EDUCATION

Ph.D., Public Administration, University of Southern California , May, 1984.
MPA, University of Southern California, December, 1981.
MLS, School of Librarianship, University of California, Berkeley, January, 1966.
B.A., World Literature, San Francisco State College, June, 1964.

CURRENT POSITION

Professor and Chair, Information Studies Department, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA., since July, 2003. Associate Professor, July, 1996, to June, 2003. Assistant Professor, January, 1990, to June, 1996. Teaching areas: Management, Library Services and Programs for Children, Storytelling, Children's Literature, Public Libraries. Research interests: children's information needs and information resources, childhood and family literacy, social issues and emerging trends in children's literature, evaluation of library services, citizen participation and voluntarism in public libraries.

PUBLIC LIBRARY EXPERIENCE

 Children's Services Coordinator, Los Angeles Public Library, November, 1987, to January, 1990.

Principal Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library. Manager, Business and Economics Department, Central Library, May, 1984, to November, 1987. Regional Manager, Northeast Region, January, 1976, to September, 1980.

Senior Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library, December, 1972, to January, 1976. Manager, Encino-Tarzana Branch and Malabar Branch.

Young Adult Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library, West Valley Regional Branch, February, 1972, to December, 1972.

Children's Librarian, San Francisco Public Library, September, 1966, to June, 1969.

Children's Librarian, Sunnyvale Public Library, February, 1966, to August, 1966.

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

Assistant Dean and Lecturer, School of Library and Information Management, University of Southern California, August, 1981, to July, 1982.

Chair, Department of Information Studies, UCLA, September, 2000, to Septemberr, 2001.

OTHER UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lecturer , School of Public Administration, University of Southern California , Fall, 1980, to January, 1990. Courses taught: Introduction to Public Administration, Politics and Administration, Administration and Society.

Lecturer , Department of Political Science and California State University Consortium, California State University, Los Angeles, Spring, 1982, to January, 1990. Courses taught: Seminar in Public Administration, Integrative Seminar in Public Administration, Foundations of Public Administration.

Lecturer , School of Library and Information Management, University of Southern California, Summer, 1981, to Spring, 1986. Courses taught: Philosophical Foundations of Information Transfer, Human Behavior in the Uses of Information, Information Transfer Among Young Adults, Information Transfer Among Children.

MONOGRAPHS

Walter, Virginia A., and Elaine Meyers. Teens and Libraries: Getting It Right. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.

Walter, Virginia A. Children and Libraries: Getting It Right. Chicago: American Library Association, 2001.

Walter, Virginia A., and Gross, Melissa. HIV/AIDS Information for Children: A Guide to Issues and Resources. New York : H.W. Wilson Company, 1996.

Hayes, Robert L., and Walter, Virginia A. Strategic Management for Public Libraries. Westport, CT: Greenwood , 1996.

Walter, Virginia A. Output Measures and More: Planning and Evaluating Young Adult Services in Public Libraries. Chicago: American Library Association, 1995.

Walter, Virginia A. War and Peace Literature for Children and Young Adults: A Resource Guide to Significant Issues. Phoenix , AZ : Oryx Press, 1993.

Walter, Virginia A. Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children: A Manual of Standardized Measures. Chicago : American Library Association, 1992.

CREATIVE WORK: CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Walter, Virginia. Making Up Megaboy. Illustrated by Katrinka Roeckelein. New York: DK Ink, 1998; paperback edition, Delacorte, 1999.

Walter, Virginia. " Hi, Pizza Man !" Illustrated by Ponder Goembel. New York: Orchard Press, 1995; paperback edition, 1998.

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Walter, Virginia A. "Public Library Service to Children and Teens: A Research Agenda." Library Trends , Volume 51, No. 4 (Spring, 2003), :pp. 571-589.

Walter, Virginia A. "Making Sense Out of Senselessness: The Social Construction of Adolescent Reality in the War Novels of Robert Westall," The Lion and the Unicorn , Vol. 24, #3 (September, 2000, 432-444).

Walter, Virginia A. "Becoming Digital: Policy Implications for Library Youth Services." Library Trends, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Spring, 1997), pp. 585-601.

Walter, Virginia A., and Markey, Penny. "Parent Perceptions of a Summer Reading Program." Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Vol. 11, #1 (Fall, 1997), pp. 49-65.

Walter, Virginia A. "Metaphor and Mantra: The Function of Stories in Number the Stars." Children's Literature in Education, Vol. 27, #2 (June, 1996), pp. 123-130.

Walter , Virginia A., Borgman, Christine L., and Hirsh, Sandra G. "The Science Library Catalog: A Springboard for Information Literacy." School Library Media Quarterly, Vol. 24, #2 (Winter, 1996), pp. 105-110.

