Edward T. Sullivan
103 Oneida Lane
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
(865) 483-7203
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Master of Science in Library and Information Science, 1995
Knoxville, Tennessee
Master of Arts in English Literature, 1993
Memphis State University
Memphis, Tennessee
Bachelor of Arts in English, 1991
Glassboro State College
Glassboro, New Jersey
CONTINUING EDUCATION
The Literature of Fact: Informational Materials for Youth, Association for Library Services to Children,
June 19-20, 2003
Teaching Appalachia: Fact and Fiction, East Tennessee Historical Society, June 13, 2003
Facing History and Ourselves Tennessee Summer Institute, June 10-12, 2003
Facing History and Ourselves Introductory and Follow Up Workshops, March 27-28, 2003
Getting Graphic @ Your Library, Young Adult Library Services Association, June 14, 2002
Basic Management Skills Institute, Association of Research Libraries, March 21-23, 2000
Selecting the Best Children’s Materials: Training in Leadership Skills, Association of Library Services to
Children, January 13-14, 2000
What Young Adults Want: Quality Service in Library Settings, New York Library Association, October 27,
1999
Teens in the 21st Century: Access for the Future, Young Adult Library Services Association, June 24-25,
1999
Reaching the Teenage Reader, New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies,
March 20, 1999
What Young Adults Really Read and Why, Young Adult Library Services Association, June 27, 1997
WORK EXPERIENCE
August 2003-Present Library Information Specialist
Hardin Valley Elementary School
Knox County Schools
Knoxville, Tennessee
Duties and Responsibilities: Managing all aspects of a busy library media center program for a large K-5 school. Administer acquisitions budget, develop and maintain book and audiovisual collections. Regularly teach library skills classes and conduct booktalking, reading aloud, and storytelling programs. Supervise student workers and volunteers.
April 2001-Present Series Editor
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
Lanham, Maryland
Duties and Responsibilities: Serve as acquisitions editor for Scarecrow Resource Guides, a series of books for librarians and teachers that encourages the use of children's and young adult literature in teaching a variety of subjects and themes across the curriculum. Responsibilities include soliciting manuscripts, assisting potential authors in the development of proposals and projects, and editing manuscripts for overall content and organization.
August 2001-July 2003 Library Information Specialist
White Pine School
Jefferson County Schools
White Pine, Tennessee
Duties and Responsibilities: Manage all aspects of busy library media center for a K-8 school in a rural setting. Administer acquisitions budget, develop and maintain book and audiovisual collections. Regularly teach library skills classes and conduct booktalking, reading aloud, and storytelling programs. Supervise instructional assistant and student workers.
June 2001-August 2002 Adjunct Instructor
School of Information Sciences
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Duties and Responsibilities: Teach graduate level course, Library Materials for Young Adults.
August 2000-April 2001 Director
Children’s Defense Fund/Former Alex Haley Farm
Clinton, Tennessee
Duties and Responsibilities: Managed all aspects of a 5,000 volume private library and research center with collection focusing on the following areas: African-American culture, history, and theology, child advocacy, and children’s and young adult literature. Responsibilities included cataloging the library collection, collection development, creating an acquisitions and operations budget, developing and maintaining the library web site, outreach to the east Tennessee region, and programming for local and national audiences.
January 2000-July 2000 Supervising Young Adult Specialist
The New York Public Library
Staten Island Borough Office
Staten Island, New York
Duties and Responsibilities: Supervised all aspects of young adult services for twelve branch libraries. Trained and mentored young adult librarians. Served as consultant to branch managers on young adult services. Planned special programs in cooperation with middle and high schools, including author visits, library tours, and technology demonstrations and training. Planned and conducted teacher in-service workshops on a variety of subjects, and technology training for library staff. Coordinated outreach efforts to schools and community agencies working with adolescents. Participated in the planning, promotion, and execution of the annual city-wide summer reading program for teens.
January 1999-May 2000 Adjunct Associate Professor
Division of Library and Information Science
St. John’s University
Staten Island, New York
Duties and Responsibilities: Taught graduate courses in Library Materials for Children and Library Materials for Young Adults for the university’s master of library science program.
