Committee Business
Diversity Recruitment Summit

Planning Meeting. Monday, August 8th; 10 a.m.-noon.
UCLA Young Research Library's West Electronic Classroom, Rm. #23167, 2nd floor. http://www2.library.ucla.edu/ Hosted by Norma Corral (310) 825-4954.
Click link to view document >> Invitation to Plan ~~ Planning Document ~~ Agenda

Please send agenda items to Albert Tovar atovar@ci.azusa.ca.us prior to meeting.


PARKING INFORMATION:
To receive complimentary parking at UCLA, please contact Lydia Doplemore doplemore@gseis.ucla.edu or (310) 206-9393 and she will make the reservation. After August 4th, please e-mail Clara Chu cchu@ucla.edu with your parking request and phone number. To obtain your parking sticker, please proceed to the Parking Kiosk off of Wyton and Hilgard. Provide your name and reservation number and you will be directed to Lot 3. Ask for a campus map and have them point out the location of the Charles E. Young Research Library (YRL).

DIRECTIONS TO UCLA:
From the North (San Fernando Valley, Burbank, Central California Valley):
Take the 405 freeway south through the Sepulveda Pass. Take Sunset Boulevard east, turn right on Hilgard Ave and turn right on to the campus on Wyton Ave. The Charles E. Young Library http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/about/map.htm is next door to the GSE&IS Building, close to the corner of Royce Drive and Charles E. Young Drive North.

From the South (LAX, Orange County, San Diego):
Take the 405 freeway north to the Sunset Boulevard exit. Once on Sunset Boulevard heading east, follow the instructions above.

From the East (Downtown Los Angeles, the Inland Empire):
Take the 10 freeway east to the 405 freeway. Take the 405 freeway north to the Sunset Boulevard exit. Once on Sunset Boulevard heading east, follow the instructions above.

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Future Meetings

Thursday ,  September 29, 2005; 3-4:30 p.m. UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library. http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/library/default.htm Haines Hall 144. Hosted by Yolanda Retter. (310) 206-6052. To locate Haines Hall look at the middle of the map (next to Royce Hall): http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/about/map.htm

  • Please join us to receive updates on our plans for the Diversity  Recruitment Summit in
    September 2006.
    Discuss diversity issues.
    Discuss recruitment strategies.
    Learn how DRMC will be integrated as a standing committee within the  structure of the
    Information Studies Department.
  • Join us afterwards at 5 p.m., 2nd Floor of the GSEIS Building for the  Fall Recruitment Social as we gather to recognize current and past Spectrum Scholars and other diversity award winners. See photographs.
  • Please send agenda items to Albert Tovar atovar@ci.azusa.ca.us   626-812-5277 prior to
    meeting. Norma Corral ncorral@library.ucla.edu 310-825-4954 prior to meeting.
  • To receive complimentary parking at UCLA, please contact Lydia Doplemore doplemore@gseis.ucla.edu or (310) 206-9393 and she will make the reservation. To obtain your parking sticker, please proceed to any information kiosk on campus, provide your name and reservation number and you will be directed to Lot 3. For driving instructions, please click on the link to: The Department of Information Studies (UCLA); and click on GSE&IS Building for a campus map; 300 Charles E. Young Drive North; Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520.

Alternative meetings sites:

  • CSU Long Beach, Center For Faculty Development (Room 506, 5th floor), University Library. Contact: Tracey Mayfield (562) 985-8877 to make parking arrangements.
  • CSU Fullerton, Pollack Library North. Contact: Jie Tian (714) 278-2569 or Barbara Miller.
    CSU Fullerton Driving Instructions and Campus Map: http://parking.fullerton.edu/visitors/drivingdirections.asp
    Parking Information: Please pick up and pay for your parking permit at the Visitor Information Center (Nutwood Ave. exit off 57 Fwy, south side of campus).
  • Westwood Branch Library, LAPL,1246 Glendon Avenue, Los Angeles 90024. (Cross street: Wilshire Boulevard) (310) 474-1739 Map.

2005-06

2004-05

  • Friday, October 1, 2004; 10 a.m.-noon, UCLA Department of Information Studies. GSE&IS Building, Room 111.
  • Meeting and holiday social: Friday, December 3, 2004; noon-2 p.m. GSE&IS Building 2nd floor open area.
  • Friday, January 21, 2005; 9-11 a.m., UCLA Department of Information Studies. GSE&IS Building, Room 245.
  • Diversity Summit VI: Friday, February 4, 2005; 9-11 a.m., UCLA Department of Information Studies. GSE&IS Building, Room 111.
  • Friday, March 11, 2005; 9-11 a.m., UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library. http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/library/default.htm Haines Hall 144. Hosted by Yolanda Retter.
  • Monday, April 4, 2005; 9-11 a.m., UCLA Department of Information Studies. GSE&IS Building, Room 228.
  • Monday, May 9, 2005; 9-11 a.m., UCLA Department of Information Studies. GSE&IS Building, Room 228.
  • Monday, June 20, 2005; 9-11 a.m., Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies Library (UCLA), 135 Haines Hall, Box 951545, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1545.(310) 825-6060. 
  • Friday, July 15, 2005; 9-11 a.m., UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library.
  • Friday, August 26, 2005; 9-11 a.m., UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Please join us in planning for our Potluck Diversity Mixer (Sunday, Sept. 25th) and Fall undergraduate recruitment event A discussion with Department Chair Anne Gilliland to re-constitute this committee as part of the official organizational structure of the Department. Get an update on the planning of the Recruiment Summit to take place next year and partnering with Glendale Public Library on the recruitment of teens

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2002 - meetings are held every third Friday of the month, 10:00 a.m.-noon (with some exceptions), and are hosted by different institutions. Specific room location and parking instructions are provided through our electronic discussion list. Please send agenda items to Albert Tovar atovar@ci.azusa.ca.us one week prior to a meeting.

