Lisa Cheby, Dr. Karin J. Duran and Richard Nupoll Education Librarian

Responsibilities

My current duties include providing outreach, research consultations, and instruction for the following programs:

Educational Leadership & Policy Studies
Elementary Education
Secondary Education
Special Education

To schedule library instruction, please complete the Library Instruction Request Form.

To schedule a research consultation please click here to book an appointment.

Subject Guides

Education

Master of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (Poetry), Antioch University Los Angeles
Single Subject Teaching Credential in English/Language Arts, California State University
Associate of Science in Film & Video Production, Full Sail University
Bachelor of Arts in British & American Literature, New College of Florida

Select publications

Cheby, L., & Wimberley, L. (2026). The Impact of High School Library Staffing on College Success. School Library Research, 29, 1–22.
Cheby, L. "’Well, we start, not surprisingly, with research’: Depictions of guided inquiry and critical information literacy instruction in Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” 23.2 [61] Winter 2025, Slayage: The International Journal of Buffy+.
Cheby, L. “Why teacher librarians are critical for students living in an AI-driven world.” 3 March 2026 EdSource.
With Brianna Limas. “Creating Space for Equitable Academic and School Librarian Relationships." Journal of New Librarianship, vol. 9, no. 2, Aug. 2024
“Funding school libraries is a preemptive move against misinformation.” EdSource, December 17, 2022
"The Library is Open: The Role of School Librarians in Distance Learning." Mackin Transform Your School Library (TYSL) Blog, August 19, 2020
"Teacher Librarian as Advocate and Fundraiser." Mackin Transform Your School Library (TYSL) Blog, November 8, 2018
"Open Access Metadata for Journals in Directory of Open Access Journals: Who, How, and What Scheme?" iSchool Student Research Journal. Spring 2016
"Search Strategy Instruction: Shifting From Baby Bird Syndrome to Curious Cat Critical Thinking." Knowledge Quest, Mar/Apr 2016

Select Presentations & Panels

California Association for Leading Innovation in Education Conference “An Inquiry Approach to AI-Literacy: Evaluating AI Tools from a Researcher’s Lens” March 2026
American Association of School Librarians (AASL) National Conference, “Poetic Justice: Using Poetry to Deepen Engagement in Inquiry & Research Instruction,” October 2025
Association of College & Research Librarians Education & Behavioral Sciences Research Forum “The Impact of School Librarianship on College Success,” May 2025
Presentation Co-Presenter with Brianna Limas “The New Wild West of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.).” CSUN Faculty Retreat, April 2024
Lightning Talk: “Without sufficient libraries, how will the Hermiones and Buffys of today save the world? Book banning and the inequity of school libraries in California.” CARL Conference, April 2024
Panelist: “Book Banning Resistance.” CFA Equity Conference, March 2024
Presentation: “An Inquiry based approach to preparing students for an AI world.” Computer Using Educators (CUE) Conference, March 2024; California School Library Association Conference, January 2025
Presentation: “Poetic Justice: Using Poetry to Teach Close Reading and Evidence Presentation in Research.” California School Library Association Conference, January 2024
Featured Guest: “Redefining Research.” School Librarians United (podcast), July 2023
Presentation: “Building an MSL Framework: Portal to a World of Literacies” California School Library Association Conference, March 2023