CV of education, artist events, and employment history.

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LYDIAN BRAMBILA
brotherlydian.com | Athens, GA | Pronouns: they, them, theirs
Education
University of Georgia, Mary Frances Early College of Education Aug 2019 – Present
Educational Theory & Practice, Critical Studies Doctoral Student
Valdosta State University Aug 2017 – May 2019
Master of Library and Information Science Summa cum Laude
University of Georgia, Franklin College of Arts & Sciences Aug 2010 – Aug 2014
B.A. Comparative Literature, B.A. Anthropology, Minor in Spanish Magna cum Laude
Artist Events, Selected
FINSTER FEST 2020: Summerville, GA (upcoming) May 23, 2020
Annual festival honoring folk artist and autodidact Rev. Howard Finster. Musical performance by L.
Brambila. At Paradise Garden.
SURREAL SOIREE: Atlanta, GA (upcoming) April 1, 2020
An art show featuring artists from the disabled community benefiting Y'ALL ATL's mission to make
the Atlanta arts community accessible for all. Featuring visual art and zines by L. Brambila. At The
Bakery Atlanta.
LIVE SHOW & EXHIBIT: Athens, GA February 28, 2020
Musical performances by Paulastretch, Will Karmis, Rev. Scott Stripling, & Ariel Ackerly with Lydian
Brambila. Demonstration of artists' experimental uses of light and sound. At Bombs Away Collective.
THE INFINITY DANCE: Atlanta, GA February 7, 2020
Musical performances by L. Brambila, Boygirlfriends (album release show), Bernie & the Wolf, and
Gabbie Rotts. At The Bakery Atlanta.
ARS APPARATUS​ ALBUM RELEASE SHOW: Athens, GA December 14, 2019
Celebrating the cassette and zine release of L. Brambila's ​Ars Apparatus,​ an album of folk songs about
labor, gender, and healing. Musical performances by Ariel Ackerly and Acnestis (L. Brambila, A.
Ackerly, Bridget Dooley, & Lisa Lipani). At Flicker Theatre & Bar.
LIVE AT THE LIBRARY: Athens, GA November 3, 2019
Musical performance by L. Brambila organized by the Friends of the Library. At Athens-Clarke County
Public Library.
HISTORIC ATHENS PORCHFEST: Athens, GA October 6, 2019
Musical performance by L. Brambila. Featuring 67 performances across four neighborhoods.

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LATINX FEST 2019: Athens, GA September 28, 2019
An annual celebration of the Latinx community benefiting Dignidad Inmigrante en Athens. Featuring
musical performance by L. Brambila.
LIVE SHOW & EXHIBIT: Athens, GA June 14, 2019
Musical performances by singer-songwriters L. Brambila, Ariel Ackerly, Briana Marela, and Madeline
Polites. E-Textile demonstrations by Brambila, Ackerly, & Marela. At Flicker Theatre & Bar.
JEWELWEED COLLECTIVE FALL PLAY-IN: Athens, GA October 24, 2018
Benefiting the Jewelweed Fund to support local art and garden initiatives. Musical performance by L.
Brambila. At the UGA Latin American Ethnobotanical Garden.
LATINX FEST 2018: Athens, GA October 13, 2018
An annual celebration of the Latinx community benefiting Dignidad Inmigrante en Athens. Featuring
musical performance by L. Brambila.
MIGRAINEUR​ ALBUM RELEASE SHOW: Athens, GA September 1, 2018
Celebrating the cassette and zine release of L. Brambila's ​Migraineur,​ an album of folk songs about
monastic figures, solitude, and the indiscernibility of migraine. Livestreamed from L. Brambila's
treehouse.
MONOCHROMATIC PARTY: Athens, GA August 24, 2018
Fundraiser for the Athens Area Arts Council, a non-profit promoting arts in the community through
education, promotion, and funding. Performance by L. Brambila. At Go Bar.
ATHENS POPFEST: Athens, GA August 11, 2018
Music festival celebrating Athens and international musicians founded by Happy Happy Birthday to Me
Records. At Little Kings.
EXPERIMENTIQUE NIGHT: Athens, GA July 10, 2018
Experimentique Night is a safe space for artistic exploration for women and non-binary individuals in
Athens. Performances by L. Brambila, Lee Adcock, Jennie Cain, Kathy Higgs, & Emileigh Ireland.
CLOUD RECORDINGS FESTIVAL: Athens, GA December 7, 2017
Annual experimental festival. Musical performance by L. Brambila. At Flicker Theatre & Bar.
Awards
Flagpole Magazine Singer-Songwriter of the Year Award June 20, 2019
Awards ceremony hosted by Flagpole Magazine. At Morton Theatre in Athens, GA.
Vic Chesnutt Singer-Songwriter of the Year Award May 16, 2019
Awards ceremony hosted by the Classic City of Athens Rotary Club to fund local non-profit
community initiatives. Musical performances by award finalists L. Brambila, Don Chambers, Carly Joy
King (The Little Strong), Greg Meredith, Ross Shapiro. At The Foundry in Athens, GA.

