the most respected brands and best minds in the world of children s young adult and adult media to serve the library community . whether you are a librarian looking for publications and services to fine tune and streamline your collection development efforts or are a supplier to the library market in search of an innovative and flexible partner to help you get your message across media source can help . your services have made life so much easier for me and over the 5 or 6 years that i have been purchasing subscriptions from you i have come to trust your choices and have confidence that each order will contain good stuff it s like christmas jennifer cude ray unified school district 3 i didn t think i would like jlg because i like to pick my own books but now wouldn t give it up it really is a great program janienne brown baines middle school while i was a school librarian i used half my budget on jlg the books always met my needs . i often purchased additional copies of jlg because i found it so very easy to work with the organization and my rep. denise keogh past president association of indiana school library educators tipton high school junior library guild has provided an excellent selection of books and outstanding service for all the years of my association with your company . thank you and keep up the good work vicki davis st. james school library their website is intuitive their resources are comprehensive their prices are very competitive and their customer service is excellent . we can not find a better one stop source for juvenile and children literature than junior library guild . rogelio hinojosa acquisitions librarian texas a & m international university we love jlg here at st. francis . each month when the box arrives it is like opening up a treasure box the multitude of reading levels offered by jlg enables our faculty to differentiate their reading instruction and offer students high quality fiction and non fiction books . karen m. wynne principal st. francis de sales school media source inc. mission our fundamental purpose is to help librarians teachers parents and others to better serve readers appetite for lifelong learning and enjoyment . vision inspiring and enabling lifelong reading and learning our companies junior library guild junior library guild founded in 1929 provides collection development services to more than 20 000 school and public libraries throughout north america . this unique service reviews and selects children s and young adult books prior to their publication . new release jlg selections are placed into one of 66 levels ranging from prekindergarten to adult crossover and are then shipped to member libraries on a monthly basis . the horn book magazine first published in 1924 the horn book magazine provides its readership with in depth reviews of the best new books for children and young adults as well as features articles and editorials in each issue . the horn book guide provides comprehensive coverage of the world of children s books . published twice annually each issue gives a review and a numerical rating for every hardcover children s book published in the united states during the previous publishing season . school library journal more than 100 000 librarians who work with students in public and school libraries read school library journal . each monthly issue of slj includes reviews of children s and young adult books audio and multimedia products as well as news features and columns that deliver the perspective resources and leadership tools necessary for its readers to become indispensable players in their schools and libraries . library journal founded in 1876 library journal is one of the oldest and most respected publications covering the library field . over 100 000 library directors administrators and staff in public academic and special libraries read lj . in its twenty annual issues library journal reviews nearly 7 000 books and provides coverage of technology management policy and other professional concerns . meet our team steve zales ceo media source inc. steve zales was named ceo of media source in september 2016 . he brings a wealth of experience in building content driven and information services businesses across a range of categories . steve has led and built new b2b and consumer businesses for large corporations including time warner and disney and run small companies and consulting firms . in all of his roles over the past 20 years he has driven digital transformation franchise extension and new market and product development for well established brands . steve s experience includes 13 years at time inc. in a variety of roles including president of the lifestyle digital business and founding vp gm of cnnsportsillustrated svp gm at espn internet group and president and ceo of spencer stuart talent network . steve is a graduate of dartmouth college and earned his mba from kellogg school of management at northwestern university . email dave myers cfo media source inc. dave joined media source in july 2007 following riverside s acquisition in april 2007 and was named cfo in october 2007 . prior to joining media source he spent thirteen years in the software industry including the role of treasurer and controller for a public company with other long stints in the banking industry and the warehousing distributing logistics industry . dave is a cpa licensed in ohio and a member of the ohio society of cpas and the american institute of cpas . he graduated cum laude with a b.s. in accounting from franklin university in columbus ohio . linkedin email andrew thorne vp marketing media source inc. andrew is responsible for brand strategy and coordination of marketing efforts across all media source business units . he brings to media source considerable marketing and publishing experience with strengths in customer acquisition direct marketing marketing analytics and product development . previous positions include svp of marketing for oakstone