Speakers

Adrienne Nguyen

Scholarly Resources and Metadata Law Librarian

University of California, Irvine, School of Law

Allison Bailund

Monographs Cataloging Coordinator

San Diego State University

Ashley Newton

Acquisitions and Metadata Law Librarian

University of California, Irvine, School of Law

Austin Lenzen

ERM Lead

California State University, Long Beach

Brinna Pam Anan

Metadata Management Librarian

Collection Development Coordinator

Interim Head, Collections, Acquisitions, and Resource Discovery Services

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Brinna Pam Anan is the Metadata Management Librarian, Collection Development Coordinator, and Interim Head of Collections, Acquisitions, and Resource Discovery Services at Cal Poly Pomona. She is always researching ways to streamline and improve technical services workflows, including dismantling the problem of unseen labor of technical services and systems. Her other research interests include interdisciplinary connections between librarianship and Asian Studies; and the intersections of history, memory, and metadata.

Can Li

Discovery and Systems Librarian

San Francisco State University

Can Li has been the Discovery & Systems Librarian at San Francisco State since September 2023. Before that, Can gained experiences in various roles, including cataloging, teaching, research data management, and as an administrator for EDS and Folio. Can’s research interests include data-driven solutions for managing library systems and the impact of AI on information retrieval. This is Can’s second eCAUG.

Catrina Mancha

Head, Acquisition and Gifts

California State University, San Bernardino

Catrina Mancha is the Head of Acquisitions and Gifts at CSU San Bernardino. With nearly 20 years at her institution, she has dedicated the last decade to Acquisitions, where she focuses on optimizing resources and enhancing library collections. Additionally, she's collaborated with Rialto for almost four years, further refining CSUSB's acquisition strategies.

Chris Acosta

Course Reserves & Leganto Coordinator

San Jose State University

Christian Ward

Web Developer, Discovery Administrator, and Educational Technologist

Sacramento State University

Christian Ward has been the Web Developer, Discovery Administrator, and Educational Technologist at the Sacramento State University Library since 2009. He has over 25 years experience developing web applications within higher education with a primary focus on UX/UI and human-centered design. Christian’s research interests include user perceptions of online information and its impact on information retrieval within search engines. This is Christian’s first eCAUG.

Christina Hennessey

Director, Unified Library Management System

California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Christopher Lee

Resource Sharing Manager

California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Connor Franklin Rey

Assessment Librarian

San Diego State University

Connor is SDSU Library's new Assessment Librarian. They use quantitative and qualitative research to evaluate library collections, services, and spaces to inform strategic decision-making, increase equitable access to library resources, and share the library’s story.

Ellen Augustiniak

Head of Collection Services

University of California, Irvine, Law Library

Erica Zhang

Metadata Librarian for Open Access

University of California, Los Angeles

Evan Dresman

Supervisor, Special Collections Reading Room

Getty Research Institute

Evelyn Goessling

Electronic Resources and Metadata Law Librarian

University of California, Irvine, School of Law

Gabriel J. Gardner

Assistant Director for Technical Services

California State University, Long Beach

Gabriel J. Gardner is the Assistant Director for Technical Services in the University Library at California State University, Long Beach. Trained in the humanities, he LARPs as a social scientist. He dreams of worlds without Clarivate products and services. This is Gabriel's second eCAUG.

Greta Heng

Cataloging and Metadata Strategies Librarian

San Diego State University

Greta manages ebook and streaming media collections, non-MARC metadata, and resources in Alma digital. Her research interests include linked open data, AI enhanced cataloging, and semantic web.

Heather L. Cribbs

Systems Librarian

California State University, Northridge

Heather L. Cribbs is the Systems Librarian at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), where she leads efforts to enhance library technologies and improve user experience. With over 15 years of experience in both public and academic libraries, she has previously held systems librarian roles at Cal Poly SLO and CSU Bakersfield. Heather's research focuses on optimizing library systems like Ex Libris Alma and Primo VE through data-driven UX strategies to ensure seamless access to resources for all users.

Jess Spencer Waggoner

User Experience Librarian

University of California, Santa Cruz

Jess focuses on user research, interface design, and usable web content. She works with staff throughout the library to foster a positive user experience across a variety of digital systems including the library website, digital collections, and discovery layer. Her professional goals include maintaining a user-centered approach across projects, working within a diversity, equity, and inclusion framework, and embracing iteration.She holds a Master of Library and Information Studies from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Arts in Education with a focus on Instructional Technologies from San Francisco State University.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jess-waggoner-b0499283/ Email: jspencer@ucsc.edu

Jill Strykowski

Cataloging Lead & Government Documents Lead

San Jose State University

At San Jose State, Jill leads leads catalog and metadata management strategy , physical materials processing work, and government publications maintenance. Her research interests center around how metadata management and data supply chains support linked data, A.I., and library systems development.

