Cal State LA Library

05/21/2025

Our Dean Carlos Rodriguez is all smiles celebrating our grads this week! Proudly representing the University Library at Commencement and soaking in the joy of student success. Congratulations, Golden Eagles!

04/04/2025

Shoutout to our incredible librarians Letty Terrones and Jayati Chaudhuri, who presented at the ACRL Conference, the largest national conference for library professionals. 📖 Their session, “Empower Not Punish: Educating Students’ Use of AI Tools in Higher Education,” showcased how they stay ahead of emerging trends in AI and information literacy, creating engaging instructional materials to help students navigate AI responsibly.

With a student-centered and affirming approach, they highlighted their work in developing AI literacy resources and their collaborations with our social media team to share these materials on our Instagram and YouTube.

We’re so proud to see our librarians leading the conversation on AI in education! 🏆👏 of College & Research Libraries State University, Los Angeles

10/14/2024

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Gloria Arellanes, a pioneering political activist and leader during the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s in Los Angeles. As a key member of the Brown Berets, Arellanes fought for the rights and empowerment of Mexican-American communities, particularly in the areas of healthcare, education, and social justice.

In the late 1960s, Arellanes became Minister of Finance and Correspondence of the Brown Beret organization’s founding East Los Angeles Chapter, the only woman to hold a major leadership position. She wrote press releases and letters and edited “La Causa,” the East Los Angeles-based Brown Beret Newspaper. She helped establish and eventually would be the director of El Barrio Free Clinic, a free health care facility on Whittier Blvd. open in the evenings for local residents.

Arellanes was a member of the National Chicano Moratorium Committee, helping to organize the 20,000+ attendee march through East LA in August of 1970, one of the largest Mexican-American anti-war demonstrations in the country. After leaving the Brown Beret organization in early 1970, Arellanes organized the Chicana activist group Las Adelitas de Aztlan.

Her legacy is one of resilience, compassion, and activism, and her contributions have left an indelible mark on our city and our history. Her unwavering dedication to creating positive change continues to inspire generations. We are grateful at the Cal State LA University Library to house a collection of her photographs and correspondence that she donated, which can be viewed here: https://digitalcollections.calstatela.edu/luna/servlet/CalStateLA~8~8

We extend our heartfelt condolences to her family, friends, and all those whose lives she touched.

10/11/2024

Next week! We kick off our second annual SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND where we celebrate music scenes in Los Angeles! Our program this year...

MONDAY @ the USU THEATRE: Dr. Jorge Leal , photographer and filmmaker Piero F. Giunti , and musician Mark Guerrero discuss A Great Day in East L.A.: Celebrando the Eastside Sound and discuss the history of music in East LA.

TUESDAY @ the LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM: Our research symposium brings together diverse voices from across the Cal State LA campus and surrounding communities. This event fosters dialogue on critical social, educational, and cultural issues through engaging discussions and presentations.

WEDNESDAY @ the LIBRARY PATIO: We wrap up and celebrate the week with performances from local band Mortalis and Golden Eagle Radio . Bring your artifacts from LA music scenes to donate to our archive or digitize!



Brought to you by the library :), Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at Cal State L.A., Cal State LA, College of Ethnic Studies, Cal State LA Nss, Cal State LA, Arts & Letters, LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes

08/07/2024