Soline D. Holmes, MLIS (she/her/hers)

Librarian
Academy of the Sacred Heart

Soline Holmes (She/Her/Hers) is a librarian and the Information Services Department chair at Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is the Secretary (and was a Member at Large) for ALA's Graphic Novels and Comics Roundtable. She is also a co-chair of ALSC's "Children and Libraries" Editorial Advisory Committee, a member of ALSC's Public Awareness and Advocacy committee, serves on the Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award committee for K-2, and is a Teaching with Primary Sources Network Mentor. She has given presentations on graphic novels, maps, Primary Sources, Global Education, and Mother Goose and STEM at local and national conferences. Soline co-authored an article about graphic novels as informational texts for "Children and Libraries" and a chapter in ALA's "Mental Health and Children's Literature: Evaluating, Curating, and Sharing Books with Children." Soline is the proud recipient of a 2019 Judith F. Krug Banned Books Week grant for her school library, was honored to participate in ALSC's 2022 Bill Morris seminar, and enjoyed being a member of the second cohort for Online Ready: Designing Culturally Competent and Impactful K-12 Online Learning sponsored by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Presentation(s):

• Relax.  Take a Deep Breath.  Read a Comic.

  Saturday, January 28, 2023
  10:30 AM – 11:45 AM