UCLA LISAAA Class Notes

My name is Norma Vega.  While attending UCLA I specialized in archives and received my MLIS degree in 2006 .  My e-mail address is nmargret00@earthlink.net.  Although I had come to detest my job as a substitute teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District over the past 15 years, I found I was reluctant to leave the position.  I’d workedas a substitute for so long that I was fearful of the change. I didn’t put out any job applications until nearly 8 months after graduation.  I’m happy to say I got the very first job I applied for.  I am now happily employed as the archivist for the Science and Technology Council at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (for which I interned during the summer of 2005).  A big thanks to Keri Botello for the Internship Fair!!  Ironically, one of my job duties is the hiring of interns for the processing of paper collections from the Science and Technology Council.  I love my new gig!!!

My name is Julie Huffman, and I graduated with my MLIS in June of 2005. During my school years, I was the co-president of the student chapter of the Special Libraries Association. However, upon graduation, I became a different kind of "special" librarian–a public librarian! I’d worked as an MC for the Los Angeles Public Library for four years–before and during school, and LAPL paid for my tuition. Upon graduation, I was hired by them as a full-time young adult librarian for the Studio City branch. A year later, I transferred to become the Studio City library’s full-time adult librarian (my current post). I love my job: I teach computer classes (mostly, to seniors), I have a monthly book club, and I get to do lots of collection development. It’s a good gig. Best wishes, Julie

I graduated from GSEIS in 2002.  After graduation, I worked for about a year as a Children’s Librarian at the Pico Rivera Library for the County of Los Angeles Public Library, and almost two years as a reference/YA librarian at the Norwalk Regional Public Library (still for the County of LA system).  About two years ago I made a switch to the LAPL system, and having been working the last two years as a Young Adult Librarian at Teenscape in Central Library.  I am about to transfer to another department in Central Library called Infonow.

Eileen Ybarra 2002 eybarra @lapl.org

I am working full time as Fine Arts Librarian at Beverly Hills Public Library.  I continued my graduate work at UCLA after completing my library degree, and earned a second Masters degree in Museum Studies in the Art History Department.  A travel award from Arlis Southern California paved the way for me to attend my first national Arlis conference in Atlanta this Spring where I had a lovely visit with Brooke Henderson, class of 1998, also an Art Librarian at Wellesley College.

After working as a reference librarian at the East Los Angeles Public Library, I worked at the Berkeley Public Library as a teen services librarian.  I just moved back to Chiapas to continue working with libraries and archives here.

Antonio "Toe Knee" Lopez

MLIS, CLass of 2003

neintnein@yahoo.com

Just before graduating in 2003 with my MLIS (Archival Studies emphasis), I started a year-long stint as Curator of the USC-Warner Bros. Archives (a paper and photographic repository).  After leaving USC, I movied into the special libraries /private sector and was employed as a reference librarian in the downtown Los Angeles office of Deloitte and Touche.

After almost two years at Deloitte, I followed my heart back to the arts and humanities realm and have now been working in the research library at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for close to two years.  In my position as the Serials and Exchange Program Librarian, I handle approximately 400 print and online database subscriptions, and also oversee our exhibition catalogues/museum publications exchange for the museum.  I am lucky enough to communicate with museums and cultural institutions around the world, see beautiful works of art everyday, and work with a great group of people.

Feel free to contact me or stop by the library the next time you’re at the museum!

Jennifer Prindiville (was Baumgartner)

Librarian Serials and Exchange Program

Los Angeles County Museam of Art Research Library

T 323.857.6531