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Lesley Farmer

For 25 years, Lesley Farmer was professor and coordinator of the teacher librarian program at California State University Long Beach (CSULB), where she taught educational technology and fostered ICT (Information and Communication Technology) literacy. She is also a prolific author, contributing 35 books and over 200 articles to the professional literature. Her numerous honors include the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2020 Ken Haycock Leadership Award. In 2018, she received CSULB’s outstanding professor award. There is not a degreed school librarian in Southern California who has not benefited from her guidance and commitment to the profession. Lesley received her MSLS from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 1972 and her Ed.D. from Temple University in 1983. She retired from CSULB in 2024.