G. Edward Evans, PhD, is a semi-retired, award-winning author and Fulbright Scholar. He holds several graduate degrees in anthropology and library and information science. Throughout his career, he has been an administrator, researcher, teacher, and writer. As a researcher, he has published in both anthropology and LIS and held a Fulbright Fellowship and a National Science Foundation Fellowship. His teaching experience has also been in both fields in the United States and the Nordic countries, in particular at the Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Evans has substantial administrative experience at private academic libraries such as Harvard University and Loyola Marymount University. He retired from full-time work as associate academic vice president for libraries and information resources at Loyola Marymount University. Evans consults at the Museum of Northern Arizona library and archives and at the Flagstaff City–Coconino County Library System.

Margaret Zarnosky Saponaro, MLS, is head of collection development, University of Maryland Libraries. Her prior work experience includes serving as manager of staff learning and development at the University of Maryland, as associate director of learning resources at the Alexandria Campus of Northern Virginia Community College, and as librarian for the College of Human Resources at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Saponaro has also served as an adjunct faculty member for the University of Virginia and is currently a member of the American Library Association, ACRL, and the Special Libraries Association. She holds a master's degree in library science from the University of California, Los Angeles, with postgraduate work in the areas of personnel programs and public administration. Her research interests are in the areas of collection management, instruction, and emerging technologies in libraries.

Holland Christie, MLS, is the public services manager at the Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library where she supervises the Reference, Circulation, and Youth Services departments. She is responsible for collection development, policies and procedures, programming, and a small archive. Christie holds a master's degree in library science from the University of Arizona and a bachelor's degree in English from Northern Arizona University. She has served as a contributing editor on several fiction and non-fiction titles. Christie also has a diverse work history outside of the library world, including experience in the hospitality industry.

Carol Sinwell, MLIS, EdD, is dean emeritus at Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC). She received a master's degree in education and a doctorate in education leadership from the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education and a Masters in Library and Information Systems at Catholic University. She teaches in the Masters of Social Foundations in Education program at the University of Virginia. After teaching in K–12 schools for more than 11 years, Sinwell entered Fairfax County Public Library System where she developed a broad array of management skills serving as a children's librarian, reference librarian, and branch manager. In 2003, she received the American Library Association's Movers and Shakers award that recognizes the 50 Most Innovative Librarians in the United States and Canada for the year, and was an "Outstanding NVCC Woman" for Women's History Month.