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Wilson staff in New York who work with the Committees, oversee the selection of books for the Wilson Core Collections, and prepare the cataloging records.
John Greenfieldt was appointed Editor of Wilson Core Collections in June 2005. He joined the company in October 1979 as a cataloger in the department. John edits Public Library Core Collection: Fiction and Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction, and, in addition to the Core Collections, Essay and General Literature Index, Short Story Index, and Play Index. John holds an M.L.S. from Columbia University and a B.A. in English from Boston College. Before coming to Wilson he taught literature and mathematics at a private school.
Raymond Barber was appointed Special Consultant to the Wilson Core Collections and Editor of the Senior High Core Collection in May 2006. He began his relationship with the company in 1981 as an committee member for the Junior High Core Collection and chaired that advisory panel for the past three editions. He is responsible for CoreCollections.net, school-libraries.net, editing the Senior High Core Collection, special projects dealing with the Wilson Core Collections, and publisher relations. He has worked in school and public libraries and taught library science at several universities. Ray Barber holds the following degress: BA in history and English (University of Akron), MS in library science (University of Kentucky), advanced masters in library science (Florida State University), and PhD in educational administration (Florida State University). He is a member of ALA (AASL, ACRL, ALSC, LAMA, LITA, PLA, RUSA, and YASL). He has served on the Caldecott, Newbery, and Printz award committees, the Best Books for Young Adults Committee, and the Notable Books Council.
Anne Price has been editing Children’s Core Collection and Middle & Junior High Core Collection since 1996, and joined the Wilson staff in December 1990 as a cataloger. She holds an M.L.S. from Columbia University and a B.A. from Hunter College. Before coming to Wilson she worked for almost 20 years as a Children’s Librarian in public and school libraries in Westchester and New York and was a reviewer for School Library Journal.
Patrice Bartell was appointed assistant editor of Wilson Core Collections in January 2006. She joined the company in September 2003 as a cataloger. She manages the operations of the Public Library Core Collection: Fiction and Nonfiction and Senior High Core Collection, as well as Quality Assurance for the department. Ms. Bartell holds an MSLIS with a certificate in archives and records management from C. W. Post, Long Island University. She obtained her B.A. in English from the State University of New York at Geneseo.
Marguerita Rowland came to H.W. Wilson in the spring of 2008. She works with both the Children’s and Middle & Junior High Core Collections. She graduated with a B.A. from Iona College, majoring in mass communications and a M.L.S. from St. John’s University. Marguerita worked at Queens Library as a young adult librarian.
Katharine Kan has been an advisor for various Core Collections since 1990. Kat, as she is known to most people, has selected books for the Graphic Novel Core Collection since it was created in 2007. She selects graphic novels for the other Core Collections as well. She earned her B.A. in History at the University of Hawaii-Manoa in 1977, and her MLS in Library Studies at the University of Hawaii-Manoa in 1981. She has worked in public libraries as a children's and young adult librarian in Hawaii and Indiana, and as a school librarian for a parochial school in Florida. She has served on the Best Books for Young Adults Committee, the YALSA Publications Committee, and the Printz Award Committee, and she chaired the YALSA Graphic Novels Task Force, which recommended the creation of the Great Graphic Novels for Teens Committee. She was the first librarian to serve as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, in 2005. She works as the Graphic Novel Selector for Brodart, writes the "Graphically Speaking" column for Voice of Youth Advocates, and reviews graphic novels for Booklist and for Diamond Comics. |
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