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Beth Wrenn-Estes
Lecturer, San José State University School of Information

Beth Wrenn-Estes

Beth Wrenn-Estes is a lecturer at the San José State University School of Information. She has been teaching courses in the youth services career pathway of the iSchool’s MLIS program for twelve years. Previously, she worked at Lone Tree Library in Douglas County, Colorado as a youth services librarian and was responsible for both programming and services. Fueled by her passion for libraries and youth, Wrenn-Estes is currently researching Early Childhood Literacy and Learning in library and non-library environments.

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Kim Dority
Founder and President of Dority & Associates

Kim Dority

Kim Dority, MLIS, is president of Dority Associates, an information strategy and content development practice she founded in 2000. In addition, she works with students and alumni for the San José State University iSchool program as their consulting career coach while also teaching as an adjunct instructor for the Kent State University School of Information MLIS program. She has authored dozens of articles and several books on LIS career topics, most notably Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals, 2d ed (2016). In addition, Ms.