Associate Librarian, Technical Services
Contact:
Office: Gleeson 125
Phone: (415) 422-5672
email: benrubi@usfca.edu
Primary Liaison Areas:
Architecture and Community Design, International Studies, Media Studies
Secondary Liaison Areas:
Jewish Studies and Social Justice, SOE International and Multicultural Education
About Me:
I was born in San Francisco and lived
up and down both coasts of the U.S. as a child. I went to high school
at Taipei American School (Taiwan), have a BA in Culture, Ecology, and
Sustainable Community from New College of California and an MS in
Library and Information Science from University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign.
Past Lives:
I've worked in all kinds of
libraries in Southern and Northern California, and in between have been
a recycler, a photographer, a bindery worker, a paralegal, and a
planning and environmental law analyst.
Gleeson Library | Geschke Center:
I've worked here since 1998,
when I started out in Periodicals and moved to cataloging government
documents as a Library Assistant. In my current position, which I've
held since 2003, I'm responsible for acquisition and cataloging of the
library's non-book collections (videos, maps, etc.) as well as
overseeing government documents and gifts processing.
Professional Interests:
Liaison areas, media
librarianship, government information, non-book cataloging,
international students and libraries, and outreach.
