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The Project Team
Dr. Marilyn Arnone serves as Project Director. She is Research Associate Professor at the School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, and is Director of Educational Media for the Center for Digital Literacy. More on Marilyn
Dr. Ruth Small is Co-Project Director. She is Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor, Director and LIS Program-School Media Specialization, and Director of the Center for Digital Literacy at Syracuse University. More on Ruth
Mrs. Abby Kasowitz-Scheer is Senior Project Consultant. She is currently a librarian in the Learning Commons at Syracuse University Library. She joined the SUL as Head of Instructional Programs in 2000. She has written many articles for the Educators' Spotlight Digest. More on Abby
Mr. Thomas Hardy is Technical Director for the S.O.S. for Information Literacy Project. He and his organization, Data Momentum, works with the project director and team on all aspects of design, development, and implementation. More on Tom's organization
Several graduate students have worked on the S.O.S. for Information Literacy project in a variety of areas from training, beta-testing, closed captioning, evaluation and front-end assessment to name just a few of the many tasks. All have moved on to careers in school media, public libraries, or information fields. They include Kori Gerbig, Susan LeBlanc, Rabecca Pierce, Anand (AJ) Jain, Rajiv Alexander, Maduri Asokan, Kannan AMD, and Donna Boyce-Martollo. Aubrey Munson also contributed to many of the training elements on this site. Susan Padjen is the current graduate student working on the project.
The Advisory Board
A number of individuals have provided their advice and/or services when called upon by the S.O.S. project team. Their support during each phase of development has proven invaluable and we are deeply appreciative. Persons who have served on the Advisory Board include:
Pam Berger
Educational technology consultant, international presenter and author Publisher and editor of Information Searcher, a newsletter for integrating technology into the curriculum Adjunct faculty, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Sharon Coatney
School Library Media Acquisitions Coordinator, Libraries Unlimited, Inc. Publishers Former President, American Association of School Librarians
Jose Cortez
Doctoral Student, Instructional Design, Development & Evaluation, School of Education, Syracuse University
Bernie Dodge
Professor, San Diego State University Creator of the WebQuest
Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction, University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign
Kathy Hinchman
Associate Professor, Reading & Language Arts, School of Education, Syracuse University
Esther Grassian
Information Literacy Consultant & Lecturer
R. David ("Virtual Dave") Lankes
Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University & Director, Information Institute of Syracuse [Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM), Virtual Reference Desk (VRD), AskERIC].
Alan November
Senior Partner, Building Learning Communities Presenter, author Recipient of the first annual Christa McAuliffe Educator Award
Kathy Schrock
Administrator for Technology for the Nauset Public Schools on Cape Cod, MA. Creator of Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators, one of the most highly regarded and highest award-winning site for educators on the Internet.
Marie Sciretta
1st grade Teacher, Milford Catholic Elementary School, Milford,Massachusetts
Brad Sietz
Director, LOEX Clearinghouse for Library Instruction, Eastern Michigan University
Eileen Schroeder
Associate Professor, Library Media Program, Dept. of Educational Foundations, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Colleen Tierney
MSLIS-School Media Students, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Ross Todd
Associate Professor, Department of Library & Information Science, Rutgers
Julie Walker
Executive Director, American Association of School Librarians/Young Adult Library Services Association (AASL/YALSA)
Scott Walter
Associate University Librarian for Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Gwynn White
Teacher, PS#5, Brooklyn, NY MSLIS-School Media/PLUS student, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
Melissa Yates
LMS, Buckingham, PA and elementary library coordinator for Central Bucks County
Ex-Officio Members
Marilyn Arnone
Project Director, S.O.S. for Information Literacy, Research Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, Director of Educational Media, Center for Digital Literacy, at Syracuse University.
Ruth Small
Co-Project Director, S.O.S. for Information Literacy, Professor, School of Information Studies, Director, School Media Program; Director, S.U.'s Center for Digital Literacy, at Syracuse University.
Joanne Silverstein
Co-Project Director, S.O.S. for Information Literacy. Research Associate Professor, School of Information Studies, Director of Research and Development, Information Institute of Syracuse, all Syracuse University.
Abby Kasowitz-Scheer
Senior Project Consultant, S.O.S. for Information Literacy. Head of Instructional Programs, Syracuse University Library.
