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Wilson Core Collections Editors

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
General editor, Wilson Core Collections
Editor, Public Library Core Collection: Fiction and Public Library Core Collection: Nonfiction

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 W. Barber
Consultant, Wilson Core Collections
Editor, Senior High School Library Catalog

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
Associate editor, Wilson Core Collections
Editor, Children’s Core Collection and Middle & Junior High Core Collection

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
Assistant editor, Wilson Core Collections

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.