Affiliation: Professor Emeritus in Library Science, James Madison
University
(Retired July 1, 1998; 23 years at JMU)
Personal: Husband, Jack; Sons, Jack & Len. Hometown: Martins
Ferry, Ohio
Education: BA in History, Minor in Secondary Education (SUNY Buffalo
1971), MLS (SUNY
Buffalo, 1972),
EdD (University of Virginia, 1980) Major: Audiovisual Ed; Minors: Reading,
Research
Honorary Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Phi Mu, Phi Delta
Kappa
Professional Experience: Library Media Specialist, Iroquois
Central,
High School (Elma, NY), Lucy Simms Elementary (Harrisonburg, VA)
Courses Taught at JMU: Children's Literature (G/U), Young Adult
Literature (G/U), Cataloging (G), Reference (G), SLMS in Curriculum
Development (G),
Management of Library Media (G), Instructional Technology (U), Networking
(G), Methods (U), Networking (G), Literary Enrichment (U), Research
(G)
Publications: With Jackson E. Ramsey, Budgeting Basics, Library
Planning and
Budgeting from Franklin Watts
Selected Honors & Awards: Virginia Educational Media Association's
(VEMA) Media
Educator of the Year; Virginia Educational Media Association's
(VEMA) Outstanding
Service Award; Division of School Media and Technology (DSMT) of the
Association
for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Outstanding Service
Award.
Hobbies: Reading (of course), my home
page (of course), Storytelling in public schools; travel with husband Jack
(U. S., England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Egypt, China, Hong Kong,
Thailand, Japan, Mexico, Canada , Italy, Czech Republic, Austria,
Hungary, Greece, Turkey thus far)