October 1997-December 1999 Senior Project Librarian
The New York Public Library
Connecting Libraries and Schools Project (CLASP)
Staten Island, New York
Duties and Responsibilities: Provided outreach service to public, private, and parochial schools through class visits in schools and in the public library. Planned special programs in cooperation with schools, including author visits, library tours, parent workshops, and technology demonstrations and training. Planned and conducted teacher in-service workshops on a variety of subjects, technology training for library staff, and family literacy programs for children and their parents. Participated in the planning, promotion, and execution of the annual city-wide summer reading program. Served as Staten Island representative to the New Professionals Committee. Administered collection development budgets for several branch libraries. Supervised the work of clerical staff and volunteers.
January 1996-October 1997 Young Adult Librarian
The New York Public Library
Staten Island Branch Libraries
Staten Island, New York
Duties and Responsibilities: Served as young adult specialist for a culturally, economically, and ethnically diverse neighborhood and regional branch libraries in Staten Island. Responsibilities included reference, planning and conducting programs for teenage patrons, visiting local intermediate and high schools, materials evaluation and selection, collection development, and developing community outreach programs. Supervise clerical staff, pages, paraprofessionals, volunteers, and other professional librarians. Other professional responsibilities include serving on committees for NYPL's Office of Young Adult Services that address a variety of issues concerning service to young adults.
February 1995-May 1995 Reference Librarian
Lamar Memorial Library
Maryville College
Maryville, Tennessee
Duties and Responsibilities: Provided general reference services to undergraduate students, community patrons, faculty, and staff. Instructed students in use of OPAC, Internet, electronic databases, and print resources. Instructed faculty and staff in use of Internet search tools and resources. Supervised library assistants and circulation.
August 1994-May 1995 Graduate Teaching Assistant
School of Information Sciences
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Duties and Responsibilities: Assisted faculty members with research projects and course development.
August 1993-May 1994 English Teacher
Mt. Pleasant Christian Academy
Mt. Pleasant, Mississippi
Duties and Responsibilities: Taught tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade English. Developed senior high school English curriculum. Faculty advisor to annual staff.
September 1993-May 1994 Adjunct Professor
Department of English
Memphis State University
Memphis, Tennessee
Duties and Responsibilities: Taught English Composition and Analysis, a second semester freshman writing course, and English Literature since 1798, a sophomore level survey course examining representative authors from the Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist periods.
September 1992-May 1993 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of English
Memphis State University
Memphis, Tennessee
Duties and Responsibilities: Taught English Composition, a first semester writing course covering the following content: prewriting techniques; the writing process; editing skills for peers and self; and writing in various styles (e.g. analytical, evaluative, argumentative).
September 1991-August 1992 Graduate Research Assistant
Department of English
Memphis State University
Memphis, Tennessee
Duties and Responsibilities: Worked as assistant editor for Quondam et Futurus: A Journal of Arthurian Interpretations, an official publication of the International Arthurian Society. Responsibilities included editing manuscripts, corresponding with contributors and subscribers, maintaining subscription records, layout and design of the journal, and mailing out the finished product to subscribers.
AWARDS, GRANTS, AND HONORS
2005 Invited Participant, School Library Journal Leadership Summit
2004 Advisory Board, The Continuum Encyclopedia of Young Adult Literature
2003 Southern Poverty Law Center Teaching Tolerance Grant
2003 University of Southern Mississippi Ezra Jack Keats /de Grummond Collection Research Fellowship
2002 Ezra Jack Keats Foundation Mini-Grant
LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS, AND WORKSHOPS
"New Children's Books for the Science and Social Studies Curriculum." Smoky Mountain Reading Council,
Knoxville, Tennnessee, January 26, 2006.
"Nonfiction is Literature, Too: Informational Books and Recreational Reading." Tennessee Association of
School Librarians, Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 6, 2004.
"Booktalking the Award Winners," Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference, Knoxville,
Tennessee, March 19, 2004
"Ideas That Work: Putting the 'New' in Your Newsletter," Tennessee Library Association Annual
Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 18, 2004
"Reading Tennessee: The Volunteer State in Children's Literature," Smoky Mountain Reading Council,
Knoxville, Tennessee, January 29, 2004
"Race Matters: Interracial Relationships in Young Adult Fiction," Assembly on Literature for
Adolescents (ALAN) Workshop, National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference,
San Francisco, California, November 24, 2003
"Reaching Reluctant Readers," Tennessee Association of School Librarians, Franklin, Tennessee,
November 21, 2003
"How to Be a Reading Role Model for Your Child," Hardin Valley Elementary School Parent-Teacher
Association, Knoxville, Tennessee, November 11, 2003
"Exploring Tennessee through Children's and Young Adult Literature," East Tennessee Education
Association, Knoxville, Tennessee, October 24, 2003
"Get Real: Booktalking Nonfiction to Teens" American Library Association-Canadian Library Association
Joint Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, June 23, 2003
"Exploring Tennessee through Children's and Young Adult Literature," Tennessee Library Association
Annual Conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 4, 2003
"Programming for Teens—It's Not As Scary As It Sounds!" Tennessee Library Association
Annual Conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 3, 2003
"Picture Books Everyone Should Know." Tennessee Library Association Support Staff Workshop, Blount
County Public Library, Maryville, Tennessee, February 28, 2003.
