Curriculum Vitae Of

Curriculum Vitae of JOYCE KASMAN VALENZA

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CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS Virtual libraries as digital/mobile learning spaces: digital collection curation Transliteracy and youth: digital storytelling and creativity, youth information- seeking behavior, social networking, online learning, information fluency, global literacy, evaluation of digital resources Evolving role of the teacher-librarian, online communities of practice

EDUCATION  Ph.D., University of North Texas, SLIS, August 2007. Dissertation Chair, Carol Simpson, Ed.D. Dissertation Topic: Discovering a Descriptive Taxonomy of Attributes of Exemplary School Library Websites  MLS, School Library Specialty, Villanova University, 1988  MLS, Academic Library Specialty, Queens College CUNY, 1976  BA English, Binghamton University, 1975

CERTIFICATIONS  Google Power Searching, July 2012  Teaching with Primary Sources Mentor 2010  Google Certified Teacher, 2009  Certification in Applied Technology, Chestnut Hill College, 1997  Supervisory Certification, Education, Villanova University, 1992

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2012-present Professor, Mansfield University Grad. SL&IT, developed and taught Information Fluency in the Digital Landscape 1998-Present Teacher-Librarian, Springfield Township High School, Erdenheim, PA 1996-2006 techlife@school Columnist, Philadelphia Inquirer 1998-Present Guest lecturer graduate library science programs: Drexel University, Arcadia University, San Jose State University, Florida State University, Simmons College 2002-2004 Adjunct Instructor, Mansfield University, Graduate Library Science Program (Developed and taught online course: Information Searching, Retrieval, and Presentation Strategies), Mansfield, PA 2002-2004 Adjunct Instructor, Chestnut Hill College, Taught Applied Technology in Education (blended course) in Graduate Education Department, Philadelphia, PA 1989-1998 Teacher-Librarian, Wissahickon High School, Ambler, PA 1988-1989 Teacher-Librarian, Blue Bell Elementary, Blue Bell, PA Spring 1988 Teacher-Librarian, Glenside Weldon Elementary, Glenside,PA (Long term substitute) 1980-1988 Branch Manager, Lawncrest Branch, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 1977-1980 Children’s Librarian, Free Library of Philadelphia, Wadsworth and Oak Lane Branches, Philadelphia, PA 1976-1977 Readers’ Services Librarian /Team Leader for Online Database Oncology Project (Stanford University), Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA 1976-1977 Humanities/Social Science Indexer, University of Penn. Press, Philadelphia, PA

BOOKS  Valenza, J.K. (2005). Super Searchers Go to School. Medford, NJ: Information Today.  Valenza, J.K. (2004). Power Tools Recharged. Chicago: ALA Editions.  Valenza, J.K. (2002). Power Research Tools. Chicago: ALA Editions.  Valenza, J.K. (1998). Power Tools. Chicago: ALA Editions.

BOOK CHAPTERS  Valenza, J.K. With Doug Johnson. (2011). See Sally Research: An Environmental Scan. In What School Leaders Need to Know about Digital Technologies and Social Media. (Edited by Chris Lehmann and Scott McLeod) Jossey Bass Wiley.  Valenza, J.K. With Denise Agosto and June Abbas. (2011). Looking Closely at Teen’s Use of Social Networking In Teens, Libraries, and Social Networking. Santa Barbara: Libraries Unlimited. 13-28.  Cisneros, V., Scott, D., Valenza, J.K., & Venetis, M.J. (2008) Creating Virtual Reference for Deaf Students. Virtual Reference on a Budget: Case Studies. Michael Pullin and Teresa Dalton. (Eds.) Columbus, OH: Linworth. 41-66.  Valenza, J.K. (2007). Information Fluency Meets Web 2.0. For Freedman, T. Coming of Age, 2nd ed.  Valenza, J.K. (2007). It’d be Really Dumb Not to Use It. Virtual Libraries: Their Influence on High School Students’ Information Seeking and Use. Chapter in Mary K. Chelton and Colleen Cool. (Eds.) Youth Information Seeking Behavior. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow.  Valenza, J.K. (2005). Academic Integrity Campaign. In Ann Lathrop and Kathleen Foss. (Eds.) Guiding Students from Cheating and Plagiarism to Honesty and Integrity. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.  Valenza, J.K. (2000). Critical Thinking and the Web: Teaching Users to Evaluate Internet Resources. In Trudi Jacobson and Timothy H. Gatti. (Eds.) Teaching Information Literacy Concepts: Activities and Frameworks from the Field. Pittsburgh: Library Instruction, 2000.  Valenza, J.K. (1999). Transformational Impact of School Reform and the Web. In Laverna Saunders. (Ed.) The Evolving Virtual Library II. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 1999.

ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS  Valenza, JK. (2012). “Curation!” School Library Monthly, 29 (1). Sept/Oct. http://www.schoollibrarymonthly.com/articles/Valenza2012- v29n1p20.html  Valenza, J.K. and Wendy Stephens. (2012) “Reading Remixed: Observations from the Floor.” Educational Leadership, March.  Valenza, J.K. (2006) “They Might be Gurus.” Teacher Librarian, 34 (1), 18-26.  Valenza, J.K. (2005/2006) “The Virtual Library.” Educational Leadership, 63 (4), 54-59.  Valenza, J.K. & Everhart, N. (2004). Research into Practice: Internet- Savvy Students and Their Schools. Knowledge Quest, 32 (4): 50-51, 54-55.

COLUMNS/BLOGS  NeverEndingSearch Blog. School Library Journal Online, 2007—  techlife@school Column, Philadelphia Inquirer, weekly/bi-monthly coverage of educational technology field, 1996—2007  Technology Tag Team Column, VOYA and eVOYA, 2002—present  Practically Speaking Column, School Library Journal, issues and solutions in school librarianship, 2003—2005  Media and Methods, monthly software reviews, 1995—1998  Cybrarian's Column, Electronic Learning, issues related to technology, learning, and information literacy, 1995—1998  Contributor Classroom Connect, Technology Connection, School Library Journal

SPECIAL PROJECTS  Launched PSLA/MU Unconference, May 2013  Pennsylvania LibGuides (IMLS-funded digital collection curation project for the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Public & School Libraries) Sample collaborations: Civil War in Pennsylvania and Digital Collection Curation  TLGuides: Content curated for the international teacher librarian community  Founder of TL Virtual Cafe Monthly online webinars for teacher librarians  ACCESS, ANALYZE, ACT: A Blueprint for 21st Century Civic Engagement, with PBS and Temple Media Lab  Be Cybersmart: Researching the Internet Wisely. Video curriculum for Temple University/Cybersmart  Research Skills for Students, 6 show series, Schlessinger, 2004.  Library Skills for Children 3 show series, Schlessinger, 2003  Internet Searching Skills, Schlessinger Media, May 1998 (Winner Top Ten Videos for Young Adults, ALA, 1999.)

PODCASTS/WEBCASTS  BAM! Radio Career Ready? What Your Teen Really Needs For What's Coming Next  BAM! Radio Shocked, Sad, Angry:Coping With School Tragedies, What Do We Do Now?  ConnectedLearningTV/YALSA Webinar, Teens & the Future of Libraries (May 28, 2013)  EdTechCrew Interview, August, 2011  See Sally Research,TEDxPhillyED Presenter (June 25, 2011)  Still Confused? Copyright, Fair Use & Remix Culture (With Renee Hobbs) LibraryLinkNJ (April 2011)  K12 Online Conference Keynote: The Wizard of Apps, December 2009.  ISTE Eduverse Talks: Beyond the Dewey Decimal System, February 17, 2009 (Second Life TV)  2.0 Web Tools for Learning, SIGMS lecture in Second Life, October, 2008  Pandora Revisited (Podcast by Bob Sprankle, BLC 08) (slideshare)  Chat with Miguel Guhlin on Transparency and Brand NECC08  Women of the Web: On Libraries, (with Doug Johnson) Show #65, EdTechTalk, 2008  SIGMS Forum, NECC 2008: Evidence that we are Already Meeting the Standards  On Coming of Age 2.0, (with Ken Rodoff), NECC 07  Participation is the Most Important Part:  VoiceThread Love-in, Teachers Teaching Teachers, EdTechTalk, 2007  Information Fluency Meets Web 2.0 (with Ken Rodoff), NECC, Atlanta, 2007  Manifesto for the 21st Century Librarian, NECC, Atlanta, 2007  Interview with Terry Freedman about chapter in Coming of Age 2.0, NECC, Atlanta, 2007  Evaluating Materials in a 2.0 Landscape, IMSA, 2007  Retooling for Relevance in Learning, November Learning, 2007  LibraryFest with Joyce Valenza, EdTechTalk, 2006  Be CyberSmart: Research the Internet Wisely, CyberSmart, 2005

