Early and Family Literacy Committee: Sharing the EFL’s Research and Links

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  • Early and Family Literacy Committee

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.18.4.33

Abstract

Serving on an ALSC committee is a great way to meet other children’s librarians and to work on issues that interest you. Committees create or sponsor programs for conferences, discuss current issues and trends, brainstorm new ideas, participate in national projects, work as a team to review all sorts of media and present national awards, promote intellectual freedom, and more. Committee work enables you to share ideas and help shape the world of children’s librarianship. In fact, this column was envisioned and created by Dr. Tess Prendergast, while she was serving on the Children and Libraries Editorial Advisory Committee.

Earlier this year, co-chairs of the ALSC Early and Family Literacy (EFL) Committee expressed a desire to write about some current research resources.

Author Biography

Early and Family Literacy Committee

Members of the current EFL Committee include Betsy Diamant-Cohen, executive director of Mother Goose on the Loose; Lori Romero, coordinator and supervisor of the Child and Family Library Services Department, Arapahoe (CO) Library District; Joanna Ward, children’s services librarian, LA County (CA) Library; Kathryn Baumgartner, children’s librarian, Great Neck (NY) Library; Carol Arlene Edwards, retired youth services librarian, Denver (CO) Public Library; Crystal Faris, director of youth and family engagement, Kansas City (MO) Public Library; Ruth Guerrier-Pierre, children’s librarian, New York Public Library; Kristin Piepho, library manager, Sno-Isle Libraries, WA; Emmie Stuart, librarian, Metro Nashville (TN) Public Schools; and Sarah West, children’s librarian, New York Public Library.

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Published

2021-01-12

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Vol. 18 No. 4 (2020): Winter

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