Tuesday, August 31, 2010

How Many of These Thought Leaders Do You Recognize?

In his August 29 post to the Blue Skunk Blog, Doug Johnson posted a list of 72 leading thinkers in "libraryland." How many of these leaders do you recognize?

  1. Alice Yucht
  2. Amy Oberts
  3. Anita Beaman
  4. Annette Lamb
  5. Barbara Jansen
  6. Barbara Stripling
  7. Bob Berkowitz
  8. Brenda Anderson
  9. Buffy Hamilton
  10. Carl Harvey
  11. Carol Gordon
  12. Carol Kuhlthou
  13. Carol Simpson
  14. Carolyn Foote
  15. Cathy Jo Nelson
  16. Chris Harris
  17. Daniel Callison
  18. David Loertscher
  19. David Warlick
  20. Deb Levitov
  21. Deb Logan
  22. Debbie Abilock
  23. Diane Chen
  24. Diane Cordell
  25. Dianne McKenzie
  26. Donna Baumbach
  27. Doug Achterman
  28. Ernie Cox
  29. Fran Bullington
  30. Frances Jacobson Harris
  31. Gary Hartzell
  32. Gail Dickinson
  33. Gwyneth Jones
  34. Heather Loy
  35. Hilda Weisburg
  36. Jacquie Henry
  37. Jamie McKenzie
  38. Jeri Hurd
  39. Jim Randolph
  40. Joyce Valenza
  41. Judi Moreillon
  42. Judy O'Connell
  43. Karen Kliegman
  44. Keith Curry Lance
  45. Ken Haycock
  46. Kristin Fontichiaro
  47. Laura Pearle
  48. Laurie Conzemius
  49. Leigh Ann Jones
  50. Leslie Farmer
  51. Lisa Perez
  52. Marcia Mardis
  53. Mary Alice Anderson
  54. Mary Ann Bell
  55. Mary Ann Fitzgerald
  56. Mary Woodard
  57. Mike Eisenberg
  58. Nancy Everhart
  59. Nicola McNee
  60. Patricia Carmichael
  61. Rob Darrow
  62. Rob Rubis
  63. Ross Todd
  64. Sandra Hughes-Hassell
  65. Sara Kelly Johns
  66. Shannon Miller
  67. Shelee King George
  68. Stephen Abram
  69. Stephen Krashen
  70. Susan Sedro
  71. Vi Harada
  72. Wendy Stephens

Granted, there are some names on this list that I don't know, but I posit that if you aren't familiar with most of these leaders, you need to step up your professional development efforts.  This is where a statewide or local PLN could be beneficial, as it would be inefficient for all of us to follow everyone.  What do you think?

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