Joshua Hutchinson

Director, Technical Services

University of Southern California

Joshua Hutchinson is Director, Technical Services for USC Libraries. He manages physical backlogs to ensure timely processing and integration of materials and is responsible for all monograph ordering and cataloging (print and electronic) across USC’s 22 libraries. With experience spanning from small corporate libraries to large legal deposit institutions, Josh has an extensive background and is passionate about the intersection between library technical services and departmental change management.

Katy Aronoff

Director, Solution Consulting

Ex Libris

Kevin Balster

Continuing Resources Management Team Leader

University of California, Los Angeles

Kevin Balster is the Continuing Resources Management Team Leader in Resource Acquisitions & Metadata Services at the UCLA Library. He is primarily responsible for the cataloging of continuing resources and e-resources management. He also serves on the ELUNA/IGeLU Community Zone Management Group.

Kirstie Genzel

Systemwide Digital Library Content Program Manager

California State University, Office of the Chancellor

Kirstie Genzel is the Program Manager for the Systemwide Digital Library Content team at the Chancellor's Office. Prior to this position, Kirstie worked in a variety of different roles at two different CSU campuses. She began working at CSULB in 2008 in Course Reserves, moved to Interlibrary Services in 2010, and in 2016 took over as the Electronic Resources and Alma System Coordinator during the Alma/Primo migration. Most recently, she spent a year at Cal State LA as the Electronic Resources and Digital Publishing Librarian before moving to the Chancellor's Office in September 2023. She also is an alumnus of CSULB and SJSU and got her start in libraries working as a shelving and circulation desk aide at a local public library.

Kun Lin

Programmer Analyst

University of Southern California

Meghann Weldon

Rapido Product Manager

Ex Libris

Meghann is a librarian in the resource sharing community as the Rapido Product Manager at Ex Libris, part of Clarivate. Meghann appreciates any opportunity to work with libraries who are using Rapido to support their success and meet their resource sharing goals. From these collaborations, Meghann brings the library voice and experiences to continue to inform the work of the Rapido team. Meghann’s background is in resource sharing, access services, and user experience after working for 9 years in the CSU system at Cal Poly Humboldt.

Michelle Navarro

Electronic Resources Management Librarian

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Michelle Navarro is the Electronic Resources Management Librarian at Cal Poly Pomona. With about 8 years in the library landscape, from public branches to community colleges, she's tackling her greatest challenge yet: getting buy-in within her department to integrate with Rialto—because, hey, synchronized library systems.

Minyoung Chung

Cataloger, Monographs and Special Projects

University of Southern California

Rachel Safa

Systems and Electronic Resources Librarian

California State University Monterey Bay

Rika Rudra

University of Southern California

Selena Chau

Collection Strategist Librarian

University of California, Santa Barbara

Selena Chau (she/her) is a Collection Strategist Librarian at UC Santa Barbara, an adjunct faculty at Santa Barbara City College, and an instructor for online courses on topics related to preservation and collections care for archivists and cultural heritage professionals. She is on the planning committee of the Acquisitions Institute at Timberline Lodge, a conference that provides librarians, vendors and publishers the opportunity to meet and discuss pertinent trends and issues in library acquisitions and collection development in an intimate, convivial setting.

Stacy Caron

Department Head, Borrowing, Lending,& Document Delivery
California State University, Fullerton

Stephanie M. Roach

Library Systems and Applications Developer
San Mateo County Community College District

Tamar Ganor

Senior Product Manager

Ex Libris

Trevor Passage

LSP Program Manager, Library Consortium

Community College League of California

Win Shih

Director of Integrated Library Systems

University of Southern California

Dr. Shih leads a team of IT professionals responsible for overseeing the library management systems of USC library. He also instructs at the Master of Management in Library and Information Science program at USC Bovard College. As an educator, Dr. Shih actively engages in the accreditation for Master of Library and Information Science programs and serves on ALA’s Committee of Accreditation.Dr. Shih has been honored with several grants, including the 2023, 2020 PRRLA Karl Lo Award, the 2019 International Association of University Libraries’ Research and Study Programme grant, and the 2015 ALA Diversity Research Grant. He is also recognized as a fellow of the Leading Change Institute.

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