We are delighted to announce that Erica Clay, Emily Rozmus, and Brandi Young have joined INFOhio as ILibrarians. 

The new ILibrarian position was created to support statewide projects and provide extra help to school librarians who are stretched too thin across multiple responsibilities and buildings. For example, the ILibrarians will research ways to effectively use the latest digital tools in instruction and share them with librarians and classroom teachers. They are also working to increase cooperation with public and university libraries and investigating new ways to improve literacy with online resources.

"I am grateful to the state decision makers who provided INFOhio the resources to offer innovative library and classroom support across the state," said INFOhio Executive Director Theresa M. Fredericka. "The ILibrarians will dramatically increase our ability to help others effectively use digital tools to improve teaching and learning."  

Meet Our New ILibrarians

Erica Clay earned a BA in English and music from Wright State and a master of humanities from Wright State before earning a master's degree in library science from Indiana University. She has more than 10 years' work experience, including as an early childhood teacher and elementary music teacher. Most recently, she was the Humanities Librarian at Wright State and the Library Director of the University of Northwestern Ohio.

Emily Rozmus earned a BS in education from Bowling Green and a master's in education-library science from Wright State. She has worked for Mechanicsburg Exempted Village Schools for 20 years, first as an English teacher and later as a K-12 library media specialist. Since 2011, she has held both positions.

Brandi Young earned a BS in education from Ohio University and a master's degree in library and information science from Kent State. She taught English in Newark City Schools before moving into a middle school library program there. For the last year, she has been the media specialist at three elementary schools in Westerville City Schools.

ILibrarian Focus Areas

Erica will focus on increasing online information literacy skills for students, coordinating services with OhioLINK, and connecting students to online learning modules through virtual reference techniques.

Emily will explore how to better align INFOhio resources with standards, assessment, and professional practice; connect with public libraries to improve literacy and support the Third Grade Reading Guarantee; and create blended learning modules to support digital learning at public,  charter, and online schools.

Brandi will promote online reading programs for students, investigate classroom applications for Web 2.0 curation technologies, and explore the best ways to support student achievement with new technologies.

If you need to earn a CEU or just want to learn something new, log in to one of INFOhio's upcoming webinars.