AWARDS / GRANTS / HONORS  2013 EdTech Must-Read K12 IT Blog (May 2013)  Bammy Awards School Librarian nominee (May 2013)  Bammy Awards, named a member of the Twitterati (September 2012)  Learning Commons Visionary (Teacher Librarian, April 2012)  TEDxPhillyED Presenter (June 25, 2011)  Salem Press 2011 Best Library Blog Award: Commercial (June 2011)   Influential People in Online Education (June 7, 2011)  Lifetime Achievement EduBlogs Award (Nominated for nine additional honors (December 2010)  Selected for AASL Vision Tour (Dec. 2010)  100@30 Technology and Learning (cover)  Library of Congress, Teaching with Primary Sources Mentor, June 2010  Google Certified Teacher, December 2009  Educators that Rock! Finding Dulcinea, Nov. 2009  Winner Edublogs Award, Best Library/Librarian Blog (Nominated also for best blog, best educational wiki and most influential post)  Google Teacher Academy, December 2009  PSLA Outstanding Contributor, 2009.  Top 100 Librarian Tweeters (Best Colleges Online)  100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators (Online University Reviews)  Top Fifty Librarian Bloggers (GetDegrees)  Nominated 2008 Library/Librarian Edublogs Award  Participant MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning, October 2006.  AASL/Highsmith Research Grant, June 2005, ($2,500) Principal Investigator  Outstanding Individual Library Program of the Year, PSLA, 2005  NeverEnding Search Blog, selected EduBlogs 2005 Award, Library/Librarian category  Queens College, SLIS, Alumnus of the Year, 2005  Program featured in cover stories, School Library Journal, November 2002 and October 2004 and Congressional Quarterly Researcher, Sept. 19, 2003.  IASL / Concord School Library Website of the Year, 2001  Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program--Japan, Fall 1998  Library of Congress, American Memory Fellow, Summer 1998  Milken Family Foundation, National Educator Award, 1997-98 ($25,000)  Wired Educator of the Month, Classroom Connect, February 1998  Cover, Electronic Learning, Your New Librarian, May 1997  Rising STAR, Classroom Connect, May 1996  Kiwanis Club John Simon Memorial Award for Community Service, 1987  Outstanding Northeast Librarian Award, Free Library of Philadelphia, 1987 and 1988

SELECTED ACADEMIC PAPER PRESENTATIONS Nov. 2012 IASL, Keynote, Doha, Qatar. Nov. 2012 Handson Literacy Conference, Singapore Sept. 2012. Georgia Conference on Information Literacy, Keynote, Savannah Aug. 2011 See Sally Research, Keynote Paper, IFLA, San Juan PR July 2009 Online Communication Habits of High School Seniors, Paper for LRRT, ALA, Chicago Oct. 2007 Treasure Mountain Research Retreat, Reno, presentation of doctoral research and vision for Library 2.0 Jan. 2007 Information Seeking Behaviors: The Who, What, Where, When How And Why:Habits of Practice of K-12 Educators & Learners, Research in Youth Services, ALISE, Seattle, WA June 2006 Highsmith Grant Research Seminar, ALA, New Orleans, LA Jan. 2006 School Library Websites and Information Behavior of Young Adults, Doctoral Poster Presentation, ALISE, San Antonio, TX Oct. 2005 Presentation of Focus Group Study, Treasure Mountain, AASL Pittsburgh, PA

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL June 2013 ALA RUSA Panel: Response to Pew Research on the Evolving Patron June 2013 ISTE, Your Library: Flipped, Curated, Mobile April 2013 Nordic Network Aug. 2012 Full-day keynotes and sessions, Australia (three cities with Gwyneth Jones) Sept. 2011 10 Things Librarians Must Teach and Digital Collection Curation, Saskatchewan School Library Association Aug. 2011 Full-day keynotes and sessions, New Zealand and Australia (five cities) June 2011 Learning Tools Family Feud, ISTE, Philadelphia May 2011 Keynote and workshops, ECIS Conference, Istanbul, Turkey July 2010 Keynote and workshops, School Library Association, Melbourne, Australia Dec. 2009 Keynote K12Online International Conference: The Wizard of Apps or What we Loaded and Learning Along the Road. June 2010 Fighting the Filters and Learning Tools Smackdown, ISTE, Denver, CO June 2009 Fair Use Guidelines, NECC, Washington, DC June 2008 Feed, Tag, Research: Remixing for Library 2.5, NECC, San Antonio Feb. 2006 School Libraries and the 21st Century Learning Landscape and If a Tree Falls in the Forest: Librarians, Evidence, and Reflective Practice, OSLA Spotlight Session, Toronto, OLA Sept. 2005 Spreading the Gospel of Information Literacy: How Do We Get the Kids to Care? Highlight Speaker, Scottish Learning Festival, Glasgow, Scotland March 2002 Spreading the Gospel of Information Literacy, ECIS Keynote Budapest, Hungary

