2015 California Library Association Annual Conference, UCLA Career Forum

1. CHOOSE YOUR
OWN ADVENTURE
Discover Your Story in the Library
Presenters
Chris Bulock, Electronic Resource Librarian, California State University, Northridge
Lena Pham, Library Programs Consultant, California State Library
Danica Sheridan, YA Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library - Silver Lake Branch
Dana Vinke, Principal Librarian of Operations, Torrance Public Library
Moderator
Lessa Pelayo-Lozada, Librarian, Rancho Cucamonga Public Library

3. BEWARE and WARNING!
This profession is different from other professions.
You and YOU ALONE are in charge of what happens in this story.
There are dangers, choices, adventures, and consequences. YOU must
use all of your numerous talents and much of your enormous
intelligence. The wrong decision could end in disaster. The
right decision could end in success. But, don’t despair.
At anytime, YOU can go back and make
another choice, alter the path of your
story, and change its result.
Turn to page 1.

4. Turn to page 3.
You open your
eyes…
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5. If you decide to be a librarian, turn to page 3.
If you decide to be something else, turn to page 10.
If you have no idea because you’re just a kid and
making these kinds of decisions seems ridiculous at
this point in your life, turn to page 55.
What Do You Want
To Be When You
Grow Up?
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6. L.A. to STL and Back Again
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7. CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE 92

8. CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE 19

9. PAY
DAY
COLLEGE
BRANCH
MANAGER
AV LIBRARIAN
START
LIBRARY PAGE
SUPERVISOR
LIBRARY
PAGE
PAY
DAY
HIGH
SCHOOL
GRADUATE
HIGH SCHOOL
COLLEGE
PAY
DAY
COLLEGE
LIBRARY
CATALOG
CLERK
LIBRARY PAGE
SUPERVISOR
GRADUATE
COLLEGE
COLLEGE
REFERENCE
SUPERVISOR
GRADUATE
COLLEGE
DROP OUT
TECH SERV.
SUPERVISOR
C A RR E E
PRINCIPAL
LIBRARIAN

10. Turn to the next page
Try Again
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11. But really only the beginning
The End
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12. CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
Contact Us!
Chris Bulock
christopher.bulock@csun.edu
Lena Pham
lena.pham@library.ca.gov
Danica Sheridan
dsheridan@lapl.org
Dana Vinke
dvinke@torranceca.gov
Lessa Pelayo-Lozada
lessa.pelayo-lozada@cityofrc.us