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Professor and Chair, Department of Information Studies
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor and Chair, Department of Information Studies
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Hello! and welcome to my website. I am a professor and chair at the Department of Information Studies in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. My research interests are: children's information needs and information resources, childhood and family literacy, the sociology of children's literature and childhood reading, evaluation of library services, citizen participation and voluntarism in public libraries. I teach courses on: Management, Library Services and Programs for Children, Storytelling, Children's Literature, and Public Libraries. I also love to write books for children and am the author of "Making Up Megaboy" and "Hi, Pizza Man!" Now available: online syllabi for fall courses IS234: Contemporary Children's Literature and IS19: Fiat Lux Seminar, Images of War in Children's Literature. Contact Information: VIRGINIA A. WALTER, Ph.D. 220 GSE & IS Building, Mailbox 951520 |
