Susan Baker, MA, retired from the Tigard-Tualatin School District with 35 years experience at the middle level and in the district's curriculum and instruction department. She has worked in inclusive classrooms, led the creation of the district's first middle school TAG program, and taught both TAG and corrective reading classes. She also coordinated the full academic program for all students in her 300-student school-within-a-school. She was librarian/media specialist there for seven years.

Gayl Bowser, MA, is the coordinator of the Oregon Technology Access Program. She provides consultation, training, and technical assistance in the area of assistive technology throughout Oregon and the United States.

Janet Breckon, MS in library media, began her career in the Beaverton School District as a district cataloger. She worked as library media specialist at the elementary level from 1976-1985. She was involved in the planning and opening of Conestoga Middle School, where she served as the librarian for the next six years. In 2001, Ms. Breckon became the instructional technology specialist for library media support. In that position, she provided central support for 46 libraries, including administering the automated library system and online databases, conducting inservices for library staff, advocating for library services, cataloging, and troubleshooting day-to-day issues in libraries. She retired in June 2003 and has continued to work with library support, including doing special projects in various schools and cataloging materials.

Paige Battle, MA in English from North Carolina State University, MED from Portland State University, has been the librarian at Jefferson High School for the past eight years. She works in partnership with the North Portland Public Library and the Portland Community College Cascade Campus Library to provide internship and college credit opportunities for Jefferson students.

David Bullock, EdD, is director of Portland State University's Metropolitan Instructional Support Lab (MISL) and an assistant professor in curriculum and instruction. His experience includes 14 years as a classroom teacher and media specialist, five years in communications training, and eight years at the university level in educational media.

Deanna Draper, MA, is a former high school librarian who also has experience in public libraries and has taught for many years in the Portland State University program as well.

Kathy Fritts, MLIS, has served as a school librarian for over 25 years both in Oregon and abroad (i.e., Vienna, Moscow, and Dubai). She has worked in elementary, middle and high school settings. Ms. Fritts has been a strong advocate for library services both in the school library (increasing circulation in every library she has worked at and increasing the use of technology) and bringing them to the classroom (e.g., team teaching research skills and classroom visits). Ms. Fritts has taught in the Portland State educational media program periodically since 1985.

Merna Ann Hecht, MLS, is a literary arts and arts educator, writing specialist, and storyteller. She served as the co-director of the School Alliance Program at the Richard Hugo House and has taught at the university level and worked with PreK-12 students on a variety of projects. Ms. Hecht has been invited to teach story/drama and creative writing symposia and institutes in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and British Columbia. She has been a presenter at a variety of museums and national conferences.

Dolores C. Johnston, MA, is a library media specialist in the West Linn/Wilsonville School District. She manages technology in her school and collaborates with teachers to integrate technology, information skills, and literature into the curriculum.

JoAnn Klassen, MEd, is a retired school library media specialist from the West Linn Wilsonville School District, where she collaborated with teachers to integrate technology, literature, and information skills into their assignments. She served as the school's technology manager and webmaster, helping teachers use their web presence as a part of their instruction. She also directed a weekly live in-school student-directed television broadcast. Currently, she manages several websites, creates video segments as a hobby, and teaches library and technology classes at community colleges in the area and George Fox University. Ms. Klassen also maintains the membership and conference registration database for OEMA, the professional organization for school library personnel in Oregon.

Leigh Ann Morlock, MS,holds a bachelor’s degree in English and master’s degrees in both teaching and library/media education. In addition to her teaching role at Portland State University, she is the library coordinator for Douglas County ESD. Formerly she was a librarian and high school English teacher.

Ruth Murray, MS in Library Media from Portland State University, has taught English and theater for 20 years before becoming a library media specialist in the Gresham-Barlow School District in 1993. From 1995 through the present, she has served as the library media specialist at Athey Creek Middle School in West Linn. She has taught in Portland Community College's Instructor for Library Assistant Program and Portland State University's Educational Media/Librarianship Master's degree. She is a board member of the Oregon Educational Media Association and has been awarded the Library Media Specialist of the Year and Teacher of the Year.

Susan Ray, MA in Educational Media, is currently an elementary school library media specialist the in Beaverton School District. She has also been a high school language arts teacher and an ESL teacher.

Cindy Reed, MS in Educational Media, is district media coordinator with North Clackamas School District, teaches students K-6, and manages six libraries. She was formerly librarian at Linwood Elementary in the same district. In addition, she consults with a local private school, works at Lake Oswego Public Library, and has presented curriculum design ideas at OEMA and Portland State. She has long-standing involvement in media and the arts.

Tracy Russell, ME in educational media from Portland State University, has been a library media specialist in a variety of schools in the Portland Public Schools. She is currently the library media specialist at Lincoln High School. Ms. Russell has taught in the Educational Media/Librarianship program at Portland State University for many years.

Donata (Doni) Stewart, MS in CI and Library Science, was a media specialist in Portland Public Schools for over 25 years in elementary and middle schools. Currently, she is working on Portland Public School's' Middle School Library Project. She has presented at local and national conferences, has published study lessons, and has been nominated for and received several awards.