Department of Library Science News

In what has become a yearly tradition, the DLS faculty gathered for a holiday celebration and brought children and young adult books to be donated to the Little Willie Center in Greenville, NC. 

Founded in 1990, the Little Willie Center was created to be a safe place for local children.  It provides life lessons and educational programs for adults as well as children.

Pictured above from left to right:
(Rear) Dr. Barbara Marson, Dr. John Harer, Dr. Gail Munde
(Front) Dr. Al Jones, Dr. Jami Jones, Dr. Lou Sua

Congratulations to Charity Worley, a current MLS student at Chadbourn Elementary School for receiving a $1,900 Bright Ideas grant.  Her grant was titled “Core into Reading,” and provides funds to obtain books related to the Common Core.

Dr. Patrick Valentine’s The Social History of  Books and Libraries from Cuneiform to Bytes has just been published by The Scarecrow Press. This is a significant accomplish by Dr. Valentine and represents a substantive publication in his area of expertise. The Department of Library Science congratulates him on this achievement.

The Department of Library Science is pleased to welcome Dr. Lou Saunders Sua as a Teaching Assistant Professor.   Dr. Sua has been in librarianship for 35 years.  She has worked in public, academic and schools libraries.  She has also worked in the non-profit arena and as a Children’s librarian, Young Adult librarian, Family Literacy coordinator, and the Branch Manager of a lifelong learning center.  Her work in libraries has given her the opportunity to develop, implement, and present programs for adults, children, young adults, parents, teachers and communities.   She also has experience as an Adjunct Faculty at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro teaching storytelling and The Public Library courses.

Dr. Sua’s Ph.D. research involved listening to the life stories of Black women who are activists.  Their stories validated her work in the community and her work as a librarian.

The Department of Library Science has received the results of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) report that was submitted in the spring of 2012.  Our program passed with flying colors and will continue its full NCATE recognition for the initial preparation of school librarians under the 2010 AASL standards.

For the spring of 2012, the Diane Kester Award went to Brenda Mercer and the Outstanding Graduate Award was presented to Kathy Gaines.  We congratulate these two outstanding MLS students!