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San Jose: Clark Hall 418F
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FAX: 1-408-924-2476

Teaching & Professional Interests

• Continuing Education in LIS
• Distance Education in LIS
• International / Comparative Librarianship
• LIS as a Profession
• Serving Multicultural Populations
• MLIS Internships & Professional Experience

Research Interests

• Continuing Education in LIS
• Distance Education in LIS
• Evaluation of Service
• LIS as a Profession
• MLIS Internships & Professional Experience

Jane Fisher

Lecturer

Jane Fisher received her MLS in library and information studies at the University of California at Berkeley in 1969. Prior to joining the faculty at San José State University in 2006, Ms. Fisher was a school librarian and cataloger in the Oakland, California, Unified Schools District; a continuing education manager at UC Berkeley Extension, where, among other responsibilities, she inaugurated a comprehensive program of courses, conferences, and institutes in library and information studies; director of an NSF-funded science curriculum development project at the SETI Institute, Mountain View, California; library consultant for the School of Library and Information Science at San José State University; and literacy programs manager for an educational curriculum development and production company.

She is an experienced academic administrator, curriculum developer, and education project manager, who has maintained a strong interest and affinity for the world of library and information science throughout her varied career.

Courses Taught

• > [289] Advanced Topics in Library & Information Science (Culminating Experience)
• > [292] Professional Experience: Projects

Education

• Teaching Credential (Secondary, English and Librarianship) University of California, Berkeley (1970)
• MLS (Library Science) University of California, Berkeley (1969)
• BA (English and Comparative Literature) University of California, Berkeley (1968)

Academic & Professional Experience

• Literacy Programs Manager, Learning in Motion, 2005-2006
• Consultant, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University, 2004
• Project Director, Voyages Through Time, SETI Institute, 1998-2003
• Continuing Education Manager, University of California Berkeley Extension, 1984-1998
• School Librarian and Cataloger, Oakland Unified School District, 1971-1984

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