Stephen Allan Ford, B.F.A., M.L.I.S.
Information Literacy Librarian / Library Instruction Coordinator
Liaison to the Education and Art Departments
 
Salisbury University | Blackwell Library, BL 128
1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, Maryland 21801
e-mail: saford@salisbury.edu | phone: 410-548-5972
web: http://faculty.salisbury.edu/~saford/ | fax: 410-543-6203
 
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Stephen is currently the Information Literacy Education Librarian at Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland.  He serves as liaison to the Education and the Art Department, where he is currently involved with several initiatives designed to improve collaborative efforts between Blackwell Library and the departments.  His professional interests include information literacy theory and design, library instruction, reference services, library building design and web page design.  

Before moving to the Eastern Shore, Stephen was an assistant professor at Anne Arundel Community College with a focus on library instruction where he built the information literacy initiative into a prominent campus program, including two credit-courses in Information Literacy and a full compliment of library instruction services and resources both on-site and web based.  Stephen also coordinated the multi-campus Student Success Program, managing, and teaching, a popular course that taught students the skills they need to succeed in college.

In addition to teaching, Stephen is involved in numerous internal and external professional committees, workgroups and initiatives.  His most recent involvement on the state level is as a founding member of MILEX (Maryland Information Literacy Exchange), a collaborative of Maryland academic libraries to promote information literacy in higher education.  MILEX members work together to develop better pedagogical, promotional and organizational models and materials for Maryland librarians and faculty interested in information literacy.  Stephen has been active in the Maryland Library Association, having served in various capacities over the last eight years. 

At Salisbury University, he serves as chair of the Blackwell Library Web Committee and as webmaster for the library web site.  Stephen is a member of the Library’s Distance Education Committee and Publications Committee.  Stephen also collaborated as a team member in the SU Soaring with Online Learning Program, teaching information literacy concepts and forging library service and research connections with faculty who are learning how to create online courses and programs. 

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