University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1987-present University Laboratory High School Librarian
2006-present Professor of Library Administration

1992-2006 Associate Professor of Library Administration
1987-1992 Assistant Professor of Library Administration

1986-1987 Reference Librarian & User Education Coordinator, Reference Library
Assistant Professor of Library Administration

Western State College of Colorado
1982-1986 Reference/Instruction Librarian
1979-1982 Circulation/Reserve Librarian

Master of Arts in Librarianship, University of Denver

Bachelor of Arts with distinction, University of Colorado, Boulder

Subject of a chapter in Super Searchers Go to School by Joyce Valenza, Information Today, 2005

Winner of the 2003 Best of the Web Awards, sponsored by WEB FEET Guides and School Library Journal/NetConnect

Article selected by the Library Instruction Round Table of the American Library Association for “LIRT's Top Twenty” library instruction articles of 2003

Fellow, Library of Congress National Digital Library American Memory Institute

ACRL Bibliographic Instruction Section Publication Award

Article selected by the Library Instruction Round Table of the American Library Association for “LIRT's Top Twenty” library instruction articles of 1993

I Found It On the Internet: Coming of Age Online. Chicago: American Library Association, 2005.

“Challenges to Teaching Credibility Assessment in Contemporary Schooling,” in Miriam J. Metzger and Andrew J. Flanagin, eds., Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility, MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning. Boston, Mass.: MIT Press, 2008, 155-179. Available: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/dmal.9780262562324.155

“Challenges to Teaching Evaluation of Online Information: A View from LM_NET,” in David V. Loertscher and Marcia Mardis, eds., Into the Center of the Curriculum: Papers of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat #14, October 24-25, 2007, Salt Lake City, UT: Hi Willow Research and Publishing, 234-252.

Frances Jacobson Harris and Suzanne Linder, “Analyzing News Coverage: An Antidote to the Bird Unit,” in David V. Loertscher, ed., Papers of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat #12, October 2005, Spring, Texas: LMC Source, 92-94.

“Teaching Students the Ethical Use of Information and Communication Technologies: A New Role for School Librarians,” in Mary Ann Fitzgerald, Michael Orey, and Robert Branch, eds., Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, Volume 29. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004, 178-189.

“Building Learning Communities Using Technology,” in Barbara Stripling and Sandra Hughes-Hassell, eds., Curriculum Connections Through the Library: Principles and Practice Series. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2003, 171-187.

“Teaching Students the Ethical Use of Information and Communication Technologies: A New Role for School Librarians,” in Daniel Callison, ed., Papers of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat #10 at the Elms, June 2002, San Jose, Calif.: Hi Willow Research, 117-133.

Frances F. Jacobson and Ellen Sutton, “Reference Services for Specific Populations,” in Richard Bopp and Linda Smith, eds., Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, 3rd ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2001, 279-306.

“Integrating the School Library Media Center Into the Classroom: Introducing a Student-Teacher to Resource-Based Teaching,” in Patricia O'Brien Libutti and Bonnie Gratch, eds, Teaching Information Retrieval and Evaluation Skills to Education Students and Practitioners: A Casebook of Applications, Chicago, Ill.: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1996, 93-102.

"Encyclopedias,” in Richard Bopp and Linda Smith, eds., Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, 2nd ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1995, 433-468.

Ellen Sutton, Frances F. Jacobson, and Leslie Edmonds, “Reference Services for Specific Populations,” in Richard Bopp and Linda Smith, eds., Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, 2nd ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1995, 260-289.

Frances F. Jacobson and Michael J. Jacobson, "Bibliographic Instruction in the Electronic Environment: Incorporating Recent Cognitive Theories of Learning," in Thomas Kirk, ed., Proceedings of the Association of College and Research Libraries Sixth National Conference Chicago: American Library Association, 1992, 168-174.

"Encyclopedias," in Richard Bopp and Linda Smith, eds., Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1991, 350-377.

Leslie Edmonds, Frances F. Jacobson, and Ellen Sutton, "Reference Services to Special Groups," in Richard Bopp and Linda Smith, eds., Reference and Information Services: An Introduction, Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1991, 207-234.

“Information Literacy in School Libraries: It Takes a Community,” Reference and User Services Quarterly, 42 (Spring 2003), 215-223.

“'There Was a Great Collision in the Stock Market': Middle School Students, Online Primary Sources, and Historical Sense Making,” School Library Media Research, 5 (2002). Available: http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/slmrcontents/volume52002/harris.htm. (An earlier version of this paper was published in David V. Loertscher and Blanche Woolls, eds., Information-Rich Environments: Blessing or Curse? Papers of the Treasure Mountain Research Retreat #9, Brown County, Indiana, November 2001, San Jose, Calif.: Hi Willow Research, 2002, 57-83.)

