Meet the AASL Staff
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General mailing and contact information
Below is a listing of current AASL staff with information about their responsibilities. Take a minute to "meet the staff" and find out an interesting fact about each one of them. This month's question, If you could be any children's book character, who would you be?
Executive Director
Julie Walker
Ext. 4388
As a non-voting member of both the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, Julie serves as the primary liaison to these groups. She works with other program supervisors -- Deputy Director, Manager of Communications, Manager of Professional Development -- to ensure that staff liaisons provide knowledgeable, efficient and timely service to those who serve as chairs of AASL committees and task forces. Julie also serves as staff liaison to the NCATE Coordinating Committee and works closely with the AASL Alliance for Association Excellence.
If you could be any children's book character, who would you be? The elephant from "Six Blind Men and the Elephant"
Deputy Executive Director
Allison Cline
Ext. 4385
Responsible for the day-to-day management of the division, including personnel and member relations. Allison oversees the implementation and monitoring of the strategic plan and the Longitudinal Study (School Libraries Count!) and development of the study's on-line tool.
If you could be any children's book character, who would you be? Winnie the Pooh
Manager, Communications
Jonathan West
Ext. 4389
Jonathan manages AASL's communications: journals, monographs, the Web site, press releases, etc. He is responsible for developing new publications and digital initiatives and overseeing marketing and member recruitment.
If you could be any children's book character, who would you be? Mulch Diggums, Artemis Fowl series
Manager, Professional Development
Kelly Bishop
Ext. 4386
Kelly manages the development of many educational programs AASL offers each year. She oversees the educational elements of national conference, the national institute, online courses, licensed institutes, as well as ALA Annual and Midwinter Conferences.
If you could be any children's book character, who would you be? Pippi Longstocking
Manager, Programs & Affiliate Relations
Jennifer Habley
Ext. 4383
Jen's main role is coordinating the standards and guidelines implementation plan, Learning 4 Life. She serves as the staff liaison to the Affiliate Assembly and works with Julie on the Partnership for 21st-Century Skills state leadership committee. Jen is also the liaison between AASL and outside partnerships.
If you could be any children's book character, who would you be? Ramona Quimby
Meeting & Special Events Planner
Brenda Dreier, CMP
Ext. 1393
Brenda has overall responsibility for the management side of AASL national conference, the national institute, and our presence at ALA conferences. Her duties for these events include budgeting, onsite logistics, and oversight of registration, housing and exhibits. She is also responsible for site selection for future AASL conferences.
If you could be any children's book character, who would you be? Madeline
Communications Specialist
Melissa (Jones) Jacobsen
Ext. 4381
Melissa's main responsibilities include managing the AASL Web site, writing press releases, overseeing 2.0 tools (e.g., wikis, blogs, AASL in Second Life (SL)) and acting as staff liaison to several committees. She also writes and produces AASL Hotlinks at the beginning of every month and submits weekly posts to the AASL Blog.
If you could be any children's book character, who would you be? Claudia "Claud" Lynn Kishi, The Baby-sitters Club series
Marketing Specialist
Andrea Parker
Ext. 1396
Andrea coordinates the marketing and promotion of division programs, products, events and services, and to increase awareness, participation and sales. As Managing Editor of Knowledge Quest, she manages the production of the journal, control costs, keeping production on schedule, and identifying and implementing changes to make the journal more attractive to readers. Andrea manages AASL's awards program, which culminates each year in a luncheon at Annual Conference honoring that year’s winners.
If you could be any children's book character, who would you be? Violet Baudelaire
Program Coordinator, Governance & Finance
Jordan Mack
Ext. 4382
Jordan is responsible for the governance and financial aspects of AASL. When Jordan has her governance hat on, she provides support for the AASL Board of Directors and Committees. This includes assisting with committee appointments, arranging meetings, and writing minutes. When Jordan changes hats to finance coordinator, she processes incoming and outgoing checks, member reimbursements, and assists Julie with budget development and monitoring.
If you could be any children's book character, who would you be? Babar
We are looking forward to hearing from you!
AASL Books & Publications
Jonathan West, jwest@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4389
Awards
Andrea Parker, aparker@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext. 1396
Electronic Discussion Lists
Melissa (Jones) Jacobsen, mjones@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4381
Hotlinks (general inquiries & advertising)
Melissa (Jones) Jacobsen, mjones@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4381
Knowledge Quest (general inquiries)
Andrea Parker, aparker@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext. 1396
Learning 4 Life
Jennifer Habley, jhabley@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4383
Mailing List Rental
Maribeth Chapman (ALA), mchapman@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext. 2460
Membership
Member & Customer Service, membership@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4284
Professional Development (AASL National Conference, preconferences, workshops, institutes, online seminars)
Kelly Bishop, kbishop@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4386
School Libraries Count! Longitudinal Survey
Allison Cline, acline@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4385
Subscriptions (Knowledge Quest)
ALA Subscriptions Department, subscriptions@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext.5; fax: (312) 944-2641
Web Site
Melissa (Jones) Jacobsen, mjones@ala.org, (800) 545-2433, ext. 4381
American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
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