Degrees:
A.B., Spanish, Brown University; M.A., Librarianship, University of Denver; School Certification, Duquesne University; Ph.D., Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh.
Bio:
Barbara has worked as a free-lance indexer, an instructor for the
State Library of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh, an
assistant in the Brown University Library, a librarian for the
University of Denver Library, a children's librarian at Carnegie
Library, and a high school librarian in Pittsburgh. Her research
interests center on children's services and children's literature.
She is the author of Texas in Children's Books and co-author of
Teaching Texas History: An All-Level Resource Guide. She edited, with
Viki Ash-Geisler as co-editor, Achieving School Readiness: Public
Libraries and National Education Goal No. 1; and Library Service for
Youth of Hispanic Heritage with Kathleen McCook. Her most recent
book, written with Bill Lukenbill, is Keeping Youth Healthy and Fit:
Programs and Services for Public Librarians and School Library Media
Specialists. She is a former President of the Association for Library
Services to Children, a Trustee of the Freedom to Read Foundation, a
former President of the Texas Library Association and a former
national President of the Beta Phi Mu LIS honorary society. She is
the P.I. for two grants that received IMLS funding: "Youth,
Community, Libraries: Empowerment for Success" ($380,822 in funding)
for Ph.D. student recruitment and "Promoting Information Literacy &
Teacher Collaboration through Social Marketing Strategies" ($5000)
for a study of librarian-teacher collaboration.