Frances Jacobson Harris and Nancy Everhart, “Research Into Practice: Using Primary Sources and Creative Writing to Teach Middle School History,” Knowledge Quest, 31 (November/December 2002), 52-54.

Frances F. Jacobson and Greg D. Smith, “Teaching Virtue in a Virtual World: Internet Ethics for Students,” School Library Journal, 44 (March 1998), 100-103.

Frances F. Jacobson and Emily Ignacio, "Teaching Reflection: Information Seeking and Evaluation in a Digital Library Environment," Library Trends 45 (Spring 1997), 771-802.

“Children and the Internet: Themes for a Research Agenda,” Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 9 (Winter 1996), 185-189.

“From Dewey to Mosaic: Considerations in Interface Design for Children,” Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy, 5 (Number 2, 1995), 67-73.

“Finding Help in All the Right Places: Working Toward Gender Equity,” Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 7 (Spring 1994), 289-293.

Frances F. Jacobson and Michael J. Jacobson, “Representative Cognitive Learning Theories and BI: A Case Study of End User Searching,” Research Strategies 11 (Summer 1993), 124-137.

“Resources for University/School Collaboration in Enhancing Teaching,” Teaching Education 4 (Number 2, 1992), 177-191.

“Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Using Computers in Libraries: An Exploratory Study,” Library and Information Science Research 13 (July-September 1991), 267-279.

“Information Retrieval Systems and Youth: A Review of Recent Literature,” Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 5 (Fall 1991), 109-113.

“Library Use Instruction and the Science Classroom: the Ideal Laboratory,” Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 2 (Spring 1989) 234-240.

“Teachers and Library Awareness: Using Bibliographic Instruction in Teacher Preparation Programs,” Reference Services Review 16 (Number 4, 1988) 51-55.

“Issues in the Implementation of an Information-Gathering Competency Requirement in Business,” Research Strategies 5 (Winter 1987) 18-28.

"Teen Tech Week, Despite Limited Access," School Library Journal (February 1, 2008), 20. Available: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6526727.html?industryid=47078

"Blogging and the Media Specialist, Part 2," Learning & Leading With Technology, 33 (May 2006), 32-33.

“Hate And Deception On The Web: What's a School Library Media Specialist To Do?” Knowledge Quest, 32 (September/October 2003), 35-36.

Valenza, Joyce, Frances Jacobson Harris, Alice Yucht. “Practically Speaking: Getting Faculty on Board.” School Library Journal (Learning Quarterly insert). 49 (February 2003), 8.

“Online Scenarios for Teaching Internet Ethics to Teens,” Knowledge Quest, 30 (September/October 2001), 20-21.

“Remembrance of Things Past: Making History Come Alive With Primary Sources,” School Library Journal, 46 (December 2000), 35.

“The Dark Side of Primary Sources,” Knowledge Quest, 29 (May/June 2000), 35-37.

“Weighing In on Information Power 2,” School Library Journal 45 (January 1999), 37.

“The Changing Face of the New Multimedia Library: Are You Ready for the 21st Century?” eSN Special Report, eSchool News, 1 (August/September 1998), 26-30.

“Road Scholar: A Librarian Sets Out in Search of High-Tech Success,” School Library Journal 41 (November 1995), 20-23.

“What Students Expect of the Internet,” American Libraries 26 (November 1995), 1030.

“Computerized Children's Literature: Beyond Electronic Page Turning,” Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 5 (Summer 1992), 411-416.

“CD-ROM Encyclopedias: A Product in Evolution,” Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 4 (Spring 1991), 287-290.

“Evaluating Commercial Databases,” Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 3 (Spring 1990), 239-241.

“Bibliographic Instruction and International Students,” Illinois Libraries 70 (December 1988) 628-633.

“The Research Connection,” Colorado Libraries 11 (June 1985): 22-23.

Illinois Center for Information Literacy, January 16, 2008, Normal, Illinois, keynote presenter for inaugural program for school librarians. "Faster Than Light: Teens and Technology"

Mary Lyon Elementary School, November 15, 2007, Chicago, Illinois, presentation for 7th and 8th grade students. "Role Reversal: Students Teaching Teachers about Appropriate Technology Use"

Illinois School Library Media Association annual conference 3-hour seminar, November 1, 2007, Springfield, Illinois. "Web 2.0: Land of Unintended Consequences"

Workshop for Metropolitan Library System, April 27, 2007, Burr Ridge, Illinois. "Web 2.0 and the School Library Media Specialist: An Overview of Blogs, Wikis, RSS, and other 2.0 Tools"

Workshop for Rolling Prairie Library System, April 20, 2007, Decatur, Illinois. "Introduction to Social Networking Technologies for Libraries"

Presentation for the staff of the Cahners Computer Place at the Museum of Science, March 2, 2007, Boston, Massachusetts. "Coming of Age Online"

Presentations for the faculty, students, and parents of Commonwealth School, February 28, 2007-March 1, 2007, Boston, Massachusetts. "Coming of Age Online"

Workshop for Danville Public Library All-Staff Workshop Day, December 4, 2006, Danville, Illinois. "Serving the Millenials"

Illinois School Library Media Association annual conference 3-hour seminar, November 9, 2006, Arlington Heights, Illinois. "Your Technology, My Technology: How Can Teens and Librarians Just Get Along?"

