Project Staff
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Project Director: Debra E. Kachel, Affiliate Faculty, School of Education, School Library Media Endorsement Program, Antioch University Seattle
Principal Investigator: Keith Curry Lance, Ph.D., Consultant, RSL Research Group, Louisville, CO
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Research Analyst: Marcia J. Rodney, President, RSL Research Group, Louisville, CO
Research Analyst: Bill Schwarz, Vice President and Manager, RSL Research Group, Louisville, CO
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Infographics & Video Designer/Interview Analyst: Leah Breevoort, Research Analyst, RSL Research Group, Louisville, CO
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Web Development: Zeth Lietzau, Next Iteration, LLC, Denver, CO
Project Evaluator: Mary K. Biagini, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Information Culture and Data Stewardship; Director, School Library Certification Program, University of Pittsburgh
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Project Interviewers
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Susan D. Ballard, retired Director of Library, Media & Technology Services (Londonderry, NH), former Vice-President of the National Collaborative for Digital Literacy, and Past-President, American Association of School Librarians
Deb Levitov, Ph.D., retired school librarian, coordinator of school libraries, and former Editor of School Library Monthly and Teacher Librarian
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Rebecca Morris, Ph.D., Teaching Associate Professor, School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh
Mark Ray, Future Ready Librarians Lead and presenter, writer, content creator, and consultant
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Project Volunteers
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Caitlin Gerrity, Associate Professor of Library Science, Southern Utah University
Deeth Ellis, Head Librarian Boston (MA) Latin School & Doctoral Student in Library Science, Simmons University
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