MSLMA
Conference 2000
Featured
Speakers
Take a look at our wonderful line up of
speakers for the upcoming MSLMA Conference. See you there!
Lynette Aznavourian, MSLMA Conference Corrdinator
David Loertscher
Doug Johnson
Paula Danziger
David
V. Loertscher, MLS, PhDDr. Loertscher is a Professor at the School
of Library and Information Science of San Jose State University where
he administers the K-12 library credential program. A past president of
the American Association of School Librarians
(1995-96), he is a former elementary and secondary library media specialist,
and is well-known as an author and speaker on school media centers and
educational technology. His book Taxonomies
of the School Library Media Program (Libraries Unlimited, c1988) is
regarded as the foundation of today's view of the role of the school library
in the educational process. Available online is his 1997 paper The
Information Literacy Movement of the School Library Media Field: A Preliminary
Summary of the Research co-authored with Blanche Woolls. His professional
writings have also appeared in School Library Journal and School
Library Media Quarterly, and he is the author of numerous books including:
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Biographical
Index to Children's and Young Adult Authors and Illustrators. (Hi Willow,
c1993)
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Cataloging
Books: A Workbook of Examples, with Williams E. Studwell. (Libraries
Unlimited, 1989)
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Collection
Mapping in the LMC: Building Library Media Center Collections in the Age
of Technology. (Hi Willow, c1996)
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Measures
of Excellence for School Library Media Centers. (Libraries Unlimited,
1988)
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The
Microcomputer Facility and the School Library Media Specialist, with
Blanche Woolls. (American Library Association, 1986)
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Reinvent
Your School's Library in the Age of Technology: A Guide for Principals
and Superintendents. (Hi Willow, 1998)
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A
State-By-State Guide to Children's and Young Adult Authors and Illustrators,
with Lance Castle. (Hi Willow, 1991)
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Statistics
of School Library Media Centers, 1985. (Hi Willow, 1990)
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Doug
Johnson
Writing, Speaking and Consulting on School
Technology and Library Issues
Johnson’s Rule of Research
Projects: A project not worth doing is not worth doing well.
"I am great believer in the
'stone soup mentality.' Like the soldiers in the old French fable, I know
that when each person in a profession, organization, or community brings
his or her individual talents and efforts to the table, everyone benefits."
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Doug
Johnson is Director of Media & Technology at the Mankato Area Public
Schools in Minnesota as well as a faculty member in Library Media Education
at the University of Mankato. He holds a M.A. in Library Science from the
University of Iowa and a B.A. in English from the University of Northern
Colorado. He has served a media specialist for grades K-12 in Iowa, Minnesota,
and Saudi Arabia. He is the state coordinator for national standards of
the American Association of School Librarians, and is a member of the Minnesota
International Society for Technology in Education, the Minnesota Library
Association and Phi Delta Kappa.
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Paula
Danziger
Paula
Danziger loves to write for and about kids, and kids love her! She
loves to travel, see new places, meet new friends and play pinball!
Her characters are so real that readers tell Paula they feel as if they
know them.
Born
in Washington, D.C., and raised in New York, Paula Danziger has known since
second grade that she wanted to be a writer. Beginning her career as a
teacher, Danziger taught at the high school and junior high school levels
as well as the college level. She received her Masters Degree in reading
and during that time she wrote her first bestselling novel, The Cat
Ate My Gymsuit. She returned to teaching, but the success of her book
encouraged her to become a full-time writer. Among her titles are: Remember
Me To Harold Square, The Divorce Express , and Can You Sue
Your Parents For Malpractice?
Danziger
is the recipient of numerous honors, state library awards, and nominations
including: a Parent's Choice Award, an International Reading Association
- Children's Book Council Award, an IRA-CBC Children's Choice Award, and
a California Young Reader Medal nomination.
Paula
Danziger has homes in New York City, and London, England, where she is
a guest contributor to the BBC's "Live & Kicking," hosting a segment
on books for children.
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2000