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.
Courses
- 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
Shout-outs from Students and Alums
Rachel Kovar ’20 ’23MS Draws on Social Work Background as a School Library Teacher
What brought you to Simmons to study Social Work? I wanted to be in Massachusetts. I fell in love with the area, then discovered all of the women-centered colleges and toured the schools. When I visited Simmons, I loved that...
Michelle Laflamme ’22MS Awarded 2021 Audrey Friend Scholarship
Awarded annually by the Massachusetts School Library Association, Laflamme was selected for her passion for education and her desire to model the tenets of social justice, nurture cultural appreciation, promote quality information-seeking behavior.