  • January 11th, UCLA Department of Information Studies. Contact: Clara M. Chu, (310) 206-9368.
  • February 15th, Compton Public Library, 240 W. Compton Blvd., Compton, CA 90220. Contact: Marcel Twizeyemungu (310) 637-0202. The library is located at the corner of Compton Blvd. and Acacia (right by the Court House). There is free underground parking, entrance is on Acacia.
  • Wednesday, March 6th; 3-5 p.m., UCLA Department of Information Studies. Contact: Clara M. Chu, (310) 206-9368. ~ Meeting was preceded by a Networking Lunch and Diversity Council Meeting, 12:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., Room 111.
  • April 19th - cancelled
  • May 17th, Getty Research Institute, 1200 Getty Center Drive; Plaza Conference Room. For complimentary parking, please contact Ani Matosian (310) 440-7617. Driving directions: From 405, exit Getty Center Dr. and follow the signs. Park in the main parking structure and from there take the tram to the top. Walk up the "Spanish Steps", turning to the right to head toward the Research Institute. The receptionist inside will direct you to the Plaza Conference Room.
    Special joint meeting with DIAL (Diversity in Academic Libraries), an interest group of CARL.
  • June 21st, cancelled
  • July 19th, Culver City Julian Dixon Library, 4975 Overland Ave. Culver City, CA 90230 . Contact: Evelyn Udenyi (310) 559-1676.
  • August 1 (Special meeting for Strategic Planning Committee), UCLA Department of Information Studies. Contact: Albert Tovar (for Strategic Planning questions) or Clara M. Chu (re: UCLA) (310) 206-9368. Strategic Planning document (Adobe Acrobat Reader format)
  • August 16th (Strategic Planning Meeting). UCLA Department of Information Studies. (see above)
  • September 20th, UCLA Department of Information Studies. See August 1st information.
  • October 18th, Martinez Books and Art Gallery (Children's Bookstore), 1200 N. Main Street, #100, Santa Ana, California 92701. Contact: Ruben Martinez (714) 973-7900.
    Driving Directions: Take I-5 South, exit 17th St. to Santa Ana. >>>TURN RIGHT onto Penn Way, and then LEFT onto E. 17th St. >>>TURN LEFT onto N MAIN St and drive to 1200.
  • November 15th, Azusa Public Library. 729 North Dalton Avenue, Azusa California 91702
    (626) 812-5232. Contact: Albert Tovar

2000-01

  • Friday ~ November 16, 2001, UCLA Department of Information Studies. Contact: Clara M. Chu, (310) 206-9368.
  • Friday ~ October 19th, CSU Long Beach, Center For Faculty Development (Room 506, 5th floor), University Library. Contact: Tracey Mayfield (562) 985-8877. [CANCELLED]
  • Friday ~ September 21st, Compton Public Library. Contact: Marcel Twizeyemungu
  • Friday ~ August 17th, UC Santa Barbara. Special joint meeting with DIAL (Diversity in Academic Libraries), an interest group of CARL. Contact: Gary Colmenar (805) 893-8067
  • Friday ~ July 20th, Lincoln Heights Public Library. Contact: Ivan Corpeño-Chavez (323) 226-1692
  • Friday ~ May 18th, Getty Research Institute, 1200 Getty Center Drive; Plaza Conference Room. Contact Ani Matosian (310) 440-7617.
  • Friday ~ April 27th, CSU Fullerton, Pollack Library North, third floor, room PL 310. Special joint meeting with DIAL (Diversity in Academic Libraries), an interest group of CARL. Contact: Jie Tian (714) 278-2569
    Presentation by Anastasis (Tassos) Petrou, UCLA, Doctoral Candidate. Topic: African American Scholarship and Invisible Colleges
  • Friday ~ February 9, 2001 ~ 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.; 111 GSE&IS Building, UCLA Department of Information Studies. ~ Meeting was preceded by a Networking Breakfast and Diversity Council Meeting, 9:30 a.m. - noon, Room 111.
  • Thursday ~ November 30, 2000 ~ 10:30 a.m. - noon (UCLA). Followed by a Mixer with Ethnic Library Associations Representatives at GSE&IS Student Commons, noon-1:00 p.m.
  • Monday ~ October 23, 2000 ~ 10 a.m. - noon (CSULB)
  • Monday ~ September 25, 2000 ~ 10 a.m. - noon (CSULB)

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Documents (click on link to open a document)

~ Strategic Planning (Summer 2002)
~ Annual Reports: 1999-2000, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03

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Library Paraprofessional Survey - Forthcoming

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