Cindy Mediavilla - Curriculum Vitae

Cynthia L. Mediavilla
4912 Imlay Avenue Culver City, CA 90230
310/915-8588 (Phone/Fax)
cmediavi@ucla.edu | cmediavilla@library.ca.gov

EDUCATION
WORK EXPERIENCE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
CONSULTING SERVICES
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS
INVITED GUEST PRESENTATIONS
RESEARCH GRANTS
LIBRARY AWARDS
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
BOOK REVIEWS
RELATED ARTICLES
DISSERTATION

EDUCATION

University of California, Los Angeles
Doctorate in Library and Information Science
June 2000

University of California, Los Angeles
Master's of Library Science
June 1977

University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelor of Arts in American and English literature.
June 1975

WORK EXPERIENCE

California State Library
Library Programs Consultant
2005-present

California Center for the Book
Director (4 months)
2005

University of California, Los Angeles
Associate Director of Strategic Planning & Special Projects
2000-2005

» Oversaw continuing education activities & various projects

San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science
Interim Associate Director (8 months)
1995

» Oversaw Southern California campus program.

Downey City Library
Senior Librarian (1 year)
1994

» Oversaw adult, children's, young adult, volunteer, and literacy services.

Orange Public Library
Main Library Manager (1 year, 8 months)
1991-1993

» Oversaw administration of the Main Library and Friendly Stop homework center.

San Diego County Library
1982-1991

· Principal Librarian (4 years, 3 months)
- » Oversaw administration of thirteen branch libraries and three federal grant projects.
· Community Libraries Director (2 years, 5 months)
- » Managed ten branch libraries.
· Head of Reference Services (2 years)
· Reference Librarian (1 year)

Alhambra Public Library
Reference Librarian
1979-1982

Glendale Public Library
Services to Shut-ins Librarian
1977-1978

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of California, Los Angeles
Lecturer
2000-present

Collection Development
Library Management
Professional Development
Historiography
Readers' Advisory
Design of Library & Information Services

San Jose State University, School of Library and Information Science
Adjunct Associate Professor
1991-2000

Collection Management
Information and Society
Library Management
Public Libraries
Readers' Advisory

CONSULTANT SERVICES

Co-investigator, Learning in Libraries
Urban Libraries Council
2005

Co-investigator, Live Homework Help!
California State Library
2003-2004

Project Manager, "From Interns to Library Leaders" (FILL)
Metropolitan Cooperative Library System
2001-2003

Co-investigator, Family Learning Centers
Long Beach Public Library Foundation
2001/2002

Outside Reviewer, American Intercontinental University
2001

Researcher, Stanford Institute on 21st Century Librarianship
2001

Investigator, Information Navigators
Santa Monica Public Library
1999/2000

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (selected)

Perspectives on Homework Help Clubs and One-on-One Tutoring
Hip Homework Centers, Hamilton, ON
October 2005

Outcomes Guaranteed: Assessing Effective Afterschool Homework Center (Co-presenter with Virginia Walters)
Public Library Association conference, Seattle, WA
February 2004

Controlling the “Wave of Unrest and Discontent”: San Bernardino County Library
During World War II
SHARP conference, Claremont, CA
July 2003

Imbued with the Spirit of Cooperation: Western Women as Library
Leaders in the mid-20th century
American Library Association conference, Toronto, Canada
June 2003

Measuring Customer Satisfaction Using Surveys & Focus Groups
Special Library Association mini-conference, Monterey, CA
September, 2002

Models for Homework Center Assessment (Co-presenter with Dr. Virginia Walter)
American Library Association conference, Atlanta, GA
June 2002

California Libraries: Views From 1900
California Library Association conference, Santa Clara
November 2000

From Recruitment to Continuing Education
California Library Association conference, Santa Clara
November 2000

Supporting Homework Success Through Public Libraries
Public Library Association conference, Charlotte, NC
April 2000

Celebrating 90 Years of County Library History
California Library Association conference, Palm Springs, CA
November 1999

Homework Centers: Staffing, Space, and Collection Development
California Library Association conference, Palm Springs, CA
November 1999

Carma Leigh: an Historical Look at a Woman of Influence
California Library Association conference, Oakland, CA
November 1998

The War on Books and Ideas: the California Library Association and Anti-Communist Censorship in the 1940s and '50s
California Library Association conference, Pasadena, CA
November 1997

WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS (selected)

Revitalize Your Collection Through Weeding

» UCLA Friday Forum, Los Angeles, CA
October 2007
» University of Southern California
July 2004
» UCLA Friday Forum, Los Angeles, CA
April 2002
» Black-Gold Cooperative Library System, Ventura, CA
March 2000

Helping Kids Succeed: Homework Help

» Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, NV
August 2007

Collection Development 101

» UCLA Friday Forum, Los Angeles, CA
August 2007
» Roseville Public Library, CA
August 2006
» UCLA Friday Forum, Los Angeles, CA
December 2001

