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Lesley Farmer

Lesley Farmer

Title:
Professor
MERLOT Editor:
ICT Literacy
Primary Discipline:
Academic Support Services  / ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Literacy
Website:
http://www.csulb.edu/~lfarmer
Member Type:
Faculty
Last Login:
February 6, 2026
Member Since:
August 5, 2004
Other Disciplines:

Contributions

Lesley Farmer is an author of materials Lesley Farmer is a member of the Virtual Speakers Bureau Lesley Farmer is a Peer Reviewer

Affiliations

Primary Affiliation:
California State University, Long Beach (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, CA, United States)
Secondary Affiliations:
California State University, Chancellor's Office (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, CA, United States)
CUE (Non-Profit, Public, CA, United States)
Asian American, Native American, Pacific Islander Serving Institution Hispanic Serving Institution

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Members from Lesley’s institution
California State University System
Materials from Lesley’s discipline
sociology community
Academic Support Services / ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Literacy
Members in Lesley’s discipline
agriculture community
Academic Support Services / ICT (Information and Communication Technology) Literacy

Virtual Speakers Bureau

Member of VSB Since:
November 8, 2007
Best Way to Contact:
Email lfarmer@csulb.edu
Fees Involved:
Negotiable
Technical Formats:
Conference Calls, Discussion Forums, Email, Chat, Face-To-Face, Online/Video Conferencing
Topics of Expertise:
school librarianship, educational technology, educational technology equity, online instruction, information literacy, digital literacy, educational collaboration, digital citizenship, visual literacy, media literacy, data analytics, ICT literacy
Presentation Titles:
Teen girls and technology, Collaboration for student achievement, Library services for students with autism, Fake news, AI in school libraries, Information literacy assessment, information literacy framework, digital citizenship, data analytics for library improvement, ICT literacy, others by request

Skills & Interests

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, L. S. J.. (2023). Reference and information sources and services for children and young adults.. Rowman & LIttlefield.
  • Farmer, Lesley S. (2021). Fake news in context. Routledge.
  • Farmer, Lesley S. (2020). Impactful community-based literacy projects. American Library Association.

Teaching Experience

  • 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
  • various courses (Spring 2008)
    • Clarion University – Librarianship
    • Taught 3 years
  • various courses (Spring 1999)
    • San Jose State University – Librarianship
    • 1987-1990, 1998-1999: taught technology, youth services, collection development

Languages

  • English
    • Speaking level: Superior
    • Reading level: Superior
  • French
    • Speaking level: Intermediate
    • Reading level: Intermediate
  • German
    • Speaking level: Beginner
    • Reading level: Beginner

Honors & Awards

  • Special Library Association Rose L. Vormelker Award (08/2023)
  • MERLOT Distinguished Service Award (04/2023)
  • ALA Leadership Award (06/2020)

Presentations

  • Visual literacy and AI. Disability support center websites. (Presentation about MERLOT), 05/21/2024
    This was one of several MERLOT ICT literacy presentations I have given , but I have presented more than 300 sessions locally, regionally, statewide, nationally, and internationally on ICT literacy, school librarianship, and data analytics

Positions

  • MERLOT ICT literacy project manager (07/2015 – Current)
  • Librarianship Program Coordinator (08/2024 – 08/2024) CSU Long Beach
  • Teacher Librarian (08/1993 – 07/1999) Tamalpais Union School District