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.  

Among numerous publications he is the current writer for the World Public Library’s Blog.