AASL 2012 Elections

ESLS Secretary

Ramona Kerby

Current Position

Professor & Coordinator of the School Library Program, 1994, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD

Previous Positions:

Professor, Associate, Assistant & Coordinator of the School Library Program, McDaniel College, 1994-present

School Librarian, Little Elementary in Arlington ISD Texas, 1978-1993

Kindergarten teacher, Arlington ISD Texas, 1973-1978

Degrees and Certificates:

Texas Woman's University, Ph.D., 1984

Texas Woman's University, M.L.S., 1980

Texas Christian University, M.Ed, 1975

Texas Wesleyan University, B.A., 1973

ALA and/or ALA-APA Activities:

AASL/National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) Standards Task Force, 2002-03

ELMSS Chair 2000-01

ALSC National Planning Committee of Special Collections, Member, 2005-06, Chair, 2005-07.

Honors and Awards (library and non-library):

Owney, the Mail-Pouch Pooch received the Parent’s Choice Silver Medal Award, 2008; 2009-10 California Young Readers Award ; 2009-10 Vermont Red Clover Award;

Siddie Joe Johnson Award for Outstanding Library Service to Children in the State of Texas, 1990

Named to the Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster for 2006 – 2011 as an expert in school librarianship and children’s literature

Major Accomplishments:

Successfully coordinate and teach in a school library graduate program; writer of children's books.

Publications:

Collection Development for the School Library Media Program. Chicago: American Association of School Librarians, 2006.

Owney, the Mail Pouch Pooch. Illustrated by Lynne Barasch. New York: Frances Foster/FSG, 2008.

Reading Fun, Quick and Easy Activities for the School Library Media Center. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.

Links for further information:

www.monakerby.com

Statement of Professional Concerns:

I have long enjoyed membership and participation in ESLS, getting to know outstanding school library professors.  I would be honored to be the Secretary for the one year term and would do my best to help our members and our organization.

Member of ALA since:

1980