Conducting Needs Assessments and Evaluating Services

» UCLA Friday Forum, Los Angeles, CA
February 2007

Homework Help

» Philadelphia Public Library, PA
January 2007

Homework Centers 101

»MOLO, Ohio
November 2006 & October 2004

Customer Service 101

» California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California
September 2006

Spanish Language Outreach

» Infopeople workshop, Various locations throughout California
April - August 2006

Library GrantWriting 101

» UCLA Friday Forum, Los Angeles, CA
August 2006
» UCLA Friday Forum, Los Angeles, CA
October 2005
» Metropolitan Cooperative Library System
April 2004
» Arroyo Seco Library Network, Whittier, CA
May 2003
» UCLA Friday Forum, Los Angeles, CA
March 2002

Live Homework Help

» California State Library
March/April 2004

Readers' Advisory 101

» UCLA Friday Forum, Los Angeles, CA
February 2006
» California Center for the Book, Los Angeles, CA
March 2004
» California Center for the Book, Sacramento, CA
December 2003

Creating and Maintaining Successful Book Clubs

» California Center for the Book, Los Angeles & Sacramento, CA
April & May 2003

Library Leaders in a Changing World

» Montana Library Association, Butte, MT
April 2003

Young Adults and Homework Clubs

» Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Canada
January 2003

Creating and Managing the Full-Service Homework Center

» New Mexico State Library, Socorro, NM
September 2002

21st Century Literacies: Training of Public Library Trainers

» PacBell 21st Century Literacies Initiative
San Francisco, CA, and UCLA
March 2002

Managing Change in a Library Setting

» InFoPeople series, San Francisco, Downey, Sacramento, and Vista, CA
February-March 2001

Serving Culturally Diverse Customers

» Ventura County Library Services Agency, Ventura, CA
October 2000

Creating a Collection Development Policy That Reflects Your Community

» UCLA Friday Forum, Los Angeles, CA
October 2000

Leadership and the Changing Role of Librarians

» South State Cooperative Library System
April 2000

Teamwork, Leadership, and Communication (TLC)

» Chula Vista Public Library, Chula Vista, CA
December 1999
» Sacramento, CA
October 1999
» Fullerton, CA
August 1999

Homework Centers: How, What, When and Where

» UCLA Friday Forum, Los Angeles, CA
May 1997

Homework Centers: What You Should Know

» Black-Gold Cooperative Library System, Ojai, CA
February 1997

Managing the Library Move: From Planning to Unpacking

» UCLA, Summer Academy Saturday Series, Los Angeles, CA
July 1996

INVITED GUEST PRESENTATIONS (selected)

Homework Help for Children and Youth: Strategies for Successful
Library Involvement
Canadian Library Association conference, Toronto, Canada
June 2003

After-School Homework Programs, pts. 1 & 2
Ontario Library Association conference, Toronto, Canada
January 2003

Becoming a Library Leader
COLT conference, San Francisco, CA
June 2001

"Damned Hard Work:" Early California County Librarians
Palomar Library Association, Coronado, CA
January 2001

Leadership and the Changing Role of Librarians
Association of Library Services for Children conference, Baltimore, MD
October 2000

Public Library Homework Centers
American Library Association, Student Chapter lecture series
San Jose State University, CA
February 2000

RESEARCH GRANTS

American Library Association Research Grant
Models for Homework Center Assessment (co-investigator with Dr. Virginia Walter)
2001-2002

American Library Association Loleta D. Fyan Grant
Homework Centers in the United States
1998

California Library Association Research Grant (sponsored by Demco)
The California Library Association vs. McCarthyism in the 1950s
1996

LIBRARY AWARDS

Library and Information Studies Alumni Association
2005

» Distinguished Alumni Award

John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Special Award
1993

» Books in the Hood Young Adult Readers Faire, Orange Public Library, CA

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Library Association, 1983-present

· Public Library Association, 1994-present
· Library History Round Table, 1997-present
· Young Adult Library Services Association, 2000-present
· Association of Library Services to Children, 2005-present

California Library Association, 1983-present

· Palomar Chapter President, 1990
· Continuing Education Chair, 1993-1994
· Assembly Member-at-Large, 1995-1998
· Library Education and Recruitment Committee Chair, 1997-1999
· Library History Round Table Chair, 1999
· President, 2001
· Communications Task Force Chair, 2002
· Newsletter Editor, 2002/2003
· Nominating Committee Chair, 2003
· Begun Scholarship Committee Chair, 2005
· Assembly Member-at-Large, 2004-2010
· Organization and By-Laws Committee, Chair, 2008

PUBLICATIONS (selected)

MONOGRAPHS:

Mediavilla, C. (in progress). Providing effective homework assistance. American Library Association.

Mediavilla, C. (2006). Public library internships: Advice from the field. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.

Mediavilla, C. (2001). Creating the full-service homework center in your library. Chicago: American Library Association.

Mediavilla, C. (1999). Arthurian fiction: An annotated bibliography. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.

ARTICLES/CHAPTERS:

Mediavilla, C. (2007). The enemy within: Self-censorship during the 1950s. Clarion, 3 (2), 6-10.

