Lauren West Email & Phone Number

Huntington Beach, California, United States

Huntington Beach, California, United States

I help patrons with library computers, printing, formatting, and other technical questions.As a computer coach volunteer, I help the HBPL when librarians are unavailable, helping patrons find books and other materials.

I write engaging and informed social media and blog posts, web copy and articles for a variety of clients and topics, from snappy listicles to more research-focused pieces with an emphasis on narrative and SEO.

Remote

I write articles for the Information School at SJSU highlighting past and current iSchool students and alumni.

Assisted iSchool Director Dr. Anthony Chow in library advocacy outreach, including sending emails, creating social media posts, gathering resources, writing blog posts, updating spreadsheets, and assisting CLA and CSLA with AB535, Day in the District, and other initiatives.

Assisted iSchool instructor Vicki Steiner with grading assignments and communicating with inbound MLIS students, making myself available to them during their first course in grad school. Also held a presentation about student groups and created a video teaching new students some basic video editing skills for future video projects.

I worked as a volunteer staff writer at Random Acts, covering Kindness Acts and events that occurred through and thanks to the charity’s many volunteers around the globe.

Remote

I wrote travel, college and lifestyle articles for Society19.

Working remotely with assigned teams, I edited the English translation of Chinese comics and novels.

I wrote college life, travel and food articles for The Daily Cal's Blog: the Clog.

Berkeley, California

I was the Assistant Editor for The Clog-The Daily Cal's blog for the summer of 2018.

Berkeley, California

I worked underneath 6 counselors, assisting in organizing and writing career mail by researching career opportunities and preparing templates for mass emails to the universityaccording to majors and interests.

Berkeley

Worked one-on-one with a Berkeley professor, assisting with organization and administrational duties. Photocopied and scanned documents and organized them digitally. Typed dictated work and notes, including transcribing audio files, lectures and conferences.

Berkeley, California

I worked as a volunteer Golden Bear Orientation leader for incoming students at UC Berkeley. It is our job to mentor these students and help orient them with the campus and their new life as undergraduates at Cal. Go Bears!

Dublin, Ireland

As part of Berkeley's Global Internships program I was able to spend the summer in Dublin, Ireland working at Veritas Publications. My job was to report to the Publications manager and help with editing and proofreading works, writing contracts and dealing with author requests.

Orange County, California Area

I have helped students from third grade and above with their writing, reading, and grammar, as well as aided students in preparing and providing samples to pass state standards.

Huntington Beach, California

I worked as an English and writing tutor at Golden West College. I assisted students from low level English courses to upper division literature courses with their writing process and understanding of literature and critical analysis.

Aided the teacher in planning events and activities for the children, looking after their care, and keeping the classroom orderly.

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis, Library And Information Science

During my MLIS, I pursued the Information Intermediation and Instruction pathway.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature/Letters

I transferred to UC Berkeley in January of 2017 and graduated in December of 2018 with a degree in English Literature and a minor.

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Art/Art Studies, General

Associate Of Arts (A.A.), English

High School