Randy will be giving most of the presentation. Ill be here for questions and answers. Just a little background about myself. I volunteered after i got my b. A. In history from cal state San Bernardino in 2010. I began volunteering at the National Archives at riverside and then in 2012 i became a student archives technician at riverside. And then in i got my masters degrees in library and information science. At that same time from san jose state university. And then in 2014 i moved to st. Louis and worked at the National Archives at st. Louis as a preservation technician. And then in 2016 i moved back to california and in my current role as an archive specialist at the National Archives at riverside. So im going to turn it over to randy here and you could give you his bio. Well, thank you, james. Welcome, everybody. I want to thank mr. Garza for his wonderful introduction and thank the friends of the North Hollywood library and the friends of the sherman oaks for inviting us to come ou
Introduce myself. Randy will be giving most of the presentation. Ill be here for questions and answer. Just a little background about myself. I volunteered after i got my b. A. In history from cal state San Bernardino in 2010, i began volunteering at the National Archives at riverside and then in 2012 i became a student archives technician at the National Archives at riverside and then in i got my masters degree in library and Information Science at that same time from san jose state university. And then in 2014, i moved to st. Louis and worked at the National Archives at st. Louis as a preservation technician and then in 2016 i moved back to california and then in my current role as an archives specialist. Im going to turn it over to randy here and he can give you his bio. Thank you, james. Welcome, everybody. I want to thank mr. Garza for his wonderful introduction and i also want to thank the friends of the North Hollywood library and the sherman oaks friends of library as well for
And just make up some stuff because jonerik cups to us from West Virginia and hes done some fantastic scholarship for us at the blog about those early months and the early year of the war in 1861, which really set the stage for what happens in 1861 and onward. A lot of people forget about how formative the action in West Virginia was and hes in there with his sleeves rolled up. Really working the material in a way that ive been impressed with. But now im going to read this really nice introduction. From mount pleasant, ohio. He studied history at Bethany College and received a masters of library and Information Science at kent state university. Where he focused his studies on archives and preservation. He started his career in the preservation at the library of copping and later worked for a congress and later worked for a pittsburghbased preservation firm, where he developed Preservation Strategies for libraries, archives and museums. In 2012 he was named director of archives and reco
Inspire us to investigate and archivesur nations that among the holdings are documents going back to 1775. We have been handing out raffle tickets. That some books. Please welcome hello, im going to introduce myself. Randy will be giving most of the presentation. A little background about myself , i volunteered. After i got my ba in history in 2010 i began volunteering at the National Archives at riverside and then in 2012 i became a student archives technician at the National Archives at riverside and then i got my masters degree in library and Information Science at that same time from san jose state university. And then in 2014, i moved to st. Louis and worked at the National Archives at st. Louis as a preservation technician and then in 2016 i moved back to california and then in my current role as an archives specialist. Im going to turn it over to randy here and he can give you his bio. Thank you, james. Welcome, everybody. I want to thank mr. Garza for his wonderful introduction
Because after the q a well be giving away what the friends of the library love to give away more than anything else and thats some books to some lucky winners so please join us at this point in welcoming from the National Archives at riverside. Randy thompson and james artoon. \[applause] hi, im going to introduce myself. Randy will be giving most of the presentation. Ill be here for questions and answer. Just a little background about myself. I volunteered after i got my b. A. In history from cal state San Bernardino in 2010, i began volunteering at the National Archives at riverside and then in 2012 i became a student archives technician at the National Archives at riverside and then i got my masters degree in library and Information Science at that same time from san jose state university. And then in 2014, i moved to st. Louis and worked at the National Archives at st. Louis as a preservation technician and then in 2016 i moved back to california and then in my current role as an a