Member Profile
Lesley Farmer
Contributions
- Submitted Materials (658) submitted materials
- Authored Materials (62) authored materials
- Comments (68) comments
- Learning Exercises (24) Learning Exercises
- Bookmark Collections (44) Bookmark Collections
- Course ePortfolios (1) Course ePortfolios
- Content Builder Materials (12) Content Builder Materials
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Skills & Interests
- Academic Support Services / Library and Information Services (Advanced)
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Mathematics and Statistics / Statistics and Probability
(Intermediate)
Data analytics and asssessment -
Education / Digital Citizenship
(Expert)
I maintain http://k12digitalcitizenship.wikispaces.com and write and present frequently on this topic.
Associations
- International Federal of Library Associations
Section Newsletter and Blog Editor 08/2007 – Current - Association of Library and Information Science Educators
Intl.l Education, School Library Educators, Gender Issues SIG Chairs 01/2006 – Current - Special Library Association
Education Division Chair, Journal Blog Editor, PD Coordinator 06/2004 – Current
Education History
- EdD Adult Education (07/1981)
Temple University - MS Library Science (10/1972)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications
- Farmer, Lesley S. (2020). Fake news in context. Routledge.
- Farmer, Lesley S. (2020). Impactful community-based literacy projects. American Library Association.
- Farmer, Lesley S.. (2017). Managing the successful school library.. ALA.
Teaching Experience
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Various courses
(Current)
- California State University Long Beach – library science and educational technology
- since 1999: taught youth literature, organization of information, management, reference and information literacy, collection development, educational technology
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various courses
(Spring 1999)
- San Jose State University – Librarianship
- 1987-1990, 1998-1999: taught technology, youth services, collection development
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Microcomputers
(Spring 1983)
- Villanova University and University of Delaware – librarianship and technology
Languages
- English
- Speaking level: Superior
- Reading level: Superior
- French
- Speaking level: Intermediate
- Reading level: Intermediate
- German
- Speaking level: Beginner
- Reading level: Beginner
Honors & Awards
- ALA Leadership Award (06/2020)
- Catholic Library Assn. St. Drexel Award (04/2020)
Awarded for impact on high school librarianship - SLA Anne Galler Award (04/2020)
Special Libraries Assn. Education Division award for outstanding contributions to the field and association
Presentations
- Optimizing ICT literacy through OERs (Presentation about MERLOT), 01/20/2020
This was one of several MERLOT ICT literacy presentations I have given (this one was for the International Conference on Education), but I have presented more than 300 sessions locally, regionally, statewide, nationally, and internationally
Positions
- Librarianship Program Coordinator (08/1999 – Current) CSU Long Beach
- MERLOT ICT literacy project manager (07/2015 – Current)
- Teacher Librarian (08/1993 – 07/1999) Tamalpais Union School District