David V. Loertscher has degrees from the University of Utah, the University of Washington and a Ph.D. from Indiana University. He has been a school library media specialist in Nevada and Idaho at both the elementary and secondary school levels. He has taught at Purdue University, The University of Arkansas, The University of Oklahoma, and is presently a professor at the School of Information at San José State University. He served as head of the editorial department at Libraries Unlimited for ten years and is President of Hi Willow Research & Publishing (distributed by LMC Source at www.lmcsource.com). He has been a president of the American Association of School Librarians.

Fran Kompar is a 25-year veteran in Library Media and Digital Learning, recently retired as the Director of Digital Learning for Wilton Public Schools in Connecticut. She led a district-wide digital learning transformation and reimagined school libraries as Library Learning Commons. She has been recognized with the CASL Administrator of the Year Award (2007) and the Hilda and John Jay Award (2015) for her contributions to the profession. Now an educational consultant, she focuses on the evolving role of Library Media Specialists in the age of AI.