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Congratulations to Kit Little, the first bookseller to receive the status of Certified Professional Bookseller after having completed the four courses in the Professional Booksellers School curriculum that serve as the basis for that designation.
Little has a busy career. She heads Little Extra, a bookselling consultant firm, and is executive administrator for the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association. Earlier she worked for Towne Book Center, Collegeville, Pa., as director of marketing for more than 13 years, the last five as a remote, independent consultant.
In her NAIBA role, Little was present for all of the school's classes attending as a student while also providing tech support for the class. At one point, she juggled three concurrent courses as a student while also developing classes for and teaching in the second cohort of the event management course. (She's now an instructor in that area.) "While challenging, this was an incredibly rewarding endeavor," Little said. "With nearly 15 years of event management experience and more than 25 years of management and program development experience in retail and classroom settings, I learned new and/or honed existing skills in each course I took."
Eileen Dengler, president of the Professional Booksellers School and NAIBA's executive director, said, "Kit worked very hard these past two years. She learned a lot, she contributed even more as a student and instructor, and helped us adapt the program from a student's perspective."
The Professional Booksellers School, Inc. is an independent, education nonprofit. So far, 210 booksellers have been students in the school, with 129 receiving certifications in one or more courses.