Borgman, Christine L., Hirsh, Sandra G., Walter , Virginia A., and Gallagher, Andrea L., "Children's Searching Behavior on Browsing and Keyword Online Catalogs: The Science Library Catalog Project." Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Vol. 46, #9 (1995), pp. 663-684.

Walter, Virginia A. "The Information Needs of Children." Advances in Librarianship, Vol. 14 (1994), pp. 111-129.

Walter, Virginia A. "Research You Can Use: Marketing to Children." Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Vol. 7, #3 (Spring, 1994), pp. 283-288.

Walter , Virginia A. & March, Susan F. "Juvenile Books About the Holocaust: Extending the Definitions of Children's Literature." Publishing Research Quarterly. Vol. 9, #3 (Fall, 1993), pp. 36-51.

Walter, Virginia A. "For All the Wrong Reasons? Implementing Volunteer Programs in Public Organizations," Public Productivity and Management Review , Vol. 16, #3 (Spring 1993), pp. 271-282.

Walter, Virginia A. "Hansel and Gretel as Abandoned Children: Timeless Images for a Postmodern Age." Children's Literature in Education , Vol. 23, #4, (1992), pp. 203-214.

Walter, Virginia A. "Crossing the Pacific to America : The Uses of Narrative." Children's Literature Association Quarterly , Vol. 16, #2 (Summer, 1991), pp. 63-68.

Walter , Virginia A. and Borgman, Christine L. "The Science Library Catalog: A Prototype Information Retrieval System for Children." Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, Vol. 4, #2 (Winter, 1991), pp. 159-166.

Walter, Virginia A. "Children as Citizens-in-Training: Political Socialization for a Strong Democracy." Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Quarterly , Vol. 19, #1 (March, 1990), pp. 7-20.

Walter , Virginia . "Volunteers and Bureaucrats: Clarifying Roles and Creating Meaning," Journal of Voluntary Action Research , Vol. 16, #3 (July-September, 1987), pp. 22-32.

Walter, Virginia A. "At Work in the Temple of Science : Theory-Building in the University," International Journal of Public Administration , Vol. 5, #2 (1983), pp. 175-193.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Walter, Virginia A. "Children as Volunteers: Learning by Doing." In Paul Schervish, editor, Care and Community in Modern Society: Passing on the Tradition of Caring and Service to the Community to the Next Generation . San Francisco : Jossey-Bass: 1995.

Walter, Virginia A. "Evaluating Library Services and Programs." In Kathleen Staerkel, Mary Fellows, and Sue Nespacca, editors, Youth Services Librarians as Managers: A How-To- Guide from Budgeting to Personnel . Chicago : American Library Association, 1995.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Walter, Virginia A. "Books and Bytes: Digital Connections," a regular column for Book Links:

"Built-in Digital Connections." Book Links , Vol. 10, #2 (Oct./Nov., 2000), pp. 44-48.

"There and Back Again: Maps and Journeys." Book Links, Volume 8, #6 (July, 1999).

"Passing Time in Times Past." Book Links, Vol. 8, #5 (May, 1999), pp. 24-26.

"Multicultural Meets Multimedia." Book Links , Vol. 8, #3 (January, 1999), pp. 58-62.

"Focus on the First R: Reading , Reading , Reading ." Book Links , Vol. 8, #2 (November, 1998), pp. 36-40.

"Leading Boys from Bytes to Books." Book Links , Vol. 7, #6 (July, 1998), pp. 53-57.

"Girl Power: Multimedia and More." Book Links , Vol. 7, #5 (May, 1998), pp. 37-42.

"Looking Up: Multimedia about Space and Flight." Book Links , Vol. 7, #3 (January, 1998), pp. 31-35.

"Virtual Field Trips." Book Links , Vol. 7, No. 2 (November, 1997), pp. 10-14.

"Multimedia for the Lazy, Crazy Days of Summer." Book Links , Vol. 6, No. 6 (July, 1997), pp. 28-31.

"Starting Early: Multimedia for the Tricycle Set." Book Links, Vol. 6, No. 5, (May, 1997), pp. 26-33.

Walter , Virginia , Jean Armbruster, and Andrea Welsing. Early Childhood Policy Brief. County of Los Angeles , Department of Health Services, Public Health. January, 2002.

Walter , Virginia . "The Once and Future Library." School Library Journal , Vol. 47, #1 (January, 2001), pp. 48-53.

Walter, Virginia A. " Information Ecologies: Using Technology with Heart." [book review] Library Quarterly , Vol. 70, #3 (July, 2000), pp. 404-405.

