Jan Willis Email & Phone Number

Jan Willis is a Director of Library Services at Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School. They possess expertise in library, libraries, young adult literature, library instruction, library 2.0 and 28 more skills.

Listed skills include Library, Libraries, Young Adult Literature, Library Instruction, and 29 others.

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  Director Of Library Services

  Grace-St. Luke'S Episcopal School

  Jul 2011 - Present - Memphis, Tn

  In my third act, I'm a children's librarian at GSL .As the director of library services at my school, I love what I do because of the constant contact with our students of all ages in an atmosphere that celebrates reading and family.My current skills focus on -● Nurturing a Love for Reading in Children, ● Getting to Know Who All Our 450+ Students Are,● Creating Engaging (and, I hope, Innovative) Library Lessons for our students,● Providing Electronic Resources Instruction for Lower & Middle School Students, ● Developing Online & Print Information Seeking and Research Skills in Our Students,● Deepening Our Library's Connections with Every Grade Level in Our School,● Sharing Readers' Advisory Recommendations with Students & Families,● Curating a Diverse Library Collection of +26,000 Items for Children and YA readers, ● Providing Bibliographic Instruction, ● Creating & Maintaining Digital Collections of Online Resources For Research Topics,● Coordinating the AR and STAR program for Students and Faculty,● Serving on the School's Service Learning, Language Arts, and DEI Committees,● Collaborating on the Creation & Expansion of Our Summer Reading Recommendations,● Marketing Our Collection and Space to Our Students & Families, ● Supervising Our Library Volunteers,● Managing Our Alexandria Automated Library System,● Stretching Library Budgets,● Broadening the Value of Our Library to Our Families,● Participating in Admissions Events,● Serving as an Ambassador for Our School, and ● Cataloging. (Always, plenty of cataloging)