Featured Committee Member

Let us introduce you to one of the special people behind the scenes who select books for inclusion in the Core Collections.

Deborah D. Taylor
Coordinator, School and Student Services
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Baltimore, Maryland

Deborah Taylor joined the Enoch Pratt Free Library as a Young Adult librarian in 1974 and in 1980 was appointed Young Adult Services Specialist. She is currently Coordinator of School and Student Services for the Enoch Pratt Free Library.

Ms. Taylor was a member of the 2004 Michael Printz Award Committee, the 2006 Printz Committee, and the 2006 Best Books for Young Adults Committee. She was a member of the 2002 Newbery Award Committee and Chair of the 2000 Coretta Scott King Award Jury. She has also served on the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Committee and has reviewed for Horn Book. She was the 1996-1997 President of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association.

Ms. Taylor chairs a bi-annual Young Adult literature conference, “Books for the Beast”, which brings together adults and teens to discuss and celebrate the best in youth materials. Ms. Taylor is adjunct professor at the University of Maryland College of Information Studies, teaching Young Adult literature, and she has conducted numerous workshops on youth services in libraries as well as literature for young people.

Ms.Taylor received her B.S. and M.L.S. from the University of Maryland at College Park.

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