Author Archives
18 years as Coordinator of Library Services for Napa Valley USD and Napa Valley School Library Consortium; 2010-current CDE Recommended Literature Committee member; 8 years as an outside library consultant for Follett Library Resources; 6 years as a Napa County Library Commissioner; Current member of California Dept of Education’s Literature Committee; Napa TV Public Access board member; ALA, AASL, CLA (Californiia Library Association), CSLA (California School Library Association) and CUE (Computer Using Educators). Conference presentations include: United We Stand; School and Public Libraries Working Together (CLA 2016, CSLA 2017), It’s Not Your Mother’s Library 2012 and 2013 (CUE); Enhancing Online Resources through Library Partnerships (CUE 2010); Implementing School Library Consortium (CSLA 2008); Athletes as Readers and Leaders (2008 Association of American Publishers & CSLA Project). Contributor to School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come!
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What Do We Know about the Writing Process?
We all love books or we would not be in the library business. Unless we are authors, how often do we think about the actual writing process? What do the authors of our addiction go through to write books that… Read More ›
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Library Partnerships for Uncertain Times
I know that I have talked and written about public and school library partnerships until I am blue in the face, and everyone is tired of reading or listening to me. But we are living in uncertain times with little… Read More ›
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A Hearfelt Thank You
Even though this blog won’t be posted until January, I wanted to write an end-of-the-year thank you to the people in my world who have inspired and supported the Napa Valley USD library program. Some have shared knowledge and vision,… Read More ›
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The Beginning of a Library Partnership Conversation
School and public library partnerships were the buzzwords at last month’s California Library Association conference in Sacramento. A packed room of librarians gathered to discuss and debate the pros and cons of school and public library partnerships. There was a… Read More ›
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eRead2win Summer Reading Program and the Great Pizza Shortage
Last April the we formed a new partnership with the District’s Office of Communication and Community Engagement to implement our first all-digital summer reading program. We called it eRead2win and yes, there was a method to our madness. Even though… Read More ›
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Athletes as Readers and Leaders
Athletes as Readers and Leaders is the brainchild of a librarian, a varsity football coach, and an elementary school principal. The program was created in response to the Stanford Study, Team sports for overweight children: the Stanford Sports to Prevent… Read More ›
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SB 48: California’s FAIR Education Act and LGBTQ Inclusion
On July 14th, four years after the 2012 passage of SB 48 or California’s Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act, School Superintendent Tom Torlakson announced the adoption of the long-awaited History Social Studies Framework. The passage of the… Read More ›
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From eCard to One Card: Providing Students Remote Access
In the midst of the Great Recession two California librarians came up with a plan to provide students without a public library card remote access to the public library’s online resources. As long as there was an Internet connection, the library… Read More ›
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School and Public Librarian Partnerships
With approximately 875 school librarians left in California, it’s time to re-evaluate school library staffing and services. To the remaining district library administrators, this is not merely a statistic but a day-to-day reality. How do we provide services in an… Read More ›