publishing vp of marketing at oxmoor house and vp group circulation director for belvoir publications . andrew has an undergraduate degree in education from colgate university and an mba in marketing and finance from university of connecticut . he joined media source in february 2008 . twitter linkedin email sean lockwood vp sales junior library guild sean provides leadership to the sales team at junior library guild . his prior position was vice president of sales at world book inc. in chicago il where he lead the combined domestic and international sales teams in the school public library and consumer market segments and supervised the digital products development team . prior to world book lockwood was the director of new business development and a regional sales manager with qsp a division of time inc. he is a graduate of concordia college in moorhead mn . email david greenough group publisher school library journal david serves as the group publisher for school library journal library journal and the horn book inc. his background includes time at sourcemedia as publisher of securities industry news where he later became vice president and group publisher for sm s business technology group . in 2008 he joined the global association of risk professionals garp where he launched risk professional magazine and developed a global media operation . prior experience includes roles at goldhirsh group s high technology and world executive s digest magazines the economist group s cfo and cfo enterprises technology startup prodigy services company and world affairs television . he holds a b.a. in english from boston college . email rebecca t. miller editorial director school library journal and library journal rebecca has 19 years of editorial experience and was named editorial director in 2013 . her deep background in libraries dates to 1998 when she joined the book review staff of the library journal . in the intervening years serving as executive editor for lj and subsequently editor in chief of school library journal she helped launch several new products including criticas magazine and library by design as well as driving the evolution of the content strategy of these two key brands through the development of digital outlets original research and the development of virtual and face to face events and professional development initiatives . prior to joining media source she worked at utne reader . she also served on the board of the national book critics circle for six years two as president . she has a ba from depauw university and an mslis from pratt institute . twitter linkedin email gerard s. nemeth operations director media source inc. gerry is operations director at media source . responsibilities include the selection development and implementation of all tactical and strategic systems in support of business operations including it initiatives and all project management activities and facilities management . nemeth directs the magazine production activities for the library journal and school library journal and he oversees all post sales activities for junior library guild including customer service warehousing processing and shipping operations . he has an undergraduate degree from university of pittsburgh and an mba from regis university . linkedin email susan marston editorial director junior library guild susan has worked at the jlg for 23 years . the sixth editorial director since the company s founding in 1929 susan is responsible for the title selection of children s and young adult trade titles each year for the jlg collection development service with chief considerations including quality unit price availability and publication dates . in 2013 alone jlg selections won 21 awards from the american library association as well numerous other prestigious awards . a former teacher susan holds a b.a. from franklin and marshall college and a med from cabrini college . linkedin email roy futterman advertising director school library journal and library journal roy has been working in the library market at library journal & school library journal for 20 years joining cahners publishing in 1994 . over the years roy has won various sales achievement awards including five straight years as a reed business president club winner . roy became advertising director in 2004 and is responsible for all paid advertising within the portfolio of print online & live events offered by lj & slj . roy has created several new content marketing products that helped the lj slj brands bring an integrated product line to the marketplace . in addition to managing the sales team which enables roy the opportunity to interact with a sizable account base roy maintains the largest territory and revenue base within the sales group . roy has a b.a. from suny oneonta . twitter linkedin email roger sutton editor in chief the horn book inc. roger sutton has been editor in chief at the horn book since 1996 . previously the editor of the bulletin of the center for children s books and a children s and young adult librarian roger has an m.a. from the graduate library school university of chicago . for young people he is the author of hearing us out voices from the gay and lesbian community an ala best book for young adults ; and with horn book executive editor martha v. parravano the author of a family of readers the book lover s guide to children s and young adult literature . roger has served as a judge for the newbery caldecott national book award and the new york times best illustrated books and is the recipient of several edpress awards for contributions to school library journal and the horn book magazine . twitter linkedin email numbers for thought jlg satisfied customers school library journal readership library journal readership horn book readership notable moments january 21 2009 media source acquires the horn book inc. media source acquires the horn book inc. view article 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