Walter, Virginia A. "Rebecca Linley and Bob Usherwood. New Measures for the New Library: A Social Audit of Public Libraries." [book review] Journal of Documentation , Vol. 56, #1 (January, 2000), pp. 106-108.

Walter, Virginia A. "Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children." [book review] Library Quarterly , Vol. 69, #3 (July, 1999), pp. 408-409.

Walter, Virginia A. " International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature ." [book review] Library Quarterly , Vol. 68, #1 (January, 1998), pp. 98-100.

Walter, Virginia A. "Jazz for Children: The Picture Book Riffs of Chris Raschka." The Looking Glass, Vol. 2, No. 3 (October 2, 1998) <www.fis.utoronto.ca/~easun/looking_glass/illume.html>.

Walter, Virginia A. "Michael Cart." Gay and Lesbian Literature, Vol. 2. St. James Press, 1997.

Walter, Virginia A. "Foreword" to Judy Sierra's Flannelboard Storytelling Book . New York : H.W. Wilson, 1997.

Walter, Virginia A. "Robert Westall." Dictionary of Literary Biography: British Children's Writers Since 1960 (Second Series): Modernists . Gale Research. (In press.)

Walter, Virginia A. " A Free Library In This City ..." [book review] Library Quarterly , Vol. 67, No. 3 (July, 1997), pp. 299-302.

Walter, Virginia A. "Becoming Digital: Policy Implications for Library Youth Services." Library Trends, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Spring, 1997), pp. 585-601.

Walter, Virginia A. " From Romance to Realism." [book review] Library Quarterly, Vol. 67, No. 1 (January, 1997), pp. 79-81.

Walter, Virginia A. " Public Library Youth Services: A Public Policy Approach ." [book review] Library Quarterly , Vol. 66, No. 3 (July, 1996), pp. 330-332.

Walter, Virginia A. " Katherine Paterson ." [book review] Journal of Youth Services in Libraries , Vol. 9, No. 1 (Fall, 1995), pp. 94-95.

Walter, Virginia A. " Future Libraries: Madness, Dream, or Reality ." [book review] Library Resources and Technical Services . (In press.)

Walter, Virginia A. "Hester Burton." Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 161: British Children's Writers Since 1960 (First Series): Traditionalists , pp. 50-57. Detroit , MI : Gale Research, 1996.

Walter, Virginia A. " African-American Voices in Young Adult Literature: Tradition, Transition, Transformations ." [book review] Library Quarterly , Vol. 65, No. 3 (July, 1995), pp. 341-342.

Walter, Virginia A. " Give a Listen: Stories of Storytelling in School. " [book review] Library Quarterly , Vol. 65, No. 3 (July, 1995), ppp. 346-347.

Walter, Virginia A. "Kids Count: Using Output Measures to Monitor Reference Services to Children." The Reference Librarian , No. 49-50 (1995), pp. 165-178.

Walter, Virginia A. "Some Detours on the Information Superhighway." The Sampler , Summer, 1994, pp. 1-2.

Walter, Virginia A. "Foreward" to Binnie Tate Wilkin, Survival Themes in Fiction for Children and Young People , Metuchen , N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1993.

Walter, Virginia A. Review: "Elizabeth Gale Eaton, Effects of Spatial Skills and Route Uncertainty on the Ability of Fifth-graders and High School Students to Locate Unknown Items on Library Shelves." [book review] Library and Information Science Research , Vol. 15, No. 2 (Spring, 1993), p. 205.

Walter, Virginia A. "Jeffrey L. Brudney, Fostering Volunteer Programs in the Public Sector: Planning, Initiating, and Managing Voluntary Activities. " [book review] International Journal of Public Administration , Vol. 15, #9 (1992), pp. 1815-1816.

Walter , Virginia . "From Ghostbusters to BUSTER; A Micro Connection." OCLC News , November, 1985, pp. 16-17.

Walter , Virginia . "New Power for Women in Management." Warner Center News , September, 1985, p. 9.

Walter , Virginia ; and Schimmel, Nancy. "Looking Beyond His Own Block." Wilson Library Bulletin , Vol. 45, #2 ( October, 1970), pp.163-167.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Walter, Virginia A. "Painting the Music: The Picture Book Riffs of Chris Raschka." Presented at the Children's Literature Association Conference. Paris , France , July, 1998.

Gilliland-Swetland, Anne, and Walter, Virginia A. "When Domains Converge: The Emerging Information Professional." Presented at the Association for Library and Information Science Education Conference, Washington , D.C. , February, 1996.

Walter, Virginia A. "Picture Books about AIDS: Prevailing Metaphors." Presented at the Children's Literature Association Annual Conference, University of North Caroline , Charlotte , North Carolina , June, 1996.

