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Bios
Senior Editor
Mary Keelan, Mary Keelan,
Director for Development, Advocacy, and Media, Mid-Hudson Library System,
Poughkeepsie,New York (ret.); Independent Consultant to Libraries and
Non-profits, has specialized in media librarianship since 1983,
serving as Department Head for AV Services; coordinator of the New York
State Film and Video Database; cofounder of the NYS Public Library System
Video Consortium; manager of the Video Health Information Project; chair
of ALA Video Round Table; author and lecturer on copyright and censorship
issues. She has been an advisor to the Library Media Project since 1992.
Mary Keelan's Essay - Creating Your
Library Core Collection
Panelists
Peter Davis is a
filmmaker who has concentrated on social and political documentaries.
He has worked in Sweden, Britain, Canada and the United States,
and was particularly concerned with South Africa during the apartheid
period. His best-known work is probably In Darkest Hollywood,
a two part documentary on cinema and apartheid, and he produced
a book on the same subject. Some of his other films include Generations
of Resistance and Winnie and Nelson Mandela.
Peter Davis' Essay - Viewing
Aging and the Human Condition
Jean Haynes was a
fan of Independent film before she became a film librarian at
the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System in Western New York,
more than thirty years ago. Now semi-retired, she retains her
membership in the media community by working with students in
a video project at Jamestown High School. She programs film and
video for libraries and art galleries, and participates in a
video history project. As a Film/Video Librarian, Jean received
the Joan Clark Award for Excellence in Media Librarianship and
worked with the New York Library Association Film - Video Roundtable
for many years.
Jean Haynes' Essay - Community
Programming Around the Issues of Aging
John F. dos Santos,
Ph.D. is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and former Director
of the Gerontology Center at the University of Notre Dame. He
is a trustee of the Retirement Research Foundation, a member
of the Board of Directors of the Alliance for Aging Research
and Editor Emeritus of Gerontology & Geriatrics Education,
a multidisciplinary journal. He received his doctoral degree
from Tulane University and his research, teaching and service
experience has included a broad scope of programs in geropsychology.
Dr. John F. dos Santos' Essay - The
Owl Awards for Video in a Changing Society
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