GSLIS presents at ISLMA Conference

GSLIS and the Center for Children’s Books (CCB) will be well represented at the Illinois School Library Media Association Conference (ISLMA), held from November 6 - 8 at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Tinley Park, IL.

Deborah Stevenson, director of the Center for Children's Books and editor of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, and Kate Quealy-Gainer, assistant editor of the Bulletin, will be discussing the various resources the CCB and BCCB have to offer, along with the CCB's recent research projects. Adjunct youth services professor Betty Bush and K-12 program coordinator Georgeann Burch will be co-presenting a two-part session entitled “Beyond Lexiles.” Burch will also be leading a session entitled “A Course, An Endorsement or a Degree: The GSLIS LEEP (Online Education) Program and You.”

GSLIS will hold an alumni reception on Friday, November 7 from 5:30 - 6:30 pm at the Tinley Park Convention Center. Keep an eye out for the many GSLIS alumni who should be there!

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