Megan Riley

doctoral candidate & library worker

about me:

Doctoral candidate in UCLA's Department of Information Studies studying organized labor, anticommunism and citizen-making in US public libraries in the early 20th century. Graduate of UCLA's MLIS program in 2020, focusing on labor issues in LIS, special collections and archives; co-president of SAA @ UCLA and co-chair of UCLA's SCA student chapter, 2019-2020. Personal hobbies and interests include crosswords, knitting, and surfing. She/they.

research interests:

early 20th century library history

labor history

labor issues in libraries

policing-free libraries

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