Officers
| President, Billie King (Archbishop Mitty High School) president@baisl.org Billie King's 15 years of librarianship has been divided between Saint Andrew's School in Saratoga for six years and Archbishop Mitty High School for the past nine years. She is proud to have finished her MLIS from San Jose State University in 2001 after 5 long years of night classes! She lives in Los Gatos with her husband, two old cats, and one very large fish - but that's another story. She has two grown daughters who live in San Francsico and Los Angeles. Not in order of passion, she is a hiker, a walker, a rider of bicycles, a gardener, a reader, a writer, a traveler, worker, a friend. |
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Vice-President, Lauri Vaughan (The Harker School) president@baisl.org Before becoming a teacher-librarian, Lauri Vaughan taught high school English for many years. In addition to reviewing teen fiction and professional literature for "Voice of Youth Advocates," Ms. Vaughan has served on the editorial board of "Evidence Based Library and Information Practice." Find her book blog at www.foolforbooks.blogspot.com. She is a member of the American Library Association, and the Young Adult Library Services Association. She has presented at several conferences including California Association of Independent Schools, the Internet Librarian and the Harker Teacher Institute. When she's not reading, Lauri enjoys listening to audio books, watching basketball, scrapbooking and playing with her puppy. |
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Treasurer, Marilyn Kimura (Nueva) treasurer@baisl.org Marilyn has been with the Nueva School since 1985 and librarian since 2002. Her official library motto for both children and adults is “We are a community of readers,” but “Don’t worry, be happy!” is her personal mantra. Kids, books, nature, art, travel are all means to that end. |
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Secretary, Brian Thomas (Saint Marys) secretary@baisl.org |
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Membership Director, Lori Deibel (The Branson School) membership@baisl.org |
Committees
Bylaws
Keeps current the rules governing BAISL
Brenda Brown, Chair
Members: Brenda Brown, Lissa Crider, Carolyn Karis, Jane Lesh, Judy Scudder, Diana Wild
Consortium Pricing
Coordinates purchases of products across BAISL membership
Joan Tracy, Chair
Members: Susan Bogas, Trevor Calvert, Annette Counts, Lissa Crider, Lynn Emmenegger, Danielle Farinacci, Mary Goglio, Helen Huber, Katy Lemon, Sarah Levin, Cathy Rettberg, Alexa Stoneman, Brian Thomas, Lauri Vaughn
Grant and Recognition Awards
Awards grant monies to BAISL members and recognizes members who have given excellent
service to BAISL
Robin Gluck, chair
Members: Pam Bowman, Susan Geiger, Julia Haverstock, Ann Lane, Elizabeth Price Patel, Crystal Trice
Membership Development
Work to facilitate increased membership throughout Northern California, and to re-establish regional groups (North, South, East and SF)
Ann Weber, chair
Members: Andrew Carlos, Lori Deibel, Ann Lane, Jim Sternberg, Sharon Taylor
Ning/Web Committee
Monitor and maintain the BAISL website and the BAISL NING, our organization's social networking platform. Coordinate with committee chairs as needed to support their NING and website needs.
Lissa Crider and Andrew Carlos, co-chairs
Members: Trevor Calvert, Megan Chen, Lori Deibel, Julia Haverstock, Carolyn Karis, Joyce Roby, Chad Stephenson, Brian Thomas
Position Statements
Keep abreast of important issues in school libraries and librarianship. Work with members to create cohesive and coherent stance for BAISL. Write brief position papers outlining BAISL's position on selected topics (which can be read at www.baisl.org)
Annette Counts and Marta Fuchs, co-chairs
Member: Brenda Brown



