GLOOMY SKY ~ BRIGHT SMILE

It's all about how clear your lenses are ~ that's what affects your attitude. Plenty of work to do, books to read, socks to match, lunch to eat, hair to comb. Multi-task away, Sylva!

LARK'S DRESS REHEARSAL FOR ANOUSH OPERA

As promised, the photos tell the story. The second dress rehearsal at Ambassador Auditorium, with orchestra, soloists, and chorus. Four performances, the first two this coming weekend, Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24. The second two, Saturday and Sunday May 30 and 31. Show time, 8 p.m., all four evenings.

NOW LET'S GET BACK INTO THE HABIT

Experimentation qualification at random.What more can I say, other than: "It worked".

PICKING UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF

Time flies when you're busy 24/7 ... The more it changes, the more it stays the same ... From today, May 20, until May 31, it's putting the final touches and retouches (dress rehearsals and four performances) on the Armenian opera Anoush, at the Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena. Tickets can be purchased through www.itsmyseat.com

DR. SYLVA ՆԱԹԱԼԻ MANOOGIAN'S BIOGRAPHY

SYLVA NATALIE MANOOGIAN

PhD in Library and Information Science

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Cell Phone: 323-974-5676

E-mail: csylva7@gmail.com ; smanoogi@g.ucla.edu

Website:  http://www.hyesearch.blogspot.com

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B.A. (Classics), Radcliffe College (1959); M.L.S., University of Southern California (1969); PhD (Library and Information Science, University of California, Los Angeles (2013)

     Returning to academia in 2003 as a doctoral student after a 35-year career in public libraries, Dr. Sylva Natalie Manoogian specializes in information institutions, resources, and services to culturally and linguistically diverse communities in dispersion, with particular focus on international librarianship, Armenian culture and identity.  Her global linkages, varied professional experiences, and innovative approaches to multilingual library and community services provide her a distinctive practical and critical lens with which to initiate research, contribute to scholarship, and mentor future generations of information professionals.

     Sylva Natalie Manoogian’s career as a library professional began in 1964 at the Los Angeles Public Library (LAPL). During her 35 years of employment, she was promoted from intermittent clerk to principal librarian and “retired” in April 1999. During her 18-year tenure as the Central Library’s International Languages Department Manager, she instituted the Language Learning and Literacy Centers, with their independent study and Laubach Way to English tutorial programs. During her last three years as a library administrator, she served as the Northeast Area Manager.
     Dr. Manoogian devotes vast energy as a volunteer consultant to Armenian library projects worldwide, primarily in Jerusalem and Armenia; as a substitute reference librarian at LAPL; and at Glendale Public Library, in Armenian language collection development, programming, and reference services.
     She has been an active member of the American and California Library Associations since 1968, and was accorded honorary lifetime membership in the Library Association of Armenia for championing its establishment in 1994. She is the chairperson of ALLIC (Armenian Librarians and Libraries Committee) of the American Library Association’s Ethnic and Multicultural Information Exchange Round Table.
      Dr. Manoogian has published numerous articles and presented papers on international librarianship and Armenian culture and heritage.  Her innovative approaches to multilingual library services have earned her recognition, as well as appreciation, reflected by numerous local, state, national, and international awards -- most recently the American Library Association International Relations Committee 2006 John Ames Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for her tireless efforts to revitalize the Calouste Gulbenkian Library of the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem, her contributions as a consultant to libraries and librarians in Armenia, and the cooperative spirit she has fostered among librarians from the nations of the Caucasus. An on-line article, dated 29 July 2013, about her academic accomplishments and future research projects is available at www.ampersand.gseis.ucla.edu.  Further information may also be found at www.snff.org

AND THE ADVENTURE GOES ON ~~~~~~~~

http://ampersand.gseis.ucla.edu/sylva-natalie-manoogian-research-spans-generations-of-family-history-centuries-of-world-history/

 Sylva Natalie Manoogian, PhD in Library and Information Science, has embarked on an ambitious project – the long-awaited publication of her father Shahan Natalie’s complete intellectual legacy. The multi-volume series will include Natalie’s diaries, memoirs, correspondence, essays, poetry, short stories, and plays. The volumes will also include manuscript facsimiles, transcriptions, translations and annotations.

BEAUTY IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER

DR. ՄԵԾ ՄԱՄԱ, I PRESUME? ~~~

Still on Cloud 9!

Sylva Natalie Manoogian can now be addressed as Dr. Մեծ Մամա! She participated in two Commencements and Hooding Ceremonies at UCLA. The first, for the Graduate Division, on Thursday, June 13, at 4 p.m., in UCLA's Royce Hall.

The smile speaks volumes!!!

The second, for the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, Saturday, June 15, at 4 p.m., on Wilson Plaza.

 

Prof. Mary Niles Maack, my Doctoral Committee Chair, does the honors

Khacho toasts and gives me a պաչիկ ~~

Dr. Manoogian is pronounced the oldest female graduate of the Class of 2013 @ 75 years YOUNG!!! This milestone is to be featured in UCLA's online AMPERSAND newsletter! On to new adventures ~~~

WELCOME NEW YEAR 2013

HIGH / HYE / ՀԱՅ POINTS : 

2012 IS OVER !!! A most challenging but productive year ~

19 June ~ Successful oral defense of doctoral dissertation proposal
13 December ~ Dissertation uploaded and submitted online. Title: "The Calouste Gulbenkian Library, Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, 1925-1990 : An Historical Portrait of a Monastic and Lay Community Intellectual Resource Center" - 210 pages

• Many, many, many revisions 
• piles of papers, 
• stacks of books borrowed from libraries near and far and purchased for research
• inventory and cataloging of all documentation amassed

25 December ~ All committee members sign their approval; Graduate Division confirms receipt.

2013 IS HERE !!! 

2 January ~

"Dear Sylva Manoogian,

Congratulations! Your submission, 11004, has been approved. It will be delivered to ProQuest/UMI for publishing and will be available through eScholarship.

You have met all Graduate Division requirements for filing. ... Award of the degree, to be dated March 22, 2013 will be made by formal action of the Chancellor of the University.

Regards,
UCLA Graduate Division"