2006 - Meghan O’Neill
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
