Staffing

Congratulations to our newly hired library employees!

To support students enrolled in Cerro Coso’s new Child Development Associate Teacher Certificate of Achievement being offered fully in Spanish, the library hired 2 part-time bilingual librarians to develop a comprehensive suite of library services in Spanish.

Norco College welcomes Cheryl Cox as our new Instructional Design Librarian effective Fall Semester 2024. Cheryl served as Library Associate Faculty and as the Library Technical Assistant II at Norco College since 2021. She received her Master of Management in Library and Information Science at the University of Southern California. Cheryl completed her internship at Fullerton College and also has experience as a librarian and substitute teacher in K-12.

The Wilfred J. Airey Library at Norco College welcomes two new Library Technical Assistants:

Russell Burrows has a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology and an MLIS from San Jose State University. He previously worked as a Library Assistant at the University of La Verne Law Library, a Library Assistant/Scanner at the Southern Regional Library Facility at UCLA, and as a Library Technician at Edgewood High School in West Covina, CA. Russell enjoys traveling, hiking, spending time with his pets, and reading biographies and non-fiction. 

Tom was hired as a full-time Associate Librarian at Oxnard College on Jan. 6, 2000. Prior service was as a public librarian in Oklahoma City and Los Angeles. He also worked in a private law library in downtown LA for eight years. Tom wishes to express his appreciation to his colleagues in the Ventura CCD, as well as to those statewide library faculty with whom he served on the CCL-EAR Committee. Also, as part of the Library Services Platform selection project. Best wishes to the CCL community at large. Retirement plans are a bit vague, but include travel and R & R.

By Alison Steinberg Gurganus, San Diego Mesa College & Dan Crump, American River College

Many colleges now have the opportunity to hire more faculty and staff than has been possible in the recent past (read “Pandemic”).  This also gives us the chance to look at hiring and retention activities with a new lens.

College of San Mateo Library welcomes Valeria Estrada as our new Equity, Outreach, and Engagement Librarian at the College of San Mateo starting fall 2022, where she works with students, faculty, and staff in outreach efforts that promote equitable practices. She has over 28 years of experience working in public and academic libraries working her way up the library ladder to a librarian. She is a first generation Latinx college grad.
College of San Mateo Library welcomes Lia Thomas as our new Digital Services Librarian. Lia has served in the role in a temporary capacity since 2020 before being hired permanently this year. She received her MLIS from San Jose State and served her practicum at CSM Library and was hired as an adjunct in 2008. Lia has worked as a librarian and instructor in community colleges throughout the Bay Area, and is excited to continue her work in the areas of digital resources, information literacy, and OER/ZTC at CSM.

RCC is so happy to have Lua Gregory join our RCC team as Public Services Librarian. We know we will benefit from her breadth of experience.

Katrina Rahn joined the Santa Rosa Junior College library team as Electronic Resources Librarian in August 2022.

Better late than never -- Rio Hondo College Library is proud to announce that 3 of our full-time faculty librarians have been granted tenure in Spring 2022!

Librarian Young Lee previously worked as an attorney until he made a career change and worked as the Reference and Electronic Services Librarian at the University of La Verne Law Library. Young joined Rio in November 2017 and has since been our de facto Electronic Resources Librarian (and provider of donuts, pastries, and other sweets to our Library Division).

Congratulations to our newly tenured library faculty!

Camila Jenkin, Outreach Librarian, El Camino College Emily Moss, Librarian, Diablo Valley College Katrina Rahn, Librarian, City College of San Francisco Maggie Frankel, Librarian, City College of San Francisco Marie Varelas, Librarian, City College of San Francisco Michele McKenzie, Librarian, City College of San Francisco Ryan Gan, Systems Librarian, El Camino College

Congratulations to our newly promoted library faculty!

Congratulations to our newly hired library faculty!

Foothill College Library is pleased to welcome Destiny Rivera to the newly created position of Access & Information Services Librarian. After years without a Technical Services Librarian, we look forward to her help in maximizing access in the LMS to library resources, but the position also encompasses providing leadership in reference and helping grow our instruction program and OER initiatives.

Instruction Librarian Emily Moss was granted tenure in Spring 2022 at Diablo Valley College. At DVC, she has transformed the library’s approach to teaching by integrating the ACRL Framework in our information literacy instruction, and by developing information literacy curriculum and materials for online learners.

Jewell Ludwigsen is the new Librarian for the Tehachapi campus of Cerro Coso. She spent the last nine years serving as a Librarian with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Ludwigsen will oversee and develop library services for the Cerro Coso's rapidly expanding incarcerated student education program. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from the University of Tennessee, and a Master of Library and Information Science from San Jose State University.
By Coastline Community College Librarian Elizabeth Horan was granted tenure in Spring 2020 at Coastline Community College.

By Evelyn Lord, Laney College

Megdi Abebe has joined Laney Library for spring 2022 as a Librarian Intern.

Megdi will complete her Master of Science, Library and Information Science (MS/LIS) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in May. She is interested in a career in community college libraries. Megdi currently works as a library assistant at the Golden Gate Branch of the Oakland Public Library. 

Cuyamaca College has 2 tenure track positions open. Closes March 14.

To apply, visit the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District job listing. 

By Micaela Agyare, Foothill College

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