|
Sherry R. Crow is Professor Emeritus at University of Nebraska - Kearney, USA. She earned her PhD in Library and Information Management from Emporia State University. A former public children's librarian, elementary school librarian, and professor of school library science, she was a featured researcher in New Frontiers Magazine (2014). In 2023 she received the 2023 L. Anne Clyde Memorial Research Award for the best paper presented at an IASL conference making a research contribution to the field of school librarianship. Her research interest is in children's intrinsic motivation for information seeking and reading for pleasure. Mona Kerby is professor and coordinator of the graduate program in school librarianship at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, USA. She earned her PhD in Library Science at Texas Woman's University. She is a former kindergarten teacher and elementary school librarian. Kerby is the author of Collection Development for School Librarians, Second Edition (2019). She was the recipient of the 2020 American Association of School Librarians' Distinguished Service Award. She is the author of seventeen books for children and school librarians. Find her at monakerby.com. Audrey P. Church is professor of school librarianship and chair of the Department of Education and Counseling at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, USA. She earned her PhD in Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. Church has served as president of the American Association of School Librarians. A former primary and high school librarian, she is the author of several books and book chapters and numerous journal articles. Her research interests include administrators' perceptions of school librarians, school library standards implementation, and the history of school libraries. |
