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5 Engaging Young People as Readers: Use of Social Media and Digital Literacy

• Sarah A. Evans

  Evans, Sarah A.

  Associate Professor, Children’s and Young Adult Librarianship, Department of Information Science at the University of North Texas Dallas, TX, US., where she also serves as Co-Director for the Multiple Literacies Lab. Her research examines the literacies and identities taken up in voluntary learning experiences, especially in the reading and writing of comics. She serves as an officer in the Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and is an active member of the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association. Sarah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Drama, a Master’s of Library and Information Science, and a PhD in Learning Sciences from the University of Washington Seattle, WA, US, as well as an elementary education certificate from Western Washington University.

  Email: Sarah.Evans@unt.edu

  , Jennifer Moore

  Moore, Jennifer

  Associate Professor for School Librarian Certification Program, Department of Information Science at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX, US. Since 2011, she has taught graduate-level courses in instructional technology in school libraries, school library management, pedagogy in school libraries, youth programming in libraries, youth literature, and school library programme development. She has also worked as an English-Language Arts teacher and an elementary school librarian. Jennifer was recently a faculty fellow in the American Library Association and Google joint project, Libraries Ready to Code, Phase 2, as well as an invited judge representing Texas Congressional District 26 in the 2019 and 2020 Congressional App Challenge. She has received multiple awards for teaching and advising. Her scholarly interests have included adolescent health information literacy, audiobooks and youth literacy development, and librarians as data literacy leaders. Current projects include computational thinking in LIS curriculum and evidence-based practice in school libraries. She has served as a member and chair on over twenty committees at local, state, national, and international levels. Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree in English, a Master of Science in Information Studies, and a PhD in Information Studies, all from the University of Texas at Austin, TX, US.

  Email: jm328@mailbox.sc.edu

  , Lacy Molina

  Molina, Lacy

  Doctoral student and Research Assistant, College of Information at the University of North Texas Denton, TX, US. Lacy‘s research examines information organisation in archival records and ethical metadata. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in history. Her love for research, archives, history, and libraries motivated her to pursue a doctorate. Lacy is working on her dissertation which seeks to understand applied ethical themes within community oral histories records. As a first-generation college student, Lacy is determined to show other Latinas that it is possible for them to earn advanced graduate degrees. Lacy is also a certified 7th–12th grade English, Language Arts, and Reading Teacher and School Librarian in the state of Texas. She is a proud supporter of galleries, libraries, archives, and museums.

  Email: lacymolina@my.unt.edu

  , Daniella Smith

  Smith, Daniella

  Hazel Harvey Peace Endowed Professor and Director of the Information Science PhD programme in the Department of Information Science at the University of North Texas, Denton, TX, US, founding director, and current Multiple Literacies Lab co-director. She holds a PhD in Information Studies and an MLIS from Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, US. Daniella is the Association for Library and Information Science Education Director of Membership from October 2022 to October 2025. Additional leadership accomplishments include a three-term American Library Association (ALA) councillor-at-large and a founding co-chair of the ALA Code of Conduct Committee. She is a former chair of the American Association of School Librarians Educators of School Librarians Section. Her previous experience includes being a youth services librarian, a school librarian, and a public school social studies and reading teacher. Daniella is a frequent conference presenter and has published several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. She is the author of Growing Your Library Career with Social Media and coauthor of Curate: Shared Foundation. She is a versatile mixed methods researcher who uses her background knowledge in education and political and social science to inform her study of library and information science.

  Email: daniella.smith@unt.edu

  , Alissa Tudor

  Tudor, Alissa

  Recently graduated with a PhD in Information Science from the University of North Texas (UNT), US. Alissa currently works as a Research Consultant where she specialises in designing and implementing custom quantitative research projects. Before transitioning to a full time career in research, she worked as a librarian for many years. In addition to her library experience, Alissa spent over six years teaching at the middle school level. Her current research interests in information science include machine learning, data privacy, misinformation, and consumer behaviours. In addition, she also explores research related to libraries focusing on censorship, equity/access, and learning environments

  Email: alissartudor@gmail.com

  und Barbara Schultz-Jones

  Schultz-Jones, Barbara

  Retired. Served as Professor, Associate Chair, and Director of the Master of Science in Library Science or Information Science programmes at the University of North Texas, US. She is a past-Chair of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) School Libraries Section, was a member of IFLA’s Section on Education and Training and remains an active member of the International Association of School Librarianship. She and Dianne Oberg co-edited the 2015 IFLA School Library Guidelines (2015), Global Action on School Library Guidelines (2015), and Global Action on School Library Education and Training (2018). Her research centres on the school library learning environment.

  Email: barbara.schultz-jones@unt.edu