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS: NATIONAL/REGIONAL/STATE Oct. 2011 Keynote on Curation, Treasure Mountain, AASL Minneapolis Oct. 2011 Keynote and workshops, WMLA, Spokane Sept. 2011 Moderator of Sponsor Panel, SLJ Summit, Washington DC Aug. 2011 Digital Collection Curation (with Deb Kachel) State College, PA (IMLS funded) Feb. 2011 Keynote, Future of Student Research, PETE&C Hershey, PA Dec. 2010 Educon 2.3, On the Future of Student Research, Philadelphia Dec. 2010 EdCampNYC, On Rtudent Research Oct. 2010 St. Louis Independent Schools, Full day workshops Oct. 2010 eBooks and School Libraries and host/judge of the SLJ Trailee Awards, SLJ Summit, Chicago. Sept. 2010 LJ eBook Summit (online) July 2010 Wizard of Apps and Virtual School Librarianship, November Learning, Boston, MA Mar. 2010 What is Reference? Drexel University. IPL2 15th Birthday Celebration Mar. 2010 Three Checklists for Survival. NCCETL Summit, Seattle. Jan.2010 CSLA Keynote Webinar. Dec. 2009 Keynote and workshops, Krista McAuliffe Conference, Nashua, NH Nov. 2009 Keynote: Will They Have an App for That? and Widget Workshop, NJASL, East Brunswick Nov. 2009 AASL Learning Tools Smackdown, AASL, Charlotte, NC Oct. 2009 Database 2.0 Panel, moderator, SLJ Summit, Washington, DC July 2009 New Tools Workshop, Library as Kitchen, Will They Have an App for That? Building Learning Communities, Boston June 2009 Library Learning Tools Smackdown, NECC, Washington, DC April 2009 Fair Use Guidelines, PSLA, State College, PA Feb. 2009 Libraries in Second Life, Second Life Television Feb. 2009 A Few New Things 2, Linworth Webinar Dec. 2008 A Few New Things, Linworth Webinar Nov. 2008 Panel Chair Just in Time, Just for Me—Not Just in Case School Library Journal Summit, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Nov. 2008 National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Panel marking release of The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education Nov. 2008 Full day workshop on 2.0 applications, NYLA, Saratoga, NY. Oct. 2008 Keynote on Web 2.0 Applications and Virtual Libraries Update. Maryland Association of School Librarians Sept. 2008 ALA Island, Second Life, Guest Speaker ISTE’s SIG-MS and AASL on 2.0 Applications in School Librarians Sept. 2008 Pandora and Virtual Libraries keynote and workshops, Kentucky Library Association, Louisville, July 2008 Pandora: Revisionist Version, Open the Door, Let ‘em In, Eight Easy Pieces, Building Learning Communities, Boston. June 2008 Web 2.0 Meets Information Fluency, Eight Easy Pieces, Virginia Beach School District May 2008 Using 2.0 Tools, Keynote at Legislators’ Breakfast, Effective School Libraries, Classrooms for the Future Breakfast Speaker, PSLA, Hershey, PA April 2008 Web 2.0 & Virtual Libraries, keynote and workshops, TLA, Dallas, TX Mar. 2008 Keynote and workshops, Web 2.0 Meets Information Fluency, Using 2.0 Tools in School Libraries, SCASL, Columbia, SC. Feb. 2008 Web 2.0 & Virtual Libraries. Highlighted speaker. METC, St. Louis Jan. 2008 Making Your Library Website Noisy, YALSA, ALA Midwinter, Philadelphia, PA Nov. 2007 If a Tree Falls (Evidence-Informed Practice and Web 2.0), WSWHE BOCES, Saratoga, NY Oct. 2007 Web 2.0 Meets Information Fluency, AASL, Reno, Oct. 2007 Keynote, Iowa School Library Association, Iowa City, IA Aug.2007 Keynote and workshops, School Library 2.0, Anchorage, AK Alaska Association of School Librarians, July 2007 Highlighted workshops on Web 2.0 and Research on Virtual Libraries, Boston, Building Learning Communities June 2007 Spotlight speech, Web 2.0 Meets Information Fluency and School Library Journal Panel, Atlanta, NECC April 2007 Keynote, Washington, DC, Computers in Libraries East, Washington, DC. Oct. 2006 Keynote on New Library Landscapes, Columbus, Ohio, OELMA July 2006 Spreading the Gospel of Information Fluency—Translating 21st Century Practice across the Curriculum, Virtual Libraries as 21st Century Learning Landscapes, Boston, November Learning—Building Learning Communities Mar. 2006 Creating 21st Century Learning Landscapes, Washington, DC, Computers in Libraries East Jan. 2006 School Virtual Libraries: The Influence of Best