And Now Introducing ...

~ CAROLYN ~

LIBRARIAN
RESEARCHER
WRITER

Some of MY WORK
plus EDUCATION
and MORE
 

 AOL Children's Writers Chat Host (Lyn), Thursday evenings, 9-10 PM Eastern Time, Summer 2005 - present

As Lyn the Internet Librarian at AOL's THE BOOK BAG, I wrote articles on literary subjects, often in response to teen and pre-teen visitors' questions / I also advised teen and pre-teen readers looking for "good reads" and homework tips / I also researched Web sites and suggested to TBB which ones might find THE BOOK BAG interesting

Web Site Evaluator and Site Evaluation Writer for www.studyweb.com - in subjects including school media centers, music, science, religion, and stamp collecting

Web Site Evaluator (with Recommendations) for Montessori Teacher Education Organization of New York

Writer of Abstracts of Literary Magazine Articles for ABSTRACTS OF ENGLISH STUDIES

Writer of Articles and Bibliographies for Magazines for Librarians (e.g., NEW LIBRARY SCENE, CHRISTIAN LIBRARIAN)

Reviewer of Books and Audiovisual Items for children, high school and college students, in THE BOOK TALKER, LIBRARY JOURNAL, MOMENTUM [a publication of the National Catholic Education Association], ST ANTHONY MESSENGER, PREVIEWS (of media items), and more 

Assistant Librarian - Cataloging Department - in Library of the New York Botanical Garden, and in the Library of Pace University (New York City)

Editorial Assistant For A Professor of Library and Information Science while she wrote a book on Information Science and Technology

Assistant to Professors of Humanities and Cataloging - in Division of Library and Information Science, St. John's University (Queens County, New York City)

Student Library Assistant (Queensborough Community College Library, Queens, NY)

EDUCATION

Masters Degree in English and America Literature and Masters Degree in Library and Information Science (both at St. John's University)

BA Degree in English and American Literature (Hunter College, New York City)    

AA Degree in Liberal Arts (Queensborough Community College) Diploma - Writing for Children and Teenagers - Institute of Children's Writers

AWARDS

Biographical Entry in 60th Anniversary Edition of WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA (2006)Biographical Entry in 25th Anniversary Edition of WHO'S WHO OF AMERICAN WOMEN 2006-2007

Invited to contribute biographical essay to upcoming SOMETHING ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)