2. Buffy Hamilton
Buffy Hamilton is the librarian at Creekview High School in Canton,
Georgia. A 20 year veteran educator, Hamilton's research
and practitioner interests include participatory learning and culture,
ethnographic studies, digital composition, critical pedagogy, and social
scholarship. Hamilton is a 2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, a 2011
winner of the (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) Cutting
Edge Library Service Award, the 2010 Georgia Library Media Specialist of
the Year, and a 2010 National School Boards Association Technology
Leadership Network “20 to Watch”. She blogs at The Unquiet Librarian,
winner of the 2011 Salem Press Best School Library Blog Award. When
she isn’t in the library, Hamilton enjoys running, reading poetry, playing
with her two long-hair dachshunds, shopping, enjoying great music, and
photography.
3. Jan Reed
Jan Reed has been in education since 1979—first as a math
teacher and then later as a science teacher. This is her 21st year
as a media specialist. She is a Georgia native with one son who is
a graduate of Woodstock High School; she is also a proud
grandmother with one grandson! Her favorite authors include
Ken Follett, Michael Crichton, Sue Grafton, Janet Evanovich, and
Carl Hiaasen. When she isn’t reading, Ms. Reed enjoys hiking
and cooking. Reed’s areas of specialty include cataloging,
reader’s advisory, and collection development as well as
reference. Reed currently splits her library workday between
Sequoyah High School and Creekview High School.