Practices on High School Students' Information Seeking Poster Session at ALISE, San Antonio Nov. 2005 Information Literacy and 21st Century Learners, keynote; and workshops: Searching Update and Virtual Libraries, Tennessee Association of School Librarians, Knoxville, TN Oct. 2005 Improving Student Research, Full-day preconference, AASL, Pittsburgh, PA July 2005 Full-day workshops in Virtual Libraries, Questioning, Information Literacy and Organizational Change, MEMO and MAME, Flint, MI and Minneapolis, MN July 2005 It’s Not Your Daughter’s Internet: Internet2 and Learners (Led panel of local stakeholders with live virtual visits), NECC, Philadelphia, PA June 2005 It’s Not Your Daughter’s Internet: Internet2 and the Teacher Librarian, ALA Annual, Chicago Looking at Student Work, Tuning Protocols and the Teacher Librarian, ALA Annual, Chicago, IL March 2005 Panelist and group leader, Information Literacy and 21st Century Learning, School Library Journal Leadership Summit, New York June 2004 Creating a School Ecosystem for an Information Literate Community (with Sally Brewer) Online Pathfinders: For Learners, By Learners, NECC (ISTE), New Orleans June 2004 Whole School Information Literacy (with Carol Rohrbach) Olathe School District, KS 2003—2004 Information literacy, 21st century Learning and Organizational Change, Keynotes Michigan, Virginia, Washington, New York, Texas, South Carolina Oct. 2003 Information Literacy Presentation and Exploratorium on Online Pathfinders, AASL, Kansas City Oct. 2003 Students and information literacy, Treasure Mountain, Kansas City, MO Aug. 2003 Evidence-based practice, Full day workshop, Fort Bend,TX June 2003 Critical thinking and Information Literacy, LIRT, ALA, Toronto June 2003 Unleashing the Potential of the School Library Media Specialist, NECC (ISTE) Pre-conference, Seattle, May 2003 Role of the School Library Media Specialist, Way Out West Technology Conference, Keynote, Phoenix, AZ Jan. 2003 Information Literacy workshops, Houston ISD June 2002 Online Pathfinders, ISTE / NECC, San Antonio June 2001 But I Don't Want a Book: I Need Information. Panelist, RUSA, ALA, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED ARTICLES FROM NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS  Valenza, J.K. (2012). The Flipping Librarian. Teacher Librarian 40(2):22-25. http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx? pbid=eae030fd-f08f-4952-9fd7-f475edae2de1  Valenza, J.K. (2012). SLJ’s Top Ten Tech. LJ: The Digital Shift 3 Dec. http://www.thedigitalshift.com/2012/12/ebooks/sljs-top-10-tech/  Valenza, J.K. (2011). In My Network Confession . . . VOYA. Oct. http://www.voya.com/2011/09/12/tag-team-tech-october-2011/  Valenza, J.K. and Jennifer Stern. (2011). The Best Animation Tools. School Library Journal. Jun. 1.  Valenza, J.K. (2011). My Perpetual Pursuit of the Perfect Pathfinder Platform. eVOYA. April. http://www.voya.com/2011/03/18/tag-team- tech-april-2011/  Valenza, J.K. (2011). Opening the Gates: On Celebrating Creative Commons and Flexing the Fair Use Muscle. Library Media Connection. Jan./Feb. 2011. 30-31 & 50.  Valenza, J.K. (2011) Fully Loaded: Outfitting a Teacher Librarian for the 21st Century. School Library Journal.  Valenza, J.K. (2010) Tag Team Tech: Manifesto for 21st Century School Librarians eVOYA, Oct. 2010  Valenza, J.K. (2010) Tag Team Tech: Evolving the Virtual School Library, Deconstructing the Essentials, eVOYA, Apr. 2010  Valenza, J.K. (2009) How to Retool Yourself--a Roadmap of at Least 15 Ways by Joyce Valenza Tech & Learning, 17 Dec.  Valenza, J.K. and D. Johnson. (2009) Things that Keep Us Up at Night. School Library Journal, Oct. 1.  Valenza, J.K. (2009) 14 Ways K–12 Librarians Can Teach Social Media Tech & Learning, 21 Sept. 21. Oct.  Valenza, J.K. (2009) High School Seniors and Social Networking. VOYA. Oct.  Valenza, J.K. (2009) 2.0 at AASL National Conference in Charlotte. Knowledge Quest, May/June 2009, 80-82.  Valenza, J.K. (2009) A Letter to My Seniors. eVOYA, April 2009, 6-8.  Valenza, J.K. (2008) Reading 2.0: Getting the Gears to Work in Harmony. eVOYA, October 2008, 1-5.  