Illinois School Library Media Association annual conference, November 10 and 11, Arlington Heights, Illinois. "Blogging and the School Library Media Specialist"

National Association of Gifted Children annual conference, November 5, 2006, Charlotte, North Carolina. "Ethics in Cyberspace: Teaching Gifted Students to Be Responsible Users of Online Technologies"

Chicago Public Schools institute day for school library media specialists, September 1, 2006, Chicago, Illinois. "Coming of Age Online."

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy 21st Century Information Fluency Project podcast for Information Evaluation Resource Kit, December 2006 (http://21cif.imsa.edu/rkit/rkit_1.4). "Evaluating the Credibility of Online Information"

CIC conference, Access and Infrastructure: Navigating Our Libraries in the New Information Landscape, April 10, 2006, Columbus, Ohio. "The Needs and Interests of Users of Tomorrow"

Dukane Institute Day (Dupage and Kane Counties) Keynote speaker, March 3, 2006, Addison, Illinois. "I Found It on the Internet"

Young Adult Library Services Association Teens and Technology Midwinter Institute, January 20, 2006, San Antonio, Texas. “The Ethics of New Literacies”

Hawaii Library Association Conference, November 12, 2005, Kona Coast, Island of Hawaii. "Coming of Age Online"

American Association of School Librarians Twelfth National Conference, November 7, 2005, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. "What's a Blog Doing In My Library?"

Young Adult Library Services Association, Technology Committee for Young Adults, June 26, 2005, Chicago, Illinois. "Slippery Slope – Ethics for Teens in an Information Age"

Competencies & Clout III: The 21st Century Librarian, North Suburban Library System, April 30, 2005, Skokie, Illinois. Keynote Address, "Coming of Age Online" and workshop session "Evaluating the Tough Stuff"

Rolling Prairie Library System Seminar, April 22, 2005, Decatur, Illinois. "Teaching Internet Ethics to Teens” and “The Good, the Bad, and the Dark Side: Web Site Evaluation Strategies"

Shawnee Library System Seminar, February 23, 2004, Mt. Vernon, Illinois. “Teaching Responsible Use of Information and Communication Technologies”

American Association of School Librarians Eleventh National Conference, October 25, 2003, Kansas City, Kansas. “Hate and Deception on the Web: A Pedagogical Response”

Lincoln Trail Library System Workshop, September 18, 2003, Champaign, Illinois. “The Good, the Bad, and the Dark Side: An Internet Update”

Young Adult Library Services Association, Technology Committee for Young Adults, June 22, 2003, Toronto, Canada. “The Role of Online Book Discussion in Adolescent Social and Intellectual Development”

Keynote speaker, Michigan Library Association, Information Literacy Round Table, May 9, 2003, Brighton, Michigan. “Transition from the High School to the College Library: When It Works, When It DoesnŐt Work, and Why”

Rolling Prairie Library System Seminar, April 2, 2003, Decatur, Illinois. “Teaching Internet Ethics to Teens” and “The Good, the Bad, and the Dark Side: Web Site Evaluation Strategies”

Association of College and Research Libraries, Instruction Section Preconference, June 14, 2002, Atlanta. “Instruction for First-Year Undergraduates: Developing Strategies to Facilitate Their Transitions”

Treasure Mountain Research Institute 10, June 1, 2002, Excelsior Springs, Missouri. “Teaching Students the Ethical Use of Information and Communication Technologies: A New Role for School Librarians”

American Association of School Librarians Tenth National Conference, November 16, 2001, Indianapolis. “Teaching Internet Ethics to Teens”

American Association of School Librarians Tenth National Conference, November 17, 2001, Indianapolis. With Judith Graves and Debbie Abilock. “Teachers are from Mars; Media Specialists are from Venus!” (Library of Congress American Memory Fellows Program)

Treasure Mountain Research Institute 9, Brown County State Park, Indiana, November 13, 2001. “'There Was a Great Collision in the Stock Market': Middle School Students, Online Primary Sources, and Historical Sense Making”

Illinois School Library Media Association conference, October 26, 2001, Decatur, Illinois. “Evaluating Web Sites: Teaching the Tough Stuff”

 

Updated February 12, 2008