatney ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Kathy Schrock (KaffeeKlatch) || 1993-present || Former MLS, now Director of Technology for school system on Cape Cod, and adjunct professor.
 * || Mike Eisenberg ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Alice Yucht ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Helen Adams ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Nancy Everhart ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Violet Harada ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Anthony A. Luscre ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || Keith Curry Lance ||  ||   ||   ||