The North Carolina Reading Association welcomes Washington, NC native Alan R. Bailey as our new Author Liaison. Bringing over 30 years of library experience (including serving as Associate Professor and Head of the Teaching Resources Center at East Carolina University’s Joyner Library) Alan has dedicated more than two decades to youth collection development. A decorated librarian holding degrees from ECU and NCCU, he authored Building a Core Print Collection for Preschoolers, served on the prestigious Randolph Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Book Award committees, and was inducted into the ECU Educators Hall of Fame as a lifelong advocate for reading and literacy.

Email:  baileya@ecu.edu