Walter, Virginia A. "Metaphors and Mice: Designing Information Retrieval Systems for Children to Search." Presented at the American Society for Information Science Annual Conference, Chicago , October, 1995.

Walter, Virginia A. "Making Sense Out of Senselessness: The Social Construction of Adolescent Reality in the War Novels of Robert Westall." Presented at the Conference on Children's Literature in Education, University of Exeter , Exeter , England , September, 1995.

Walter, Virginia A. "The Function of Story in Number the Stars ." Presented at the Annual Conference of the Children's Literature Association, University of New Hampshire , Durham , New Hampshire , June, 1995.

Walter, Virginia A. "Representations of Heroic Altruism in Holocaust Literature for Children: Reading for Prosocial Behavior." Presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action at Berkeley , California , October, 1994.

Walter, Virginia A. "Children as Volunteers: Learning by Doing." Presented at the 1993 Spring Research Forum sponsored by Independent Sector, San Antonio , Texas , March, 1993. Published in the Forum Working papers, Transmitting the Tradition of a Caring Society to Future Generations .

Walter, Virginia A. "Children's Voluntary Associations: The Consequences of Belonging." Presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action at Yale University , New Haven , Connecticut , October, 1992.

Walter, Virginia A. " The Machine Gunners : A Study of the Social Construction of Childhood Reality." Presented at the Annual Conference of the Children's Literature Association, Hartford , Connecticut , June, 1992.

Borgman, Christine L., Gallagher, Andrea L., Walter , Virginia A., & Rosenberg, J.B. "The Science Library Catalog Project: Comparison of Children's Searching Behavior in a Direct Manipulation and a Keyword Search System." Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science, Washington , D.C. , November, 1991. Published in the Conference Proceedings.

Walter, Virginia A. "Feeling Needed, Feeling Loved: The Mutual Benefits of an Intergenerational Volunteer Program." Presented at the Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Chicago , October, 1991. Published in the Conference Proceedings, Collaboration: The Vital Link Across Practice, Research and the Disciplines .

Walter, Virginia A. "Hansel and Gretel as Abandoned Children: Timeless Images for a Postmodern Age." Presented at the Annual Conference of the Children's Literature Association, Hattiesburg , Mississippi , May, 1991. Published in the Conference Proceedings, The Image of the Child .

Walter, Virginia A. "Volunteers in Public Organizations: Strategies for Effective Management." Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Washington , D.C. , March, 1991.

Borgman, Christine L., Gallagher, Andrea L., Krieger, David L., and Walter, Virginia A. "Integrating Science Instruction With Information Retrieval to Enhance the Elementary School Curriculum: A Study of Children's Searching Procedures." In Rowley, J.E., editor, Proceedings of the Information 90 Conference . Bournemouth , England , September, 1990.

Walter , Virginia . "Institutionalizing Coproduction Efforts: Library Literacy Programs." Presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, * London , England , July, 1990. Published in the Conference Proceedings, Towards the 21 st Century: Challenges for the Voluntary Sector .

Walter , Virginia . "Doctor, Lawyer, Merchant, Chief: The World of Work in Contemporary Novels for Children." Presented at the Annual Conference of the Children's Literature Association, San Diego , California , June, 1990.

Walter , Virginia A. "Children as Coproducers: Theoretical Considerations." Presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Voluntary Action Scholars, Kansas City , Missouri , November, 1987. Published in the Conference Proceedings.

Walter , Virginia . "Partner, Mentor , Entrepreneur, Boss: Models for Managing Volunteers." Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Anaheim , California , 1986.

Walter , Virginia . "Online Ready Reference in the Public Library: Politics and Logistics." Presented at the Online '85 Conference, New York , November, 1985. Published in the Conference Proceedings.

Walter , Virginia . "Briars, Bread, and Roses: Toward a New Understanding of Women and Work." Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration, Denver , Colorado , April, 1984.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Family Storytime at the Venice Branch Library. UCLA Academic Senate, July, 2001, to June, 2002. ($2254).

Models for Homework Center Outcomes . American Library Association, March, 2001 - . ($25,000).

