Background
Petty, Jenny Beth was born on October 11, 1941 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Robert Lee and Gladys Marie (Morgan) McAllister.
Petty, Jenny Beth was born on October 11, 1941 in Houston, Texas, United States. Daughter of Robert Lee and Gladys Marie (Morgan) McAllister.
Bachelor in French and English, Ouachita Baptist College, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, 1962. Postgraduate, Maryville College, St. Louis. Master of Arts in Liberal Studies, University Missouri, Columbia, 1983.
Doctor of Philosophy in Liberal Studies, Texas Woman's University, 1993.
Teacher French and English Stamps (Arkansas) High School, 1962-1963. Elementary library Lonedell (Missouri) R-14 School, 1978-1980, Rockwood School District, St. Louis, 1980-1985, elementary media specialist, high school media specialist, 1980—1987. Periodicals library, assistant professor Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, since 1988.
Professor, coordinator library science education Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, since 1999. Member Missouri Department Elementary & Secondary Education Library. Standards Committee; co-founder Children's & Young Adult Book Review Board.
Member American Library Association, American Association School Libraries, Association College Research Libraries, Library Association Information Science Educators, Missouri Association School Libraries Arkansas Library. Association (president 1996, chair college/university division 1994-1995), Southeastern Library. Association (chair conference 1998), Arkansas Traveller Storytelling Association (advisory board 1996-1998), Children's Literature Association, Missouri Association School Libraries.
Married Clyde Lee Tinsley, August 10, 1962 (divorced September 1980). Children: Thomas Earl, Tonia Elise, Tana Elaine, Trent Lee. Married William Charles Petty, March 26, 1983.