LA as Subject: 25 years of Highlighting Southern California Archives

The Residency Program

The LA as Subject residency and training program began in 2014 and is made possible through a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The program is a collective effort from LA as Subject; the Gerth Archives and Special Collections at California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH); Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge (CSUN); and the USC Libraries.

The program trains three recent MLIS graduates as well as staff and volunteers at 30 LAAS member archives in skills related to digital collections management. It also helps facilitate digital library projects by LAAS members for national digital platforms, including the Digital Public Library of America. Each of the collaborating institutions hires a Resident Archivist for a two-year term. The LAAS Residency Program provides recent MLIS graduates interested in archives, with the opportunity to learn from professionals and scholars in the field and gain experience in working with a variety of LA area community archives to evaluate and complete digital projects.

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