The Civic Content of Recent Children's and Young Adult Literature. UCLA Academic Senate. July, 2000, to June, 2001. ($1200)

Unattended Child Policies in Public Libraries. UCLA Academic Senate. July, 1999, to June, 2000. ($1800)

Future Libraries for Future Kids. UCLA Academic Senate. July, 1998, to June, 1999. ($2,000)

Building a Digital Information Literacy Curriculum for Children in Grades K-6. UCLA Academic Senate. July, 1997, to June, 1998. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. ($1600)

Emerging Internet Policy for K-12 Schools . Urban Education Studies Center , UCLA. January to June, 1997. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. ($2200)

Information Needs of Six-Year-Olds . UCLA Academic Senate. July, 1995, to June, 1996. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. ($3,000)

Information Needs of Very Young Children . UCLA Academic Senate. July, 1994, to June, 1995. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. ($3000)

AIDS-HIV Information Needs of Children . UCLA Academic Senate. July, 1993, to June, 1994. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. ($3900)

Environmental Information Needs of California Children . UCLA Academic Senate. September, 1992, to June, 1993. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter ($3200)

Information Needs of California Children. UCLA Academic Senate. September, 1991, to June, 1992. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. ($3500)

Science Library Catalog . Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. June, 1990, to June, 1993. Principal Investigator: James Bower, California Institute of Technology. Co-Investigators: Christine Borgman and Virginia Walter, UCLA. ($299,000)

Public Library Literacy Programs. UCLA Academic Senate. September, 1990, to June, 1991. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. ($3800)

OTHER CONTRACTS AND GRANTS

Library Scholars Program. Institute for Museum and Library Services, November, 2003, to October, 2006. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. $237,000.

Teens: The Community Service Solution. County of Los Angeles Public Library. January to October, 2000. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. ($35,000).

Public Library Senior Fellows Summit Meeting . Council on Library Resources. February, 1996, to October, 1996. Principal Investigators: Virginia Walter and Robert Hayes. ($22,000)

New Roles and New Partners for Urban Libraries: The Example of the Los Angeles Electronic Information High School Magnet Program. Urban Libraries Council, January 1, 1995, to September, 30, 1995. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. ($5,000)

Output Measures for Young Adult Services . U.S. Department of Education through the University of Wisconsin , Madison . October 1, 1993, to September 30, 1994. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. ($28,000)

Information Tools for Young Scientists . Title II-B grant from U.S. Department of Education, Office of Library Programs-OERI, to hold an institute to train children's librarians in new advances in information technology for children. January 1, 1994, to September 30, 1994. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter ($43,000)

Output Measures for Children's Library Services. U.S. Department of Education through the American Library Association. July, 1990, to September, 1991. Principal Investigator: Virginia Walter. ($24,000)

CONSULTING

Clients have included:

• Orange County Public Library (subcontract with Price Waterhouse to produce a financial plan)
• Payroll Project Team, Data Processing Department, Western Airlines (team building)
• Long Beach Public Library (needs assessment and evaluation of administrative structure and staffing)
• Los Angeles Public Library (Grandparents and Books evaluation study)
• Fullerton Union High School District (evaluation of library services)
• Pacific Gateway Associates (business information)
• KCET ("Straight Up" program development; Advisory Board for "Storytime," book evaluator for " Puzzle Place ")
• San Bernardino County Public Library (evaluation of a branch library materials collection)
• NFL Youth Education Town (contract with Sports Illustrated to do strategic planning for YET Library)
• Franklin Elementary School , Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (strategic plan for school library media center)
• Children's Literacy Initiative (evaluation studies)
• Los Angeles County Public Library (evaluation of summer reading program)
• Santa Monica Public Library (strategic plan for youth services; evaluation of federal grant program)
• Contra Costa County Library (planning and evaluation for youth services)
• San Jose Public Library (strategic plan for youth services)
• San Francisco Public Library (evaluation of NSF digital library project)
• Hennepin County Public Library (strategic plan for summer youth programs)
• Long Beach Public Library (evaluation of Family Learning Centers)
• California State Library (evaluation of Live Homework Help)

EDITORIAL SERVICES

Citizen Participation and Voluntary Action Abstracts , Associate editor, 1990-1993.

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly , manuscript referee.

The Historian , manuscript referee.

Urban Anthropologist , manuscript referee.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science , manuscript referee.

Library Quarterly , manuscript referee; editorial board, 2000 to present.

Children's Literature in Education, manuscript referee; editorial advisory board, 1999 to present.

Oryx press, manuscript reviewer.

Longman, manuscript reviewer.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

American Library Association.

• Member, Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and Public Library Association (PLA).
• Newbery Committee Member, 2003.
• ALSC Board of Directors, 1993-1996.
• ALSC Vice President/President-Elect, 1999-2000; President, 2000 to 2001; Past President, 2001-2002.
• ALSC Research and Development Committee: member, 1991-1992; Chair, 1992-1994.
• ALSC Liaison with Mass Media Committee: Chair, 1988-1989; member, 1990-1991.
• ALSC Children and Technology Committee: member 1998; chair, 1998-1999.
• ALA Committee on Research and Statistics, 1996-1998.

International Federation of Library Associations

• ALA 's Representative to Section on Libraries for Children and Young People, 2001 to present.

California Library Association..

