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Napa Valley USD
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I am the library coordinator and digital resource manager for Napa Valley USD and also provide managed services to our more rural county school districts. These services include regular staff training, collection development and managing a shared multi-district K-12 OverDrive digital consortium. I have served as a county appointed public library commissioner (2006-2013) and a six-year stint as an outside library consultant for Follett Library Resources from (2004-2010). In 2008 I created the award-winning program, Athletes as Readers and Leaders. I have been an American Association of School Librarians Knowledge Quest blogger (2016-2018) and recently contributed to last’s yearbook, 1968 Today’s Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution & Change. In 2016 my office, in partnership with the Napa County Library, originated the model for California’s One Card Program. This program ensures student equity by utilizing also the K-12 student ID number as a full-service public library card. Currently, I serve on the CA Department of Education’s Recommended Literature Committee and as a GoOpen# Future Ready Schools Match K-12 Mentor
