Emerging LIS Professionals at the UCLA Community Archives Lab

March 11, 2025 | Reading Room

Panelists: Priscilla P. Avitia, Blair Black, Ana Elizabeth Lara, Riona Tsai, and Sam Stroud (photos HERE)

Moderator: Ezra Loeb

As part of Faculty Organizing for Community Archives Support (FOCAS) and with the support of the Mellon Foundation, the UCLA Community Archives Lab administers paid internships for second-year MLIS students at community archives across Los Angeles, including La Historia Historical Society Museum, Visual Communications, the Skid Row History Museum and Archive, the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California, and the June L. Mazer Lesbian Archives. This program represents a transformation in archival education by centering non-dominant archival traditions and the needs of minoritized students and communities. In this moderated panel discussion, the five current Mellon interns will discuss their experiences in community archives, as well as the impact of their internships on their career trajectories and the future of the archival profession.