Shake Up
Kathy Ishizuka was laid off from her position as Editor in Chief of School Library Journal late last month when Media Source, Inc. (MSI), the journal’s holding company, announced a “strategic repositioning” across the company.
Kathy joined SLJ in 2004 as technology editor and rose to the position of executive editor until she became editor in chief in 2020. Kathy is a champion of libraries, literacy, and free speech. She’s the person who brought me to SLJ, giving me the opportunity to stretch just a bit. I will be forever grateful. I’m sure she’s finding new ways to stretch herself while feeding her many passions.
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Be well and do good, Kathy!
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About Edith Campbell
Edith Campbell is Librarian in the Cunningham Memorial Library at Indiana State University. She is a member of WeAreKidlit Collective, and Black Cotton Reviewers. Edith has served on selection committees for the YALSA Printz Award, ALSC Sibert Informational Text Award, ALAN Walden Book Award, the Walter Award, ALSC Legacy Award, and ALAN Nielsen Donelson Award. She is currently a member of ALA, BCALA, NCTE NCTE/ALAN, REFORMA, YALSA and ALSC. Edith has blogged to promote literacy and social justice in young adult literature at Cotton Quilt Edi since 2006. She is a mother, grandmother, gardener and quilter.
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Kathy has been an incredible guide and editor – keeping SLJ current and abreast of what matters to school librarians. Her wide range of knowledge and interest, her many personal connections with librarians in the field and her professionalism are unparalleled. So disappointed in this step.- what a misguided move.
So disappointed in this move. I fear for the future of SLJ.