UCLA LISAAA Class Notes

Since August of 2006, I have been the Music and Media Librarian at Cal State University Northridge.  It’s my dream job, as I focused on music librarianship at UCLA and worked in the music library there.  At CSUN, I manage the music, cinema/television, theatre, and dance collections, provide reference and instruction, and of course work with faculty and students.  I moved to LA for grad school and never thought I would stay.  But I am delighted to have found a great local job and many of the librarians here are UCLA alums.

Lindsay Hansen, 2006 lindsay.hansen@csun.edu

Candace Lewis, class of 2004 and 03-04 SLA student chapter president, here.

"Here" is in fact Hollywood, CA: Im the new "Research and Account Coordinator" for UCLA Film & Television Archive’s Commercial Services Division.  I’m applying my reference skills to field requests from documentarians seeking historical footage for their film & television projects.  It’s a lovely blend for my customer-service orientation, my passion for moving images as social documentation, and my MLIS skill set.

Beside continuing my tenure as a UCLA employee (I began in student services in February 2005), my new position allows me to bicycle to work in 15 minutes–a highly valued benefit for my growing eco and health conciousness.

So I still reside at my Lanewood Avenue (90028) residence in Hollywood (on file in student-records system AIS), but my new work number is 323-466-8559x18.

Cheerio(s), Candace

Being a librarian and working with young minds and a wealth of information resources is, in my opinion, the most dynamic, exciting career around.

After graduating in early 2006 and then finishing a very brief stint as a Children’s Librarian with the County of Los Angeles, I accepted the position of Head Librarian of the middle/upper school library at The Buckley School in Sherman Oaks in July 2006.  I have implemented new information literacy instruction workshops.  Last year we also joined ISLE-GAP, a resource-sharing consortium of independent school libraries in SoCal.  The new few years at Buckely involve the building of a new library and technology center.  It’s scary to be a part of a facilities planning project so early in my career, but I’m all in!

It’s an absolute blast to be part of an independent school campus and be able to chaperone outdoor education trips to cool places like the Joshua Tree National Forest.  Every day is different and I’ve been able to be innovative and enthusiastic…all the things that the MLIS program at UCLA encouraged me to be.

Meghan O’Neill, The Buckley School

As of July 2007, I’ve completed my first year at the Von der Ahe Library at Loyola Marymount University.  My responsibilities include reference, instruction, and collection development.  I particularly like interacting with students during instruction sessions and helping them learn how to find the information they need.  My job title, Reference Technology Coordinator, hints at the other aspect of my work.  Aside from general technology support, I also get to think up cool new ways to use technology so that we can provide better service to our students.  I’m just starting along that path, and am excited about the service we can provide to students by meeting them where they "live" technologically.

We’ve recently broken ground on the new William H. Hannon Library.  With the new library comes the opportunity for innovations in services and technology.  The next couple of years will be an adventure!

• Ken Simon
• Reference Technology Coordinator
• Von der Ahe Library    
• Loyola Marymount University
• 1 LMU Drive, MS 8200
• Los Angeles, CA 90045
• 310 338 7686
• ksimon47@gmail.com                                                                         

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