"Exploring Tennessee through Children's and Young Adult Literature," Tennessee Association of School
Librarians, Franklin, Tennessee, October 18, 2002.
"Reaching Reluctant Teen Readers," Tennessee Library Association, Nashville, Tennessee, March 27,
2002.
"Make the Connection: How Public and School Libraries Can Work Together," Tennessee Library
Association, Nashville, Tennessee, March 27, 2002.
"Beyond Anne Frank: Recent Holocaust Literature for Young Adults," Assembly on Literature for
Adolescents (ALAN) Workshop, National Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference,
Baltimore, Maryland, November 20, 2001.
"Serving Youth in Public Libraries," School of Information Sciences Career Night, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, November 2, 2001.
"Tales from the Front: Teens and Public Libraries," Alumni Appreciation Day, University of Tennessee
School of Information Sciences, Knoxville, Tennessee, June 2, 2001.
."Using Young Adult Literature Across the Curriculum," Anning S.Prall Intermediate School, Staten Island,
New York, December 7, 1999.
"Secrets from the Shopping Mall: Marketing Your Young Adult Collection," Nassau Public Library
System, Uniondale, New York, October 14, 1999.
"Secrets from the Shopping Mall: Marketing Your Young Adult Collection," New York Library
Association Spring Conference, Fishkill, New York, April 23, 1999.
"Public Library Outreach Services to Youth: The CLASP Model," Rutgers University, School of
Communication, Information and Library Studies, New Brunswick, New Jersey, April 5, 1999.
"Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults," District 31 Board of Education, Staten Island,
New York, October 6, 1998.
"Books for Reluctant Readers," Staten Island Literacy Network, Staten Island, New York, May 8, 1998
"What's New in Young Adult Literature?," Staten Island Literacy Network, Staten Island, New York,
March 12, 1998.
"What's New in Children's Literature?," Staten Island Literacy Network, Staten Island, New York,
November 14, 1997.
"Young Adult Literature in the Classroom," Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky,
August 21, 1997.
"Reading Aloud in Middle School: A Workshop for Classroom Teachers," Staten Island Reading
Association, Staten Island, New York, April 10, 1997.
Milton Meltzer: In Pursuit of Truth—contracted work in progress for Scarecrow Press.
Exploring the Fifty States through Children's and Young Adult Literature—contracted work in progress for
Libraries Unlimited.
Appalachian Literature for Youth: A Guide and Resource Book—contracted work in progress for
Scarecrow Press.
The Ultimate Weapon: The Race to Develop the Atomic Bomb. Holiday House, 2007. (0-8234-1855-3)
Reaching Reluctant Young Adult Readers: A Handbook for Librarians and Teachers. Scarecrow Press,
2002. (0-8108-4343-9)
The Holocaust in Literature for Youth: A Guide and Resource Book. Scarecrow Press, 1999.
(0-8101-3607-6)
"Henry David Thoreau." Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms 14.4 (March 2005):
35-36.
"Talking with D.B. Johnson." Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms 14.4 (March
2005): 38-39.
"Books for the Young Naturalist." Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms 14.2
(November 2004): 60-63.
"Adventures on the High Seas." Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms14.1 (September
2004): 53-59.
"Going All the Way: First-Time Sexual Experiences of Teens in Fiction." VOYA: Voice of Youth
Advocates 26.6 (February 2004): 461-463.
"Wrestling with Faith in Young Adult Fiction." Booklist 100.3 (October 1, 2003): 331.
"Fiction or Poetry? A Look at Novels in Verse." School Library Journal 49.8 (August 2003): 44-45.
"Plugging Into Your Profession." Footnotes: The Newsletter of the Tennessee Association of School
Librarians 21.3 (July 2003): 6.
"The Sibert Award: Nonfiction Finally Gets Some Overdue Recognition." Footnotes: The Newsletter of the
Tennessee Association of School Librarians 21.2 (March 2003): 6-7.
