Belinda Boon is an Assistant Professor at Kent State University's  School of Library and Information Science at the Columbus, OH campus where she teaches "Selection & Acquisition,"  "Foundations of Library and Information Science" and "Library Materials and Services for School Age Children". Her areas of expertise include reference services, collection development and evaluation, and children's literature and programming for children and youth.

Formerly  the Manager of Continuing Education and Consulting for the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC), Belinda coordinated a statewide continuing education program and developed the Small Library Management Training Program. She received  her Bachelor’s in English literature (1983), and Master's in  Library and Information Science (1987), and doctorate in Information Studies (2006) from the University of Texas School of Information.

Before joining the TSLAC continuing education staff in 1993, Belinda was the director of the Bastrop (Texas) Public Library and an Assistant Branch/Children’s Librarian in the Harris County (Texas) Public Libraries. She has presented numerous workshops on reference services, storytelling, collection development and weeding, and is the author of The CREW Method, a nationally recognized manual for weeding library collections.