Gail Junion-Metz

Gail has been having a wonderful time the last seven years teaching librarians, teachers, and kids about the Internet, World Wide Web, and information resources available online. As an academic librarian, Gail developed Internet workshops for faculty, staff, and students. As head of her own training and consulting firm, Information Age Consultants, Ms. Metz instructs public and school librarians, patrons, K-12 teachers, and students of all ages and interests. Her goal is to make learning about the Internet interesting, easy, and mostly importantly, fun!

In addition to teaching Internet workshops all over the U.S. and Canada, Gail also likes to write about the Net. She is most widely known for her column entitled "The Librarian's Internet" which is featured monthly in School Library Journal. Ms. Metz has also written four Internet books. Ms. Metz has also had articles published in Public Libraries, School Library Journal, The Internet Business Journal, College and Research Libraries, Library Resources and Technical Services, and Ohio Media Spectrum.

In addition to teaching and publishing Gail is also an active member of the American Library Association. She has served as editor for the Library and Information Technology Association's (LITA) newsletter and has spoken at several ALA, AASL, and PLA national conferences, as well as lots of statewide conferences for librarians and teachers.

Ms. Metz holds a Master of Arts degree in Library Science and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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