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Amy Lennex Editor

Kristin Fontichiaro is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University
of Michigan and principal investigator on the Supporting
Librarians in Adding Data Literacy Skills to Information Literacy
Instruction project (IMLS RE-00-15-0113-15). A Library Journal
Mover and Shaker and member of the American Library Association’s
inaugural class of Emerging Leaders, she has written several
books for educators, librarians, and K-12 readers.

Jo Angela Oehrli is a former high school and middle school
teacher who helps students find information on a wide range
of topics as a Learning Librarian at the University of Michigan
Libraries -- Ann Arbor. In addition, she supports the students in
the Women in Science and Engineering Residential Program and
the students in the Michigan Research Community Residential
Program as well as undergraduates across campus. She has published
articles on library instruction, served as Chair of ALA LIRT’s
Top Twenty Committee, serves on the ACRL Instruction Section
Executive Board & the LOEX Advisory Board, and has worked as
an adjunct lecturer for UM’s School of Information & the College
of Literature, Science and the Arts. She also supports the research
and instructional needs for those throughout the university community
who are studying children’s literature at any level.

Amy Lennexhas worked in the publishing industry for nearly 20 years editing series nonfiction, middle-grade fiction, and picture books. She’s also the author of Personal Data Management, part of the eight-book Data Geek series published by Cherry Lake Publishing. She provided project management and editing support for the Supporting Librarians in Adding Data Literacy Skills to Information Literacy Instruction project.