SLASC Presentation: Christine Cheng, UC Davis Archives & Special Collections Instruction and Outreach Librarian
Join SLASC in hearing about Christine Cheng’s experience working
as an instruction and outreach librarian for the Archives and
Special Collections at UC Davis Library!
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Biography: Christine is a
second-generation Chinese American who was born in Reno, Nevada
and grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. After graduating from NWU with
her BA in Global Studies and a minor in German (after a year-long
exchange in Germany after high school), she taught English in
Japan for four years. She later attended UNC where she earned her
MS in Library Science.
Christine has been the Instruction and Outreach Librarian in UC
Davis Library’s Archives and Special Collections (ASC) since 2016
where she leads the development of and is responsible for ASC’s
instruction and outreach programs. She designs library services
and education programs that enhance access to and understanding
of rare books, manuscripts, and archival materials. Her interests
are promoting and developing skills in primary source
literacy.
Before moving to Davis in 2016, she worked as the Research
Services Coordinator in George Mason University Libraries Special
Collections Research Center (SCRC) in Northern Virginia. For four
years, she managed public services including instruction and
outreach, as well as provided researchers with access to
archives, primary sources, and rare books at SCRC. After
graduating from UNC in 2011, she served as a volunteer for the
History of Medicine Collections at Duke University’s Rubenstein
Rare Book & Manuscript Library where she assisted the curator
with the instruction of undergraduate courses and installing
exhibitions.
At UNC, she gained experience in working with public services and
instruction in the Southern Historical Collection at Wilson
Special Collections Library. For a summer, she worked as an
archival intern at the Center for Legislative Archives at the
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in
Washington, D.C. At NARA, she shadowed reference archivists and
assisted with researcher requests and public outreach events that
involved the official records and legislative material of the
U.S. Congress. Highlight of NARA: assisting with a private
archival vault tour for Laurence Fishburne and his friend.
Christine currently lives in Davis, is a foodie, and her favorite
animal is the red panda. She has traveled to around 20 different
foreign countries.
Date: Monday, March 14, 2022
Time: 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Location: Online via Zoom