Melanie Kimball
Associate Professor and Director, School Library Teacher Concentration
Melanie Kimball, who began at SLIS in Spring 2009, received her doctorate from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she also got her master's degree in library and information science. Kimball has published articles in Library Trends, Public Libraries, and Teacher-Librarian, among others.
What I Teach
- LIS 412: Library Programs & Services for Young Adults
- LIS 423: Storytelling
- LIS 481: Children's Literature and Media Collections
- LIS 482: Library Programs and Services to Children
- LIS 483: Young Adult Literature
- LIS 531P: Foundations of Library and Information Science
Research/Creative Activities
- Youth services in public libraries
- Literature for youth
- The history of public libraries as social and cultural institutions