Valenza, J.K. and Johnson, D. (2008) Reboot Camp. School Library Journal, May 2008, 56-57  Valenza, J.K. (2008) Kids and Information Spaces: On the Stickiness of Widgets, eVOYA, April 2008, 1-3.  Valenza, J.K. (2008) A Few More Things, LMC, April/May, 10-13.  Valenza, J.K. (2007) Booktalking 2.0. eVOYA, Oct. 2007, 1-3.  Valenza, J.K. (2007) Open the Door. Let 'em In. eVOYA, April 2007, 1- 3.  Valenza, J.K. (2006) Wikis and Blogs in the Classroom. Connections, 59 (4), 1-3.  Valenza, J.K. (2006) On the Horizon: Wikitextbooks. Information Searcher, 16(2): 19-20.  Valenza, J.K. (2006). They Might be Gurus. eVOYA, (April 2006), 1-4.  Valenza, J.K.(2006). Open Source in Education. Classroom Connect 12(7), 6-7.  Valenza, J.K. (2006). Blogs and Wikis in the Classroom. Information Searcher, 16(1), 1-8.  Valenza, J.K. (2006). Library Media Specialists and the Future: A Conversation with Ken Haycock. Multimedia & Internet Schools (January/February), 11-15.  Valenza, J.K. (2005). Internet2: Faster Access and Downloads, Increase Learning Opportunities. Classroom Connect, (Summer), 8-9.  Valenza, J.K. (2005). Find Your Path: Making Research Easy with Virtual Libraries. (Cover story) Classroom Connect, (April),4-7.  Valenza, J.K. (2004). Substantive Searching: Thinking and Behaving Info-fluently. Learning & Leading with Technology, 32 (3), 38-43.  Valenza, J.K. (2004). Graduate Attitudes. VOYA, (October), 290.  Valenza, J.K. (2004). Are we Passing our Own Test? School Library Journal, Learning Quarterly, (March), 8.  Valenza, J.K. (2004). 10 Reasons to Hug your School Librarian. (Guest Expert Column) Classroom Connect, (May), 6.  Valenza, J.K. (2004). N-Gen Pathfinders Meet N-Gen Students. VOYA, (April), 38.  Valenza, J.K. (2003/2004). Anti-plagiarism Campaign. Classroom Connect (Cover story), (December/January), 4-6.  Valenza, J.K. (2003). Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: A Letter to Parents About the Internet. Library Media Connection, (November/December), 30-31.  Valenza, J.K. (2003). Spreading the Gospel of Information Literacy. Knowledge Quest 32(1), 49-50.  Valenza, J.K. (2003). Getting Faculty on Board. School Library Journal, Learning Quarterly, 49 (2), 8.  Valenza, J.K. (2003). Boosting Test Scores. School Library Journal, Learning Quarterly, (December), 6.  Valenza, J.K. (2003). “Hail, Ranthor!” The Rewards of the Online Gaming World. VOYA, (April), 29.  Valenza, J.K. (2003). IMing Means Never Having to Say You’re Not There. VOYA, 26(4), 291.  Valenza, J.K. (2003). Update your Online Reference Collection. Classroom Connect (Cover story), (April), 4-8.  Valenza, J.K. (2002/2003). New Searching Tips. Classroom Connect (Cover story), (December/January), 4-7.  Valenza, J.K. (2002). School librarians: A Field Guide to an Evolving Species.” Classroom Connect, 8(7), 5-7.  Valenza, J.K. (2002). Evaluating Web Results: Garbage In, Garbage Out! Classroom Connect (Cover story), (February), 4-7.  Valenza, J.K. (2001). Supporting world opinion research. Book Report (November/December), 16-19.  Valenza, J.K. (2001). What's Not on the Web? (Cover story) Learning & Leading with Technology, 29(1), 7-9, 48.  Valenza, J.K. (2001). Imagine. . .Crossing Library Lines to Achieve Information Literacy. VOYA, (October), 261.  Valenza, J.K. (2000/2001). Expanding the Searching Toolkit. Classroom Connect (December/January), 18-19.  Valenza, J.K. (2000). Surfing Blind. Library Journal, Supplement Net Connect, 125 (14), 34+.  Valenza, J.K. (1999). Developing an Online Reference Collection. Classroom Connect, (November) 10-11.  Valenza, J.K. (1999). Invasion of the Research Slackers. Classroom Connect, (October), 8.  Valenza, J.K. (1998) Electronic Reference Roundup: A Game of Tetris. Multimedia Schools, 5 (4), 26 +.  Valenza, J.K. (1998) Real Art Museums Without Walls. Technology Connection, 4 (9), 10+.  Valenza, J.K.(1997). Master the Art of Searching: Strategies and Resources to Keep from Drowning in Internet Information. Electronic Learning, 16(5), 62-63.  Valenza, J.K. (1996). Library as Multimedia Studio. Electronic Learning (November/December), 56-57.  Valenza, J.K. (1996). Cybrarians: No time for Shushers: Librarians Redefine Themselves for the Information Age. Electronic Learning, 16 (1), 71.

