Steering Committee, Programming Chair, Secretary, Treasurer

More info about positions and the election process can be found in our bylaws.

Voting ends 02/05/2021. Thank you for your participation!

 

Steering Committee (3-year term)

Jasmine Larkin

Jasmine Larkin is currently the Accessioning Archivist at UCLA Library Special Collections. In this role, she has primary responsibility for accessioning activities and is currently developing a retrospective accessioning project to address UCLA’s collections backlog. She received her MLIS with a specialization in Archival Studies from UCLA, and she previously held positions at the Getty Research Institute and New York University. She has been an active member of LAAC’s Programming Subcommittee since 2019 and recently served as the subcommittee’s co-chair in 2020.

Jasmine appreciates the accessible, supportive, and inclusive community that LAAC has built  over the years. 2020 has demonstrated that our communities are vital for providing the support, knowledge, and resources we need to take on the many challenges we encounter individually and collectively. If elected to the Steering Committee, Jasmine would endeavor to help LAAC continue to uphold and foster an equitable and egalitarian environment for its members, with particular advocacy for emerging professionals and underrepresented groups. Through these efforts to bring new, diverse professionals into the community, Jasmine believes that LAAC will be a stronger organization that is better equipped to support its members and their professional aspirations.

Programming Subcommittee Chair (1-year term)

Michael Sokol

My name is Michael Sokol (he/him). I am a first-year MLIS student at UCLA. Concentrating on Archival Studies, I am interested in community archiving, artist archives, Indigenous librarianship, audio preservation, and the intersection of archives and human rights. I am originally from western Massachusetts and am now based in L.A. I worked as a radio producer and DJ for many years, and I now (sporadically) produce a podcast where I have conversations with artists about the relationship between art and social transformation.

Secretary (2-year term)

Carolina Meneses

Carolina Quezada Meneses was most recently the Manuscripts Division Archival Resident at Princeton University Library where she focused on reviewing, researching, and assisting the Digital Archivist with updating digital processing guidelines. She received her MLIS with a specialization in Archival Studies from UCLA, and has previously worked at UC Irvine Special Collections and Archives and UCLA Library Special Collections. Carolina is interested in the preservation of dance and performing arts and by extension, audiovisual and digital preservation.

I’m really excited to self-nominate for the secretary position at LAAC. I’ve been involved with LAAC since I moved to Southern California to pursue my MLIS back in 2018. I’ve attended a few archives tours, as well as presented at the ArchiveNOW conference in 2018 and contributed to the Movement issue of Acid Free in 2019. Over the years, I’ve met and worked with other members of LAAC and as such feel very rooted in the community and can envision myself becoming a more integral part of the collective.

Treasurer (2-year term)

Lauren McDaniel

I have over fifteen years of collections experience and hold degrees in history, visual and material culture, and archival studies. Currently, I am a temporary Special Collections Archivist at the Getty Research Institute. Just prior, I was the temporary Visual Materials Processing Archivist at UCLA Library Special Collections. While at UCLA, my colleagues and I used our collective power to file a union grievance against UCLA Library regarding temporary appointments. Two years on, the grievance continues, as does our fight against the widespread problem of contingent labor in the cultural heritage and education fields. Since 2003, I have also been a self-employed information professional, managing my own business finances as well as clients’ accounts and expenses.

I have participated in and benefited from LAAC’s valuable network and activities over the past few years, including Acid Free featuring my article about UCLA’s Barbara and Willard Morgan papers in its movement-themed issue. I now want to step up my organizational involvement by running for the leadership position to which I could best contribute: Treasurer. Using my dual skills in organizing—information and labor—I would help make LAAC an even stronger resource and voice for our archival community.