Books and Articles

Books and Chapters:

Co-Author: "Adult Books for Teens: Young Adult.” Crossover Readers’ Advisory: Maximize Your Collection to Meet Reader Satisfaction. Ed. Jessica E. Moyer. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC. 2017. 69-79. “Fandom as a Form of Social Networking." Teens, Libraries, and Social Networking: What Libraries Need to Know. Ed. June Abbas and Denise Agosto. Santa Barbara, California: Libraries Unlimited, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC. 2011. 115-132. Foreword. You Don’t Look Like a Librarian: Shattering Stereotypes and Creating Positive New Images in the Internet Age by Ruth Kneale. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc. 2009. xi-xiii. Co-Author. Pop Goes the Library: Using Pop Culture to Connect with Your Whole Community. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc. 2008.

Articles:

"Five Things to Love at the YALSA YA Lit Symposium." School Library Journal, December 2, 2014, at  http://www.slj.com/2014/12/organizations/ala/yalsa/five-things-to-love-at-yalsas-ya-lit-symposium/

"The Story Behind Adele Griffin’s Hybrid Novel, ‘The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone.’" School Library Journal's SLJ Teen enewsletter, August 4, 2014, at http://www.slj.com/2014/08/fiction/the-story-behind-adele-griffins-hybrid-novel-the-unfinished-life-of-addison-stone/

Co-Author. "What’s New About New Adult?" The Horn Book Magazine, Vol. LXXXX, No. 1, Jan/Feb 2014, pp. 41-45 at http://www.hbook.com/2013/12/choosing-books/horn-book-magazine/whats-new-about-new-adult/

“Reading: It’s More Than Meets The Eye.” The Horn Book Magazine, Vol. LXXXIX, No. 2, March/April 2013, pp. 47-53 at http://www.hbook.com/2013/03/choosing-books/horn-book-magazine/reading-its-more-than-meets-the-eye/

"Easy on the Eyes: Large Print Books for Teens," Young Adult Library Services (YALS): The Official Journal of the YALSA, Vol. 8 No. 1 (Fall 2009): 18-19. Reprinted in Teen Read Week and Teen Tech Week: Tips and Resources for YALSA’s Initiatives. Ed. Megan Fink. Chicago: ALA. 2011

Co-Author. "When Harry Met Bella: Fanfiction is all the rage. But is it plagiarism? Or the perfect thing to encourage young writers?,” School Library Journal, Vol. 55, No. 8, August 2009, at http://www.slj.com/2009/08/fiction/when-harry-met-bella-fanfiction-is-all-the-rage-but-is-it-plagiarism-or-the-perfect-thing-to-encourage-young-writers/

"From the Bloggers: A New Book Award," School Library Journal's Extra Helping, February 7, 2007

"Curl Up With A Cup of Tea And A Good Blog," School Library Journal, Vol. 53, No. 2, February 2007

Co-Author. "Teens and Kids: Perfect Together! Joint Teen/Kid Summer Programming", Reflections: The Newsletter of the Children's Services Section/NJLA, Vol. 34, Issue 7, November 2006, pp. 1-2.

"An ELF in the Library?", Library Journal: NetConnect Summer 2006

"Experience Needed: Using Non-Librarian Skill Sets in a Library Environment", LISCareer.Com, April 2005 at www.liscareer.com/burns_skills.htm 

"In-house: Is It Right For You?" The Young Lawyer, Vol. 4, No. 11, November 2000