Professional Activities

Laura Pearle

Memberships:

• American Library Association
  • American Association of School Librarians division  – Independent School Section
  • Young Adult Library Service Association division

• Hudson Valley Library Association

• International Society for Technology in Education

Committees:

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults selection committee member (2012)

AASL Appointments Committee member(2011 – 2013)

YALSA Publications Advisory Board (2010 – 2012)

ALA Nominating Committee member(2010 – 2011)

YALSA Strategic Planning Committee member (2009 – 2010)

NYSAIS Evaluation Visiting Committee for Rodeph Sholom School (February 2009)

AASL School Library Media Month Committee member (2009 – 2011)

Co-moderator, AASLBlog (2005-2009)

AASL Nominating Committee member (2008 – 2009)

AASL Publications Committee member (2007 – 2009)

NYSAIS Evaluation Visiting Committee for Brooklyn Friends School (April 2004)

AASL Web Planning Committee member (2003 – 2005)

Associate Editor, Knowledge Quest on the Web (2003 – 2005)

AASL Mentoring Committee (2003-2004)

New York City School Library System Council member (2000-2004), Council Secretary (2002-2004)

NYSAIS Evaluation Visiting Committee for St. Ann’s School (February 2002)

ALSC Library Service to Children with Special Needs and their Caregivers committee member (2001-2003)

HVLA, Communications Coordinator, (1998 – 2004)

Editorial Board member, Knowledge Quest (1999 – 2003)

“Book of the Year” award panel (Foreward magazine, February 2000, 2002)

NYSAIS Evaluation Visiting Committee for Saint Ann’s School (Brooklyn NY, February 2002)