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Library Employment History
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA LIBRARIES: ​Athens, GA
Remote Reference Assistant July 2016 – Present
Library Associate III
● Providing research assistance to patrons via chat, email, telephone, and desk service
● Creating departmental schedules and streamlining remote communication
● Teaching e-textiles workshops, one-shot instruction sessions, and a DIGI 3000 course
● Participating in committee work including Libraries Staff Representative Group, the Committee
on Diversity & Inclusion, and the Salary Work/Life Group
● Recording, editing, and training librarians in creating instructional ADA-compliant video
tutorials in Camtasia Studio
Collection Development & Preservation​ ​Assistant Sep 2014 – July 2016
Library Assistant III
● Processed gifts and new publications for bibliographer approval
● Diagnosed and repaired damaged library books
Reference Assistant Aug 2012 – Aug 2014
Student Worker
● Provided research assistance to patrons via chat, email, phone, and desk service
Library Outreach & Instruction
Life Cycle of the Research Question: A UX Workshop Spring 2020
Developed and led a UX workshop teaching library employees how to apply Universal Design for
Learning principles to the UGA Libraries website. Centered each library worker as the expert on their
own workflow.
E-Textiles Workshops Fall 2019 – Present
Co-hosted workshops in the UGA Science Library Makerspace with Ariel Ackerly. Provided organic
research consultations to patrons in six-person workshops. Hosted events specifically for library staff to
connect across departments.
Digital Humanities 3000 Spring 2019
Co-taught a semester-long DIGI 3000 course with Elliott Kuecker on creating HathiTrust corpuses,
conducting digital macroanalyses in Voyant, and generating effective data visualizations.
Instruction Sessions Fall 2019
Co-taught eight bibliographic instruction sessions for ENGL 1101 and 1102 with Elliott Kuecker.

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Conference Presentations
Ackerly, A., & Brambila, L. "Conjuring the e-textiles workshop." The Library Collective. Knoxville,
TN, March 2020.
Brambila, L., Mercer, C., and Parker, B. M. "Imagining Alternative Economies/Futures." The 15th
Mary Frances Early College of Education Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference. Athens,
GA, February 2020.
Brambila, L. "Library engagement and Digital Humanities." UGA Libraries In-House Conference.
Athens, GA. May 9, 2019.
Brambila, L. "Library Staff Representative Group: Past and future projects." UGA Libraries Spring
Forum. Athens, GA. March 7, 2018.
Publications, Selected
Kuecker, E., & Brambila, L. (2019, Mar 06). Theorizing scholarship as craft pride in the LIS field​.
Journal of New Librarianship. ​10.21173/newlibs/6/12
Riehm, G., Brambila, L., & et al. (2019). What is ethnohistory?: A sixty-year retrospective. ​Ethnohistory,
66​(1), 145-162, doi: ​10.1215/00141801-7217401​.
Brambila, L. (2014). Sorcery, silence, and becoming-comparative literature: Animal, artist, hybrid (note
from the editor). ​Xenophile: A Journal of Comparative Literature, ​2.
Library Committees
Libraries Staff Representative Group (LSRG) Member Sep 2015 – Present
Chair May 2018 ​–​ Present
● Assessing Libraries staff needs based on survey data to create evidence-based reports
● Meeting quarterly with Libraries Administration to discuss staff concerns and group initiatives
● Highlighting staff issues as part of the Salary Work-Life Committee report
● Hosting workshops based on needs reported in staff surveys
Committee on Diversity & Inclusion May 2018 – Present
Ex-Officio Member: LSRG Chair
● Reviewing and implementing the Diversity Plan at the UGA Libraries
● Representing the UGA Libraries at the UGA College of Education's Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion Conference
● Advocating for the collective interests of staff

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Parental Work/Life Mar 2018 – Sep 2018
Member: Subgroup of the Salary Work-Life Group
● Compiled and organized information to be included on a resource webpage for parents working
at the UGA Libraries
Languages
English & Spanish: Fluent in speaking, reading, and writing
Technological Proficiencies
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Arduino, Camtasia Studio, CSS, EBSCO Discovery Services,
ExLibris Alma and Primo, Garageband, Github, Google Suite (Calendar, Docs, Sheets, and Slides),
HTML, Springshare, Squarespace, Mailchimp, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Publisher, Outlook, and
Word), TinkerCAD, Voyant
Skills
Audio editing, Archival research, Copy editing, Community outreach, Corpus analysis, Curriculum
design, E-textile design, Event promotion, Laser cutting and 3-D printing, Meeting facilitation, Textile
design, Podcasting, Public speaking, Research consultation, Schedule management, Social media
management, Sound design, Video editing, Website design, Workshop creation, Zine publishing