"Series Fiction Helps Reluctant Readers Become Lifelong Readers." CBC Features 56.1 (Spring 2003): 8.
"Keeping Up with Books on the Internet." Footnotes: The Newsletter of the Tennessee Association of
School Librarians 21.1 (January 2003): 7.
"Talking with Jim Arnosky." Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms 12.2
(October/November 2002): 37-42.
"The Volunteer State: Exploring Tennessee through Literature." Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries,
and Classrooms 12.1 (August/September 2002): 9-16.
"Race Matters: Interracial Relationships and Racial Identity Issues in Young Adult Fiction." School Library
Journal 48.6 (June 2002): 40-41.
"The Holocaust Fiction of Carol Matas" The ALAN Review 29.2 (Winter 2002): 4-6.
"A Telephone Interview with Carol Matas" The ALAN Review 29.2 (Winter 2002): 7-10.
"Beyond Anne Frank: Recent Holocaust Literature for Youth." The New Advocate
15.1 (Winter 2002): 49-
55.
"Celebrating Langston Hughes" Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms 11.3
(December 2001/January 2002): 36-40.
"Information, Please: Books to Inform and Entertain." Voices from the Middle 9.2 (December 2001): 83-
84.
"Connect with Success: A Few Tips for Successful Public and School Library Cooperation." Journal of
Youth Services in Libraries 14.3 (Spring 2001): 13.
"Teenagers are NOT Baggage: They Don’t Need Handling." Public Libraries 40.2 (March/April 2001):
11-13.
"Beyond Homework: Biographies as Pleasure Reading." School Library Journal 47.2 (February 2001): 38-
39.
"Some Teens Prefer It Real: The Case for Young Adult Nonfiction" English Journal 90.3 (January 2001):
43-47.
"Food Books to Sink Your Teeth Into." Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms 10.2
(October/November 2000): 56-61
"Judging Books by Their Covers, Part II: Hardcover vs. Paperback." VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates
23.4 (October 2000): 244-248.
"Talking with Michael Cadnum about The Book of the Lion." Preview: A Magazine on Books for Teenagers
2.1(Spring 2000): 36-37.
"The Printz Award: Will It Finally Legitimize YA Titles?" Today’s Librarian 3.5 (May 2000): 16-17.
"More Is Not Always Better: The Sorry State of Young Adult Nonfiction Series Publishing." School
Library Journal 46.4 (April 2000): 42-43.
"Introducing Adele Griffin." VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates 22.5 (December 1999): 320-321.
"Witchcraft 101: Does Your Collection Have What Teens Want?" School Library Journal 45.10 (October
1999): 47-48.
"Arthurian Literature for Young People." Book Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms 8.5
(May 1999): 29-33.
"Solving the Short Story Puzzle." School Library Journal 45.1 (January 1999): 38-39.
"Learning about the Holocaust." VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates 21.5 (December 1998): 337-339.
"Let ‘Em Eat Poetry: Tools for Turning On Middle Schoolers to Reading and Writing Poetry." Book
Links: Connecting Books, Libraries, and Classrooms 8.2 (November 1998): 14-19.
"Judging Books by Their Covers: A Cover Art Experiment." VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates 21.3
(August 1998): 180-182.
"Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Puberty . . . and More." Book Links: Connecting Books,
Libraries, and Classrooms 7.1 (September 1997): 40-44.
"Nothing but Net: Basketball Books for Young Adults." The ALAN Review 24.3 (Spring 1997): 53-56.
"To Buy or Not to Buy: The Cases for and Against Young Adult Hardcover Fiction." VOYA: Voice of
Youth Advocates 19.6 (February 1997): 321-322.
PUBLICATIONS: BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS
"ALAN," "Janet Bode," "Caroline Cooney," "Cover Art," "Chris Crowe," "Cathi Hanauer," "James S. Haskins," "Angela Johnson," "Elaine Landau," "Ellen Levine," "Margaret A. Edwards Award," "Albert Marrin," "Elizabeth Partridge," "Michael L. Printz Award," "Barbara Rogasky," "Charles R. Smith," Mildred Pitts Walter," "Young Adult Library Services Association." The Continuum Encyclopedia of Young Adult Literature. Eds. Bernice E. Cullinan, Bonnie L. Kunzel, and Deborah A. Wooten. Coninuum, 2005. (0-8264-1710-8)
"Libraries and Children’s Reading Programs." The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Eds.
