Dr. Lesley Farmer, Professor, Educational Technology and Media Leadership and Coordinator, Teacher Librarian Services Credential, has received the American Library Association (ALA) 2020 Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship, an award that acknowledges remarkable contributions to the Library Science field.

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Nominator Dr. Rachel Bindman, Branch Manager at the Palms-Rancho Park Library, Los Angeles, California said about Dr. Farmer,

“Dr. Lesley Farmer clearly embodies the ideals and accomplishments of the Ken Haycock Award and its commitment to increasing public appreciation and recognition of librarianship. Her career is a testament to the longstanding commitment and support of teacher librarians that she brings to every professional endeavor. Her students have benefitted tremendously from the practical and academic training they have received at CSULB, all of which continues to reverberate after graduation. Her research publications and work with educational institutions and library committees throughout the country and worldwide have unquestionably broadened the scope of interest in school librarianship and championed the essential task that teacher librarians perform: namely, teaching k-12 students how to navigate and become literate –on multiple platforms--in a world dominated by information and digital challenges. For the last ten years, I have had the privilege of working with Dr. Farmer as an adjunct instructor in the Teacher Librarian Services Credential Program at CSULB and there is no doubt that her inspiring work, as teacher, scholar and advocate for school librarians, makes her the ideal candidate for the Ken Haycock Award for Promoting Librarianship.” 

American Library Association press release.