The library welcomes new additions to our library staff. Heather Wagner and Latasha Means both started June 1st and bring a variety of experience to their positions.
Heather’s previous positions and education are closely connected to her upcoming work in Digital Assets as the Digitization Coordinator. She has worked in the Hoover Institution Archives at Stanford University as a Digitization Production Specialist and as an Audiovisual Specialist, as a Photo Archivist at Hewlett-Packard, and most recently in the library at the Los Banos campus of Merced College. She has a certificate in Library Technology from Foothill College, was a Radio, Television and Film major at San Jose State, and completed the Western Archives Institute. She has a keen interest in the history and preservation of photography, moving images and digital media. If you have any questions about early Soviet or French New Wave film she is your person. Her position at UC Merced includes overseeing the Supplemental Course Resources program and working on digitization projects.
Latasha has a strong connection with UC Merced. She graduated with honors from UC Merced in 2012, receiving her B.A. in literature and cultures. During Latasha’s undergraduate career, she worked in UC Merced Library’s Access Services, Exhibits, and Administrative Services areas and quickly grew to admire and appreciate the library’s role in education. Following graduation, she worked in UC Merced’s Merritt Writing Program and also Merced College’s Library. Latasha has an immense love for books, writing, and education. She has proudly published, including research on electroconvulsive therapy and how it correlates with second wave feminism and literature. Ask her about feminist poetry and/or YA literature, and she will tell you more than you care to know. Latasha is now the Technical Services Coordinator at UC Merced managing the library’s physical collection.
We are delighted to have both of them join our staff. Welcome Heather and Latasha!