• 1991 Patricia Beatty Award Committee, Chair.
• CSL Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Children's Librarians, 1989 & 1990, Chair,1990.
• California Society of Librarians, President, 1988.
• Council, 1985-1988.

Southern California Council for Literature for Children and Young People.

• Board of Directors, 1994-present.
• President, 1997-1999; Past President, 1999 to 2000.

California State University , Los Angeles , Library Technician Program. Advisory Board, 1989 and 1990.

Other:

• Served as presenter at regional forum on Public Library Service to California 's 21st Century Population sponsored by California State Library, Davis , September, 1997.
• Served as group facilitator at California State Library Young Adult Services Forum, Sacramento , September, 1997.
• Participated in invitational convocation sponsored by the California State Library on Providing Public Library Services to California 's 21st Century Population, Sacramento , May, 1997.
• Served on 1996-1997 Multi-ethnic Recruitment Scholarship Committee for the California State Library.
• Participated in invitational retreat sponsored by the California State Library to develop draft plan for cooperative, coordinated collection development for Multitype Library Networking Task Force, March, 1995.
• Served on Civil Service panel for Youth Services Coordinator, Ventura County Library Services Agency, February, 1995.
• Served as facilitator at UCLA downlink site for the teleconference on accreditation sponsored by the Office of Accreditation, American Library Association, September, 1994.
• Presented invited testimony at hearing on library services for children and youth held by the National Commission on Library and Information Science at the California State Library, Sacramento , September, 1993.
• Served as reviewer and chair of review panel for Department of Education proposals, Title II-B, November, 1992.
• Served on Civil Service panel for position of Children's Services Coordinator, City of San Francisco , May, 1991.

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

UCLA Academic Senate.

Graduate Council, 1998 to 2000.

Graduate School of Library and Information Science (now Department of Information Studies).

• Executive Committee of the Faculty, January, 1990, to present.
• Programs and Courses Committee, January, 1990, to present.
• Convenor, January, 1993, to September, 1993.
• Interests and Welfare Committee, January to July, 1990.
• Awards Committee, September, 1990, to July, 1993.
• Acting Convenor, Spring, 1992.
• Ad Hoc Committee on Cultural Diversity, September, 1990, to 1994.
• Admissions Committee, September, 1991, to 1994.
• Acting Convenor, Winter, 1992.
• Convenor, 1994.
• Administration Committee, Spring, 1992.
• Supervision of School Library Media Credential program, 1991 to present.
• Merger Planning Committee, 1993.

Department of Library and Information Science, now Information Studies Department.

• Chair, 2000 to 2001; 2003 to present
• Admissions, Awards, and Recruitment Committee, 1995-1996.
• Transition Task Force, Chair, 1994 to 1995.
• Professional Programs Committee, 1995 to 1998.
• Co-Convenor, 1995 to 1996.
• Doctoral Program Committee, 1997 to present; convenor, 1999 to 2000.
• Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
• Chair of the Faculty, July, 1999, to June, 2000.
• Ad Hoc Committee on GSE & IS and the Arts, 1997.
• Ad Hoc Committee on Playa Vista , 1997.
• Faculty Executive Committee, 1994 to 1995; 1997 to present.
• Task Force on Joint Academic Programs, 1994 to 1995.
• Task Force on Future Technologies, 1995.
• UES Research Committee, 1995 to 2000.
• UES Technology Committee, 1995 to 1996.

Other:

• Assisted with planning of LIS involvement in Los Angeles Times Festival of the Books; told stories at department's booth, April, 1997, 1998, 2000, and 2002. Organized student storytellers for Center for the Book booth in 2000.
• Coordinated annual Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture, 1995 to present.
• Coordinated LIS Department's continuing education program, 1996 to present. Planned and presented workshops on Selecting CD-ROMS for Children, Children and the Internet, Public Library Volunteers, Library Services and Resources for Babies, "What's New in YA?" and Emerging Trends in Children's Literature.
• Participated in focus group on Academic Senate reorganization, November, 1994.
• Assisted with planning of colloquium series, "Information Issues in a Time of War". Gave a presentation at one of the two programs in this series. (February to March, 1991)
• Assisted with planning of colloquium, "Information Issues in a Time of Crisis: The Los Angeles Riots." Gave one of the presentations at the colloquium: "How Libraries Can Help to Rebuild Los Angeles." (June, 1992)

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Served on jury for 1997 Once Upon a World Book Award given by the Museum of Tolerance ; chair of 1998, 1999, and 2000 awards jury.

Donated services as a storyteller for various public events, e.g.:

• Summer Reading Program event, Los Feliz Library, July, 1998.
• National Library Week observance, Junipero Serra Branch Library, April, 1997.
• Family Storytime, Venice Branch Library, March, 1997.
• National Library Week observance, Brentwood Branch Library, April, 1996.
• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, 1997, 1998, 2000.

