Simmons College

Professor Kimball, who began at GSLIS in Spring 2009, received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where she also got her M.S. degree in Library and Information Science. Her primary area of research is in youth services in public libraries, literature for youth, and the history of public libraries as social and cultural institutions. Kimball has published articles in Library Trends, Public Libraries, and Teacher-Librarian, among others.

Courses Taught

LIS 412: Library Programs & Services for Young Adults
LIS 415: Information Organization
LIS 423: Storytelling
LIS 481: Children's Literature and Media Collections
LIS 483: Young Adult Literature
LIS 531P: Foundations of Library and Information Science

Curriculum Vitae