MICRO-BIO

• As the Archives and Special Collections Instruction Librarian, Rachel Wen-Paloutzian collaborates with faculty to incorporate special collections and primary sources into academic curriculum. She facilitates active learning with students in library...More

  As the Archives and Special Collections Instruction Librarian, Rachel Wen-Paloutzian collaborates with faculty to incorporate special collections and primary sources into academic curriculum. She facilitates active learning with students in library instruction workshops using a wide variety of special collections materials, such as cultural artifacts, artworks, rare books, digital and audiovisual objects, and archival documents. Rachel is the Curator of the LMU Postcard Collections, and she is the library liaison to the Asian and Asian American Studies Department. Prior to her current position, Rachel worked as Metadata Librarian for four years, building LMU Digital Collections and making special collections accessbile online. She is a member of The Phi Beta Kappa Society. 

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EXPERIENCE

• Loyola Marymount University

  • Archives and Special Collections Instruction Librarian
  • William H. Hannon Library
  • June 2016 to Present

• Loyola Marymount University

  • Metadata Librarian
  • William H. Hannon Library
  • July 2012 to June 2016

• University of California, Los Angeles

  • Digital Project Coordinator
  • Visual Resource Collection, Art History Department
  • September 2009 to May 2012

EDUCATION

• University of California, Los Angeles

  • Master of Library and Information Science
  • September 2009 to December 2011

  Specialization in archival studies, metadata, and instruction.

• University of Southern California

  • Bachelor of Arts, Art History
  • August 2007 to May 2009

Interests

• Teaching Practices

• Special Collections And Archives

• Experiential Learning

Links

• Rachel Wen-Paloutzian Selected Works