Professional
biography for John S. Guagliardo.
Dr.
John Salvatore Guagliardo III, is the current Executive Director of The World Public
Library Association and its regional branches, The School eBook Library, and
World eBook Library. He is also the Director
Project Gutenberg Consortia Center and Project Gutenberg Self-Publishing. He volunteers for a number of organizations,
such as The Library and Information Academic Advisory Board for the University
of Hawaii, The Read America Challenge, and The Blue Ribbon Free Speech
Campaign. He was the 2001 President for
the Hawaii Library Association, the state chapter of the American Library
Association. He is a member of ALA,
AALA, HASL, HLA, and SLA. Prior to his
work in the Internet library field John was an English teacher, he has taught
classes in California, Hawaii, Mexico, and China. He received both a Bachelor of Arts and a
Masters of Art in English literature from San Diego State University, and his
PhD in philosophy from the International University of Cultural Studies in
Washington D.C. He pursued his second
PhD in the field of Literature at the University of Hawaii at Mano and a Master’s
in Education (M.E.D) at Chaminade University in Hawaii.