Neil Grimes

Neil Grimes is the Education and Curriculum Materials Librarian at the David and Lorraine Cheng Library in Wayne, New Jersey and a former school library media specialist. Recently, he co-presented at the 2023 ACRL Conference on a panel for academic librarians on how academic libraries address mental health and well-being of both their students and themselves. Previously, Neil presented a conference session at the 2021 AASL Conference in Salt Lake City titled Virtual Library Outreach to Support the Virtual Teaching and Learning Experiences of Faculty and Students: Supporting Teachers and Students in a Local School District. Additionally, he had an article titled Real Men Read–A library led reading initiative program published in March of 2021 in the peer-reviewed journal, College & Undergraduate Libraries and had an article titled the Power and Possibilities of Partnerships for Schools and Students published in August/September 2022 in the peer-reviewed journal, Knowledge Quest. Neil currently serves on ALA’s EBSS Curriculum Materials Center Committee and the Committee on Education. Additionally, he is currently serving as the co-chair of the New Jersey Library Association’s Professional Development Committee. Neil also presently serves on the New Jersey Library Association-College and Universities Section/Academic College and Research Libraries Marketing and Outreach Committee.

Publications

Educational Technology and the Pre-K-12 Environment: Implications for Education Leaders, Teachers, and Students
Educational Technology and the Pre-K-12 Environment: Implications for Education Leaders, Teachers, and Students
Neil Grimes. © 2025. 21 pages.
Educational technology has accelerated in recent years, and it has had a profound impact on current teaching and learning in the Pre-K-12 environment. In future years...
Academic and School Library Partnerships: An Organization-Led Collaboration
Academic and School Library Partnerships: An Organization-Led Collaboration
Gary Marks, Jr., Neil Grimes, Bonnie Lafazan. © 2023. 22 pages.
This case study serves as a successful example of an external academic librarian-school librarian statewide partnership for other academic librarians in the United States to...
How Libraries Support the Mental Health and Wellness Needs of Communities and Library Workers
How Libraries Support the Mental Health and Wellness Needs of Communities and Library Workers
Neil Grimes, Genevieve R. Innes, Linda M. Salvesen. © 2023. 32 pages.
The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the urgent need for mental health and wellness resources for individuals and communities. Public libraries play a central role in democratic...