HONORS

ALSC Distinguished Service Award, 2004.

Dorothy C. McKenzie Award from the Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People for distinguished contributions to children and literature, 1999.

Making Up Megaboy named a 1998 Notable Book for Children by Association for Library Service for Children and a 1998 Best Book for Young Adults by the Young Adult Library Services Association.

Missouri Building Block Award from the Missouri Library Association for "Hi, Pizza Man!" , 1997.

Library Quarterly reviewer/referee of the year, 1997.

ASIS 1995 Best Paper Award for "Children's Searching Behavior on Browsing and Keyword Online Catalogs: The Science Library Catalog Project" by Christine L. Borgman, Sandra G. Hirsh, Virginia A. Walter, and Andrea L. Gallagher, Journal of the American Society for Information Science , Vol. 46, #9 (1995), pp. 663-684.

Faculty Career Development Award, 1992.

Certificate of Commendation from the Los Angeles City Council, 1980.

Certificate of Appreciation and Recognition from the Chicano Librarians of Los Angeles Public Library, 1980.

Certificate of Appreciation from the Los Angeles Job Corps Center , 1975.

California Parent-Teacher Association Fellowship to attend library school, 1964.

INVITED SPEECHES AND LECTURES

A sample of speeches and lectures since 1990:

"Evaluation: How and Why." American Library Association Annual Conference, Orlando , Florida , June, 2004.

"Evaluation Frameworks." Urban Libraries Council audio conference, April, 2004.

"Of Mice, Men, and Martha." Los Angeles School Librarians Association. February, 2004.

"Children and Libraries: Getting It Right." Ontario Library Association Conference spotlight speaker. Toronto , Ontario , Canada , February, 2002.

"Current Trends in Children's Library Services." Conference on Young Children, Technologies, and Public Libraries, sponsored by Libraries for the Future, Racine, WI, April, 2001.

"Getting It Right for Children and Libraries." Connecticut Library Association, Waterbury , CT , April, 2001.

"Making it All Count." Southeastern Massachusetts Library System, Wrentham , Massachusetts , March, 2001.

"Making Up Making Up Megaboy." National Council of Teachers of English annual conference. Milwaukee , WI , November, 2000.

"Multicultural Children's Literature." California Library Association Millenium Conference. San Jose , November, 2000.

"Literacy Strategies for Urban Adolescents." Black Child Development Institute. Los Angeles , September, 2000.

"Kids and Catalogs." American Library Association Annual Conference. Chicago . July, 2000.

"Telling Your Story." California Association of Institutional Researchers. June, 2000.

"Collection Development Issues for Children's Librarians." Santiago Library System workshop. April, 2000.

"Libraries and Family Literacy." "Parenting Support and Family Literacy" seminar. Los Angeles County Departments of Health Services and Mental Health. April, 2000.

"The Value of Literature for Children of the Information Age." Keynote address for inservice training session, Whittier School District , February, 2000.

"New Developments in Nonfiction for Young People." Los Angeles County Public Library. Inservice training, January, 2000.

"Strategic Plans for Youth Services." California Library Association Annual Conference. Palm Springs . November, 1999.

"Literature and Storytelling: Transmission of Values." Simon Wiesenthal Center Institute for Librarians, October, 1999.

"Current Trends in Children's Literature." KCET/LAUSD K-3 Teacher Literacy Conference, March, 1999.

"Current Trends in Children's Literature." Inservice Training, Los Angeles County Public Library, January, 1999.

"The Value of a School Library." Independent School Librarians Network, Encino , California , January, 1999.

"New Developments in the MLIS Program at UCLA: the Portfolio." California Library Association Annual Conference, Oakland , November, 1998.

"Children Laughing: Children's Responses to Funny Stories." California Library Association Annual Conference, Oakland , November, 1998.

"Promoting Early Childhood Literacy." Continuing Education Workshop, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Los Angeles , September, 1998.

"Volunteers and Libraries: Laboratories for Democracy." Inservice Training, Los Angeles County Public Library, September, 1998.

"Children and Books in the Twenty-First Century." Inservice training for Grandparents and Books Volunteers and Librarians, Los Angeles Public Library, September, 1998.

"Literature in the Lives of Information Age Children." Workshop sponsored by the Metropolitan Cooperative Library Association, Glendale , April, 1998.

"Emerging Trends in Children's Literature." Catholic Library Association, Los Angeles , April, 1998.

"Planning and Evaluating Young Adult Library Services." Workshops sponsored by the California State Library in Irvine and Sacramento , March, 1998.

"What do Parents Want?" California Library Association Annual Conference, Pasadena , November, 1997.