Bernice E. Cullinan and Diane Goetz Person. Continuum, 2001 (0-826-4127-18)
"Learn to Surf the World Wide Web with Webmeister Ed." Sizzling Summer Reading Programs for Young
Adults. Ed. Katharine L. Kan. Young Adult Library Services Association, 1998. (0-8389-3480-3)
"Murder in the Library." Solve It @ the Library 1998 New York State Summer Reading Manual. New York
Library Association, 1998.
EDITORIAL AND REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
Assistant Editor, Quondam et Futurus: A Journal of Arthurian Interpretations, 1991-1992
Audiovisual Materials Reviewer for School Library Journal, 1997-1999
Book Reviewer for The ALAN Review, 1999-present
Book Reviewer for Booklist, 2002-present
Book Reviewer for The Book Report, 2001-2002
Book Reviewer for The Horn Book Magazine and Horn Book Review, 2005-present
Book Reviewer for Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy, 2001-present
Book Reviewer for Library Media Connection, 2002-present
Book Reviewer for Multicultural Review, 1999-present
Book Reviewer for Public Libraries, 1996-2000
Book Reviewer for School Library Journal, 1996-present
Book Reviewer for Tennessee Librarian, 2001-present
Book Reviewer for VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates, 1994-2004
Editorial Advisory Board, Book Links, 2002-2006
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Children’s Literature, 2001-present
Referee, Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1998-2001
Referee, Public Libraries, 1998-2000
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Library Association, 1994-present
Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, 1996-present
Association for Library Service for Children, 1994-present
Authors Guild, 2003-present
Children's Literature Assembly, 1997-present
East Tennessee Library Association, 2000-present
Knoxville Writers Guild, 2000-present
Intellectual Freedom Round Table (ALA), 1994-present
International Reading Association, 2001-present
New York Library Association, 1996-2000
Organization of American Historians, 2006-present
Public Library Association, 1994-2000
Smoky Mountain Reading Council, 2003-present
Social Responsibilities Round Table (ALA), 1994-present
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, 2002-present
Tennessee Association of School Librarians, 2001-present
Tennessee Library Association, 2000-present
Tennessee Reading Association, 2001-present
Tennessee Writers Alliance, 2002-present
United States Board on Books for Young People, 1998-present
Young Adult Library Services Association, 1994-present
ACTIVITIES IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Member, Notable Books in the Language Arts Selection Committee, Children's Literature Assembly
(NCTE), 2006-2009
East Tennessee Representative, Board of Directors, Tennessee Association of School Librarians, 2005-
2007
ALAN Award Selection Committee, Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, 2004
Publications Committee, American Association of School Librarians, 2004-2005
2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Committee, Association for Library Service for Children
Membership Committee, East Tennessee Library Association, 2004
Membership Committee, Tennessee Library Association, 2004-2005
Conference Programming Committee, Tennessee Association of School Librarians, 2003-2005
American Library Association-Children’s Book Council Joint Committee, 2001-2003
Notable Children’s Videos Selection Committee, Association for Library Service for Children,
2001-2003
Volunteer State Book Award Committee, Tennessee Library Association, 2001-2003
Co-Chair, Public Relations Committee, Tennessee Library Association, 2001-2002
Chair, Preconference Program Planning Committee, Young Adult Library Services Association (ALA),
2000 Annual Conference
Public Libraries Advisory Subcommittee, Public Library Association, 1999-2001
Professional Ethics Committee, American Library Association, 1999-2000
Chair, Conference Planning Committee, New York Library Association Youth Services Section
1999 Annual Conference
Young Adult Book of the Year Award Task Force, Young Adult Library Services Association,
1998-1999
Services to Children, Youth and Families Committee, Public Library Association, 1998-2001
Liaison to National Youth Organizations, Association for Library Service to Children, 1997-1999
Best Books for Young Adults Committee, Young Adult Library Services Association, 1996-1999
ELECTED OFFICES IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Vice-President/President Elect, East Tennessee Library Association, 2005-2006
President, Knoxville Writers Guild, 2004-2005
Board of Directors, Assembly on Literature for Adolescents, 2003-present
Board of Directors, Knoxville Writers Guild, 2003
Board of Directors, Young Adult Library Services Association, 2000-2003
President, American Library Association Student Chapter, University of Tennessee, 1994-1995
Board of Directors, School of Information Sciences Alumni Board, University of Tennessee,
2003-2005
Board of Directors, Center for Children’s Young Adult Literature, University of Tennessee,
2001-present
Tennessee State Board of Education Reading and Literacy Advisory Council, 2000
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