News and Events
IS Career Panel
- Friday, November 7, 2008
- 1-3PM (following Dr. Borgman's IS 200 lecture)
- GSE&IS Salon
- Brought to you by IS student groups ALA, ARTiFACTS, ASIS&T, SGB, and SLA
- Moderator: Michael Habata
Professionals from 6 different disciplines share their wisdom & experience.
PANELISTS including a public librarian, an academic librarian, an informatics specialist, a special libraries expert, an art/museum librarian, and an archivist answer...
- What jobs are available in your particular field?
- What jobs do most UCLA graduates get in the field?
- How is a "typical job" in your field different from other fields?
- What kind of coursework would be recommended?
- What else should someone working in your field know?
FOOD & BEVERAGES will be served!
- Cindy Mediavilla: library programs consultant for the California State Library, following an 18-year-long career as a public librarian
- Lynn Boyden: Analytics maven, FatDUX Los Angeles
- Brena Smith: Information Literacy Operations Librarian, UCLA College Library
- Liza Posas: Reference Librarian, Braun Research Library
- David Farneth: Institutional archivist, the J. Paul Getty Trust
- David Cappoli: Digital Resources Librarian, UCLA Department of Information Studies
UPDATE>
Read the notes from this panel on ALA@UCLA's blog
