About Jenny Bossaller Books
Jenny S. Bossaller is associate professor at the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri. Prior to that she was assistant professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. She was coauthor of the third edition of Introduction to Public Librarianship. She has received grant support to prepare dozens of students to work in public libraries. She received the ALISE/ Connie Van Fleet Award for Research Excellence in Public Library Services to Adults in 2022. Denice Adkins is professor and associate director of the School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri, and former coeditor of the Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. She earned her MLS and PhD from the University of Arizona. Prior to her academic career, Adkins was a public librarian serving diverse communities in the southwestern United States. Her additional past experiences include a Fulbright Scholarship to Honduras and a Fulbright Specialist to India, as well as serving as president and treasurer of REFORMA, executive board for ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education), and councilor-at-large for ALA.
