Upcoming Events
University Librarian's Donor Celebration Reception
The University Librarian invites current Library Associates to this year's reception to honor the Library's generous friends, to celebrate recent notable acquisitions, and to showcase the newly renovated Research Library Study Commons.
Admission is by invitation only. For more information, call 310.206.8526.
Past Events
Library Associates Powell Society Dinner
with Featured Speaker A. Scott Berg
Thursday, October 22, 2009
6 – 9 p.m.
This annual dinner is hosted by the University Librarian and honors the generosity of Library Associates who are members of the Powell Society. This year's speaker was Pulitzer-Prize winning American biographer A. Scott Berg, a Princeton graduate who has written about several of the most famous figures of the twentieth century—Katharine Hepburn, Maxwell Perkins, Samuel Goldwyn, Charles Lindbergh and wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
Library Associates Author Reading
with Harry Brant Chandler
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
4 – 6 p.m.
Harry Chandler, media executive turned photographer and biographer, discussed his recent book, Dreamers in a Dream City, a stunning collection of portraits and biographies of some of the most colorful and accomplished people the City of Angels has ever produced.
A fifth-generation Angelino of the Los Angeles Times family, Harry Chandler grew up in proximity to many of the larger-than-life dreamers who shaped Los Angeles. Dreamers is Chandler’s verbal and visual homage to a unique group of men and women, immigrants and billionaires, surfers and moviemakers, rocket scientists and activists. Each of the fifty-four distinctive biographical portraits in the book is beautifully offset by Chandler's compelling and evocative color photographs. The talk is now available on the UCLA Library's YouTube Channel.
Library Associates Author Reading
with Gary Nash
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
4 – 6 p.m.
UCLA Professor Emeritus and author Gary Nash discussed “A Tragic Betrayal in the New Nation,” based on his recent book Friends of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, and Agrippa Hull: A Tale of Three Patriots, Two Revolutions, and a Tragic Betrayal of Freedom in the New Nation. The videotaped talk is available online on UCLA's YouTube Channel.
University Librarian's Champagne Reception
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
5 –7 p.m.
This annual event honored the Library's generous friends and celebrated recent notable acquisitions from many Library areas.
Library Associates Author Reading
with Kevin Roderick and Eric Lynxwiler
Program (Adoble PDF document)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
4 – 6 p.m.
Author Kevin Roderick and researcher Eric Lynxwiler discussed the glamour and importance of Los Angeles' unofficial main street and showed images from their book, Wilshire Boulevard: Grand Concourse of Los Angeles. Roderick is the Director of the UCLA Newsroom as well as the editor and publisher of LA Observed and a weekly commentator on National Public Radio station KCRW. Lynxwiler, a graduate of UCLA, is an urban anthropologist who conducts tours for the Los Angeles Conservancy and has received national attention for his "neon cruises" of nighttime Los Angeles through the Museum of Neon Art.
Library Associates Discovery Workshop
*Encore Performance*
Taking Charge of Your Health: Finding Health Resources on the Web
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
4 – 6 p.m.
Have you ever wondered about the quality of health information you've found on the Internet? Have you been overwhelmed by getting hundreds or thousands of results from a search for health information? When health-related questions arise, quality information resources help you be an active participant in your own healthcare. This workshop provided some of the best starting points for health information. Instructors gave tips for evaluating online information and provided resources to help attendees communicate with healthcare professionals.
Library Associates Author Reading
with Eric Lax
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
4 – 6 p.m.
American biographer Eric Lax discussed his recent book, Conversations with Woody Allen: His Films, the Movies, and Moviemaking, which comprises thirty-six years of interviews with the actor and director. Lax’s previous books include Life and Death on 10 West, Woody Allen: A Biography, Bogart, and The Mold in Dr. Florey’s Coat. The discussion and reading was followed by a reception and book signing.
Library Associates Discovery Workshop
Hear it Here: Southern California Oral History on the Web
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Monday, October 20, 2008
2 – 4 p.m.
It's one thing to read a history book; it's another to hear that history directly from those who lived it. Guests experienced the remarkable stories gathered by the UCLA Library Center for Oral History Research in this interactive presentation. They heard about its online oral histories and learned about Hypermedia L.A. and the role oral histories play in the future of electronic scholarship.
