Dr. Lesley Farmer, Professor at California State University Long Beach, coordinates the Librarianship program. She earned her M.S. in Library Science at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, and received her doctorate in Adult Education from Temple University. Dr. Farmer has worked as a teacher librarian in K-12 school settings as well as in public, special and academic libraries. She is past chair of the Education Section of the Special Libraries Association, edits two IFLA section blogs, and is a Fulbright scholar. In 2011 she was selected for the ALA Beta Phi Mu Award for contributions to library education, and was recently awarded the LIRT Librarian Recognition Award. A frequent presenter and writer for the profession, Dr. Farmer's research interests include information literacy, collaboration, assessment, and educational technology.