Curriculum Vitae of
JOYCE KASMAN VALENZA
1277 Cox Road
Rydal, PA 19046
215-576-0934 (Home)
215-233-6030 Ext. 2502 (Bus.) 215-836-5237 (Fax)
215-518-1846 (Cell)
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Website:
http://springfieldlibrary.wikispaces.com
NeverendingSearch blog: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch
Teacher Librarian Guides: http://libraryschool.campusguides.com/tlguides
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Transliteracy and youth: digital storytelling and creativity, youth information-
seeking behavior, social networking, online learning, information
fluency, global literacy, evaluation of digital resources
Virtual libraries as digital/mobile learning spaces: digital collection curation
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
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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.
STUDIES IN PROGRESS
Valenza, J.K. With Kristen Swanson. Exploring the impact of Kindle use on reading habits in a special education classroom.
Valenza, J.K. With Deb Kachel. Evaluating the roll-out of a statewide digital collection curation project.
ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
· Valenza, J.K. and Wendy Stephens. (2012) “Reading Remixed: Observations from the Floor.” Educational Leadership, March (upcoming).
· Valenza, J.K. (2011) “In My Network Confession.” Teacher Librarian, 39 (2), 27-32.
· 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
DISSERTATION
Valenza, J. K. (2007). Discovering a descriptive taxonomy of attributes of
exemplary school library Websites. Denton, Texas. UNT Digital Library.
SELECTED ARTICLES FROM NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
· 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:
Whelan, D.L. (2011) Interview: Rock Star Librarian, Joyce Valenza, Nabs Lifetime Achievement Award. School Library Journal, Dec. 19.
· Saltman, D. (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.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
· PA LibGuides (LSTA-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
· Edutopia (Lucas Foundation): What Works in Education Focus on School Libraries. (Upcoming March 2012)
· 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
· Edublogs Awards for Lifetime Achievement and Educational Hashtag. Finalist for Best Library Blog (2011), Nominated for nine 2010 Edublog Awards (including Lifetime Achievement), Best Library/Librarian Blog (2009). Multiple nominations and awards dating back to 2005.
· Teacher Channel Edutopia Feature (upcoming March 2012)