FEATURED IN:  Saltman, Dave. (2011) Eight Tech Trends for Librarians (and Teachers Too!) Harvard Education Letter. May/June.  Firth, S. (2010) Finding Dulcinea: A Visit to the Springfield Township High School Library. Feb. 10.  Ash, K. (2010). School Libraries Seek Relevance through Virtual Access. EdWeek. Feb. 9.  Starkman, N. (2007). The New Librarians, THE Journal, August 2007.  Bolch, M. Not your Father’s Library. Scholastic Administrator, May 2006: 47-52.  Champlain, C., Loertscher, D., & Eib, B.J. (2004). Creating a Digital- age School Library. Principal Leadership, 48 (11), 48-51.  Whelan, D.L. (2004). Not your Average Joe. School Library Journal (Cover story). (October), 46-48.  Hansen, B. (2003). Combating Plagiarism: Is the Internet Causing more Students to Copy? CQ Researcher, 13(32), 773-796.  Whelan, D.L. (2002). Making Research Count: Joyce Valenza has Launched a Schoolwide Program to Improve Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. School Library Journal (Cover story), (November), 48-51.

CONSULTING Google, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Young African Express, School Library Journal, Temple Media Lab/PBS, Scholastic, Grolier, Microsoft Educator’s Advisory Council, ABC-CLIO, SIRS/ProQuest, Facts.com, Gale Cengage, Schlessinger Media, VOYA, Teacher Librarian, Routledge, Fabian Baber Productions

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS  Member ALISE, ALISE Youth Services SIG, ALA, AASL, YALSA, IASL, PSLA, ISTE, SIGMS  YALSA Research Committee 2011—  AASL Fall Forum Taskforce 2011—  AASL11 Minneapolis, Tech Task Force  Member ALA OITP Future of Libraries Taskforce, 2008—  AASL09 Charlotte Web 2.0 Tech Chair 2008-2009  Member Guidelines Taskforce, AASL, January 2007—2008  Founder TeacherLibrarianNing, April 2007—  Chair AASL Technology Pathfinder Award, 2005—2006  Member YALSA, Professional Development Committee, 2005—2007  Member YALSA Intellectual Freedom Committee, 2002—2005  Chair, YALSA Technology Committee, 2000-2003  Chair YALSA Publishers' Liaison Committee, 1998-2000  Chair of Media Selection and Review, Pennsylvania School Library Association, 1994--  Founding member of ICONnect and KidsConnect Technology Taskforces, American Association of School Librarians  Initiator of the AASL monthly national electronic chat project-LMConf  Beta Phi Mu (library honor society) 1976-present