Advisors
Susan Allison:Head Librarian, Lewiston High
School, Lewiston, Maine. Standards Com-
mittee Chairperson for Maine School
Library (MASL) Programs. Board member,
Julia Adams Morse Memorial Library,
Greene, Maine. Advisor to Lewiston Public
Library Planning Process.
Jennifer Hood:Young Adult/Reference Librar-
ian, Cumberland Public Library, Cumber-
land, Rhode Island. Certified teacher, Rhode
Island. Member of the New England Library
Association, Rhode Island Library Associa-
tion, and the Rhode Island Educational
Media Association.
Ann Kearney:Head Librarian and Media Spe-
cialist, Christopher Columbus High School,
Miami, Florida, 1982–2002. Thirty-two
years as Librarian in various educational
institutions ranging from grade schools
through graduate programs. Library posi-
tions at Miami-Dade Community College,
the University of Miami’s Medical School
Library, and Carrollton School in Coconut
Grove, Florida. B.A. from University of
Detroit, 1967 (magna cum laude); M.L.S.,
University of Missouri–Columbia, l974. Vol-
unteer Project Leader for a school in rural
Jamaica; volunteer with Adult Literacy
programs.
Laurie St. Laurent:Head of Adult and Children’s
Services, East LansingPublic Library, East
Lansing, Michigan, 1994–. M.L.S. from West-
ern Michigan University. Chair of Michigan
Library Association’s 1998 Michigan Summer
Reading Program; Chair of the Children’s
Services Division in 2000–2001; and Vice-Pres-
ident of the Association in 2002–2003. Board
member of several regional early childhood
literacy organizations and member of the
Library of Michigan Youth Services Advisory
Committee.
Heidi Stohs:Instructor in Language Arts, grades
10–12, Solomon High School, Solomon,
Kansas. Received B.S. from Kansas State
University; M.A. from Fort Hays State
University.