Mediavilla, C. (2006). Treasure in local history collections. Clarion, 2 (2), 9-11.

Mediavilla, C. (2006). Doing the homework: The benefit of research. Public Libraries, 45 (3), 19-20.

Mediavilla, C. (2006). California libraries in the post-World War II era (pp.124-127) and World War II -- Postwar effects on western migration (pp.711-715). In Bakken, G.M. & A. Kindell. Encyclopedia of immigration and migration in the American west. (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage).

Walter, V.A. & C. Mediavilla (2005). Teens are from Neptune, librarians are from Pluto: An analysis of online reference transactions. Library Trends, 54 (2), 209-227.

Mediavilla, C. (2005). A tribute to Betty Rosenberg. Readers’ Advisor News. URL available at: http://lu.com/ranews/june2005/rosenberg.cfm.

Walter, V.A. & C. Mediavilla. (in press). Teens are from Neptune, librarians are from Pluto: An analysis of online reference transactions. Library Trends.

Mediavilla, C. (2004). Imbued with a spirit of cooperation: California State Librarian Carma Leigh. California State Library Foundation Bulletin, no. 79 (Fall/Winter), 2-5.

Mediavilla, C. (2004). "California stories uncovered;" Conducting oral history interviews: A how-to manual. California Council for the Humanities. URL available at: http://www.calhumevents.org/ResourceToolbox/Resources/oral_history_manual.pdf.

Mediavilla, C. (2004). The real King Arthur: Arthurian fiction set in 5th century Britain. NoveList.

Mediavilla, C. (2004). Return of the King: Modern-day Camelot. NoveList.

Mediavilla, C. (2003). Before Harry Potter: Merlin, Arthur, and the magic of Camelot. NoveList.

Mediavilla, C. (2003). "FILLing the public-librarian ranks". American Libraries, 34 (June/July 2003), 61-62.

Mediavilla, C. (2003). “Homework helpers.” School Library Journal, 49 (3), 56-59.

Mediavilla, C. (2002). "Coming of age in Camelot". Novelist.

Mediavilla, C. (2002). "From Interns to Library Leaders: Filling public library vacancies in Los Angeles". Connection (no. 26), 1-2.
URL available at: http://www.library.ca.gov/newsletter/2002/CSL_Connection_Aug02.pdf

Mediavilla, C. (2001). Why library homework centers extend society's safety net. American Libraries, 32 (12), 40-42.

Mediavilla, C. (1999). "Approaching things just right:" Carma Russell Zimmerman as County Librarian, 1938-1945. Vitae Scholasticae, 18 (2), 5-34.

Mediavilla, C. (1999). Professional competencies for the twentieth-first century: The CLA's vision. CSLA Journal, 22 (2), 25-27.

Mediavilla, C. (1998). Homework assistance programs in public libraries: Helping Johnny read. In Nichols, M. A. and Nichols, C. A. Young adults and public libraries: A handbook of materials and services (pp. 181-189). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Mediavilla, C. (1997). The war on books and ideas: the California Library Association and anti-Communist censorship in the 1940s and 1950s. Library Trends, 46, 331-347.

Mediavilla, C. (1997). Revisiting the career of Carma Russell (Zimmerman) Leigh,Washington State Librarian, 1945-1951. ALKI, 13 (3), 22-25.

Mediavilla, C. (1994). Practically Speaking: Books in the Hood. School Library Journal, 40 (5), 40.

RESEARCH REPORTS:

Walter, V.A., C. Mediavilla, et al. (2005). Learning in Libraries: White paper on principles and practices for public library services to children and young adults during out-of-school time. Urban Libraries Council. URL available at: http://www.urbanlibraries.org/files/LiLreport.pdf.

Walter, V. and C. Mediavilla. (2003). Homework center outcomes. URL available at http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/research/homework.html

Mediavilla, C. and D. Hansen. (2000). California Library Association recruiting survey results. URL available at http://www.cla-net.org/resources/reports/r_recruitingresults.php.

BOOK REVIEWS:

Mediavilla, C. (2002). [Review of the book Administration of the small public library, 4th ed.]. The Library Quarterly, 72 (4), 503-504.

Mediavilla, C. (1999). [Review of the book The House on Arnus Square]. Counterpoise, 3 (2), 40- 41.

Mediavilla, C. (1998). [Review of the book Collection management for the 21st century: A handbook for librarians]. Library Quarterly, 68, 222-223.

Rogers, Michael. (2003). “FILLing in the holes” [cover story]. Library Journal, 128 (2), 41-42.

Karetzky, Stephen. (2002). “The complicity of library historians: Cindy Mediavilla.” In Not seeing red: American librarianship and the Soviet Union, 1917-1960 (Lanham, NY:
University Press of America), 344-354.

Tasch, Jaqueline. (2000). "Cindy Mediavilla: Information Studies" [cover story]. Graduate Quarterly, 9 (3), 100-11.

DISSERTATION

Mediavilla, C. L. (2000). Carma Russell (Zimmerman) Leigh: An historical look at a woman of vision and influence. University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Information Studies.