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City: Eureka, CA
Telephone:
  1-650-392-4302

Teaching & Professional Interests

• Children's / YA Literatures
• Information Literacy and Instruction
• Reading and Literacy
• School Media Centers / Libraries

Research Interests

• Children's / YA Literatures
• Information Literacy and Instruction
• Young Adult Services

Mary Ann Harlan

Lecturer

Mary Ann Harlan received her Masters in Library and Information Science in 1999 from San José State, and is currently a candidate in the SJSU/QUT Gateway PhD program. She has worked in California public schools for 15 years, 11 of those years in middle and high school libraries. She also has served in leadership positions for both the California School Library Association and American Association of School Libraries.

Her current research focus is on information literacy within a specific context, and the process of learning in informal environments. This is representative of her continued interest in adolescents' learning and education.

Courses Taught

• > [233] School Library Media Centers
• > [250] Design & Implementation of Instructional Strategies for Information
• > [264] Material for Tweens

Education

• MLIS (Library & Information Science) San José State University (1999)
• Single Subject Credential (English) Sonoma State University (1994)
• BA (English Literature) University of California, Santa Cruz

Academic & Professional Experience

• Teacher Librarian, Arcata High School, 2000-2008
• Teacher Librarian, Bohannon Middle School, San Lorenzo, CA 1998-2000
• English Teacher, Golden West Middle School, Fairfield, CA 1994-1998

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

• Harlan, M. (2009). Personal learning networks: professional development for the isolated school librarian. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
• Harlan, M. A., Loertscher, D., & McElmeel, S. (2010). Young Adult Literature and Multimedia: A Quick Guide 2010 (4th ed.). Salt Lake City, UT.
• Harlan, M. A. (2007). AASL: Standards for a New Millennium. CSLA Journal, 31(1).

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