Library Associates Powell Society Dinner
with Featured Speaker Ray Bradbury
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Thursday, September 18, 2008
6 – 9 p.m.
This annual dinner hosted by the university librarian honors the generosity of Library Associates who are members of the Powell Society. The featured speaker was author Ray Bradbury, who wrote one of his most acclaimed books, Fahrenheit 451, on a rental typewriter in the basement of the Powell Library Building. A plaque honoring Mr. Bradbury that will be installed in the area where the rental typewriting room used to be was presented at the dinner. Guests also had the opportunity to preview the exhibit "The History of UCLA Lives Here: The Sixtieth Anniversary of the University Archives."
Library Associate Author Reading
with Greg Critser
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Monday, May 12, 2008
4 – 6 p.m.
Longtime journalist and observer of the medical industry Greg Critser discussed his available and forthcoming publications. His acclaimed books include Generation Rx: How Prescription Drugs are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies and the best-selling 2003 title Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World. The discussion and reading was followed by a reception and book signing.
UCLA Library Champagne Reception
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
5 – 7 p.m.
This annual event honored the Library's generous friends and celebrated recent notable acquisitions. Also on view was "Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Bookburnings," a traveling exhibition organized by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Library Associates Discovery Workshop Ludwig Lauerhass, PhD - Passion, Discipline, and Collecting
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Monday, February 11, 2008
2 – 4 p.m.
Why - how - when - where do we collect? Lauerhass answered these questions as he delved into the art of collecting and discussed collectors - both individual and institutional - as well as collections and libraries.
R. B. Kitaj Exhibit Opening
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Monday, January 7, 2008
4 – 6 p.m.
Guests attended an opening reception for "Portrait of a Jewish Artist: R.B. Kitaj in Text and Image," an exhibit examining Kitaj's life as a groundbreaking artist, philosopher, and intellectual. The exhibit, which was on view through mid-April, featured items drawn from the personal archive of papers Kitaj donated to UCLA prior to his death in October 2007. The event was been made possible by support from the UCLA Center for Jewish Studies, UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections, and the Skirball Cultural Center, where a concurrent exhibition of Kitaj's artwork was on view through March 30, 2008.
Library Associates Discovery Workshop
Preserving Your Family History
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
2 – 4 p.m.
Have you ever wondered how to take care of the photograph albums from your grandmother's childhood? Or how to record the great stories that your father tells about how he met your mother? And what about those family documents – what do they reveal about your family's unique history? Attendees at this interactive presentation and discussion discovered how to preserve the treasured memories and artifacts of family history.
Library Associates Author Reading
with Sam Watters
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Monday, November 26, 2007
4 – 6 p.m.
Architectural historian and writer Sam Watters discussed and showed slides from his new books, Houses of Los Angeles, 1885-1919 and Houses of Los Angeles, 1920-1935, for which he conducted some of the research in the Charles E. Young Research Library Department of Special Collections. The reading was followed by a reception and book signing.
Library Associates Discovery Workshop Taking Charge of Your Health: Finding Health Resources on the Web
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
2 – 4 p.m.
Have you ever wondered about the quality of health information you've found on the Internet? Have you been overwhelmed by getting hundreds or thousands of results from a search for health information? When health-related questions arise, quality information resources help you be an active participant in your own healthcare. This workshop provided some of the best starting points for health information. Instructors gave tips for evaluating online information and provided resources to help attendees communicate with healthcare professionals.
Library Associates
Powell Society Dinner
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
6 – 9 p.m.
This annual dinner hosted by the university librarian honors the generosity of Library Associates who are members of the Powell Society. University Librarian Gary E. Strong made remarks on the Charles E. Young Research Library renovation. The featured speaker was scholar and historian Kevin Starr, who spoke on "Lawrence Clark Powell and the Transforming Effect of Libraries – An Enduring Legacy."
Library Associates Discovery Workshop
Super Googling and More
Program (Adobe PDF document)
Thursday, September 20, 2007
2 – 4 p.m.
Google is recognized as the most popular general Web search engine. Attendees learned tips and tricks for searching Google and Google Scholar and found out what's new in online researching tools.
