Gail Bush, Ph.D.
Gail Bush, Ph.D.
Director, Library Sequence, Language & Literacy
Co-Director, Center for Teaching Through Children's Books
National-Louis University
North Shore Campus
5202 Old Orchard Road
Skokie, IL 60077
224-233-2522
Gail.bush@nl.edu
Gail Bush, Ph.D., is a professor in the reading and language department, director of the school library program, and director of the Center for Teaching through Children's Books at National-Louis University in Skokie, Illinois. Gail's academic background includes a bachelor's degree in anthropology, master's degree in library science, and doctorate in educational psychology.
Previously Gail administered academic and corporate libraries. Gail was the curriculum librarian in a suburban Chicago high school which was honored with the 1996 National School Library Media Program of the Year Award by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and Follett Library Resources. Gail was named North Suburban Library System School Librarian of the Year in 1998-99 for her leadership in collaboration between her school program and the local public library. In 2007, Gail received the Illinois School Library Media Association Polestar Award for outstanding contributions to school libraries in Illinois and in 2008 was recognized as the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana Graduate School of Library and Information Science Distinguished Alumnae. Gail also serves as a public library trustee for the Evanston Public Library in Evanston, Illinois.
A frequent speaker, Gail publishes in education and library journals. The School Buddy System: The Practice of Collaboration was published by ALA Editions in 2003 and Every Student Reads: Collaboration and Reading to Learn was published by AASL in 2005. Forthcoming publications include Knowledge Quest v. 38, no. 1: The Issue is Questions (AASL, September, 2009; guest editor); Best of KQ: Civic Engagement, Social Justice and Equity (AASL, 2009; edited volume); and Tales Out of the School Library: Dispositions in Action (Libraries Unlimited, 2010; co-authored with Dr. Jami Jones).