Luiz H. Mendes
Electronic Resources Librarian

Contact Information

California State University, Northridge
18111 Nordhoff St
Northridge, CA 91330-8328
(818) 677-6299
(818) 677-4928 fax
luiz.mendes@csun.edu

Duties and Responsibilities

E-resources cataloging and management
Management & maintenance of MetaLib and SFX
Impementation & maintenance of ERMS (Electronic Resources Management System)
Reference and bibliographic instruction
Bibliographer/Subject Specialist for: Linguistics/TESL and Modern & Classical Languages (Armenian, Chinese, Farsi, French, Japanese, Korean)
Supervision: E-Resources Management Specialist

Professional Interests

Descriptive & Subject Cataloging
E-Resources Management
Metadata & Digital Library Initiatives
Teaching & Training (Cataloging and Metadata)

Education

MLIS, San Jose State University (2006)

Spectrum Scholarship (Spectrum/ACRL Scholar), 2003

UCLA (1990-1997)

Graduate coursework in Romance Linguistics (Syntax)

BA (English), California State University, Northridge (1990)

Mary Cleary Scholarship, Fall 1989

Current Activities

ALCTS Electronic Resources Interest Group, Chair Elect, 2007-2008.

ALCTS CCS Education, Training, and Recruitment for Cataloging Committee, Chair, 2008-2009, Intern, 2007-2008.

ALCTS and Library of Congress Cataloging for the 21st Century, Trainer (Rules & Tools for Cataloging Internet Resources; Metadata Standards and Applications; Metadata and Digital Library Development; and Digital Project Planning & Management Basics)

CSUN Academic Affairs Web Architecture Committee, Member, 2007-

CSUN Library Technology Committee, Member, August 2008-

CSUN Electronic Library Working Group (ELCOM), Member, January 2007-July 2008.

CSUN Learning Object Metadata Group, Member, 2007-

UCLA Department of Information Studies, Adjunct Faculty (Descriptive & Subject Cataloging)