Naomi Lederer
Naomi Lederer is a College Liaison Librarian at CSU’s Morgan Library. She has made extensive Web sites that support library instruction and outreach goals. Pages describe basic research skills through advanced subject-related topics. She has also given presentations at library and education conferences in the United States, Canada, and Spain on library-related topics.
At CSU Associate Professor Lederer currently is Chair of the Libraries Tenured Faculty Committee, is Chair of the University's Committee for Teaching and Learning, and is on The Institute for Teaching and Learning (TILT) Advisory Board. Outside of CSU she is Secretary of the Reference User Services Association (RUSA) and a member of the Program 2008 Committee of RUSA/Machine Assisted Reference Services (MARS).
College Liaison
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Research Interests
- Currently writing book about importance of libraries in a free society.
Education
- M.A. English Literature, Arizona State University
- M.S. Library & Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- B.A. English, Carleton College
Current Publications
- RUSA MARS User Access to Services Committee. “An Exploration of the Working Relationship between Systems/IT and Reference/Information Services Staff in an Academic Library Setting.” Reference & User Services Quarterly 46.4 (Summer 2007): 37-48.
- Lederer, Naomi. Ideas for Librarians Who Teach: With Suggestions for Teachers and Business Presenters. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
- Reyes, Awilda, and Naomi Lederer, "Bilingual Outreach: ´Research for Teens' on an Academic Web Site." The Reference Librarian 82 (2003): 141-55.
- Lederer, Naomi, 2001, "E-mail Reference: Who, When, Where, and What Is Asked." The Reference Librarian 74 pp. 55-73.
- Lederer, Naomi, 2000, "New Form(at): Using the Web to Teach Research and Critical Thinking Skills." Reference Services Review 28.2 pp. 130-153. [This article received a "Highly Commended" award from the publisher.]