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This dynamic approach to an exciting form of teaching and learning will inspire students to gain insights and complex thinking skills from the school library, their community, and the wider world.

Carol Collier Kuhlthau is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Library and Information Science at Rutgers University, USA, where she served as department chair and director of the Library and Information Science Master's Degree Program. Kuhlthau is internationally recognized for her groundbreaking research on the information search process. She has received numerous awards including the American Society of Information Science and Technology (ASIST) Merit Award and the ASIST Research in Information Science Award; the Association of Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Information Science and Library Education; the American Library Association (ALA) Shera Award for the Outstanding Research; and the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Distinguished Service Award. Her publications include Seeking Meaning: A Process Approach to Library and Information Services and Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century.

LESLIE K. MANIOTES is a premier subject matter expert on inquiry learning. She serves BLV Consulting as CEO and as the lead education consultant providing professional development, coaching and guidance to educators and educational leaders worldwide. Leslie holds a PhD in curriculum and instruction from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research on the Third Space in learning has served as a critical touchpoint to GID bolstering the focus on student engaged learning.

ANN K. CASPARI is education specialist at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum and director of a professional development program for preschool teachers in the District of Columbia Public Schools on inquiry science for young learners. With more than 20 years of experience in museum education, Caspari has worked in diverse institutions such as the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., Calvert Marine Museum in Maryland, and the Paul Revere House in Boston. She was senior museum educator at the Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center for nine years where she led professional development seminars for educators and museum professionals in using museum resources with young children.