"Children's Books About HIV/AIDS: Radical Change or Business as Usual?" Cooperative Children's Book Center Conference, "Radical Change: Children's Books Open to the Twenty-First Century," University of Wisconsin , Madison , April, 1997.

"Output Measures for Young Adult Services." Workshops sponsored by the California State Library, Irvine and Sacramento , California , March, 1997.

"Raising Readers: How and Why to Read Aloud to Children." Inservice training for Grandparents and Books volunteers, Los Angles Public Library, September, 1996.

"Multimedia: Opportunities and Challenges." Workshop sponsored by the Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People, Los Angeles , May, 1996.

"Kids on the Internet: Do They Need a Licence to Drive?" Metropolitan Cooperative Library System Workshop, Los Angeles , April, 1996.

"What Do Parents Really Want? What the Research Tells Us." County of Los Angeles Public Library Inservice Training, Paramount , California , April, 1996.

"Young Adult Output Measures." Public Library Association Conference, Portland , Oregon , March, 1996.

"Young Adult Output Measures." California Library Association Annual Conference, Santa Clara , California , November, 1995.

"Adolescent Information Needs." Workshop sponsored by the California State Library, Los Angeles , September, 1995.

"Output Measures for Young Adult Services." American Library Association Annual Conference, Chicago , June, 1995.

"Children's Information Needs." Santiago Library System, Newport Beach , California , May, 1995.

"Introducing Young Adult Output Measures." Massachusetts Library Association, Sturbridge , Massachusetts , May, 1995.

"Library Volunteer Programs That Work." Massachusetts Library Association, Sturbridge , Massachusetts , May, 1995.

"Introducing Young Adult Output Measures." Workshop sponsored by Metropolitan Cooperative Library System, Cerritos , April, 1995.

"Information Literacy." Los Angeles Electronic Information Magnet High School In-Service Training. March, 1995.

"Update on Output Measures for Children's Services." California Library Association Conference, Anaheim , November, 1994.

"Memory and Metaphor: Lessons from the Science Library Catalog." St. John's University Annual Librarians' Congress, New York , New York , February, 1994.

"Children and the Library's Online Catalog." Arizona State Library Association Annual Conference, Phoenix , Arizona , December, 1993.

"Children's Books About War and Peace for the K-8 Curriculum." California Media Library Educators Association Annual Conference, Pasadena , November, 1993.

"Information Tools for Children: The Science Library Catalog." American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans , Louisiana , June, 1993.

"It's Not Just Storytelling Anymore: Management Skills for Children's Librarians." American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans , Louisiana , June, 1993.

"Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children." Canadian Library Association Annual Conference, Hamilton , Ontario , June, 1993.

"Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children." Workshop sponsored by Arizona State Library Association, Scottsdale , Arizona , March, 1993.

"Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children." Four workshops sponsored by the California State Library. Held in San Francisco , Fresno , Irvine , and Los Angeles , February and March, 1993.

"How Children Search for Information: The Science Library Catalog Solution." California Institute of Technology, December, 1992.

"Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children." Workshop sponsored by Connecticut State Library, Hartford , Connecticut , November, 1992.

"A Retrospective Look at the Beatty Awards." California Library Association Conference, Long Beach , California , November, 1992.

"Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children." Santiago Library System, Santa Ana , California , November, 1992.

"Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children." American Library Association Conference, San Francisco , June, 1992.

"Information Needs and Information-Seeking Behavior of Children." Cross Training Workshop for Reference Librarians sponsored by Metropolitan Cooperative Library System, El Cerritos, May, 1992.

"Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children." Professional Development Workshop sponsored by School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, March, 1992.

"Output Measures for Public Library Service to Children." Workshop sponsored by the Public Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children, Chicago, Illinois, March, 1992.

"How Children Search Online Catalogs: A Report on the Science Library Catalog Project." California Library Association Conference, Oakland , California , November, 1991.

"The ALSC/PLA Approach to Output Measures." Institute on Evaluation Strategies and Techniques for Children's Services in Public Libraries. Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin , Madison , Wisconsin , May, 1991.

"Celebrating Cultural Diversity in Programs for Children." Inservice training workshop, Riverside City and County Library . November, 1990.

"Managing Children's Services in the 90s." Workshop for Children's Librarians, Metropolitan Cooperative Library System, Beverly Hills . November, 1990.

"Parental Signature Required: A Child's Right to Access." Moderator and speaker. California Library Association Conference, San Diego , November, 1990.

"Celebrating Cultural Diversity." Family Literacy Conference sponsored by the California State Library, Newport , California , October, 1990.

"Output Measures for Children's Library Services." Children's Services Management Chapter, California Library Association, Fullerton , California , August, 1990.