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Memory Makers: Community Archiving

Storytelling shapes community, and archiving those stories is a crucial component of representation. With LFLA support, in 2023-2024, Los Angeles Public Library received a five-year Mellon Foundation grant to help people in historically marginalized communities capture their stories, add them to LAPL’s special collections, and cultivate their own archiving practice. 

LAPL will build six memory labs people can use to record their stories and scan meaningful objects, beginning with LA’s Black, queer Latinx, and homeless communities—all significant groups of Library users underrepresented in its special collections. This will also help LAPL build processes and protocols so librarians can facilitate community-led archiving projects for historically mis/underrepresented people.  

This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Stacy Lieberman

As President and CEO of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles (LFLA), Stacy Lieberman is an innovative and inclusive leader whose career dwells at the intersection of arts and culture, lifelong learning, storytelling, and equitable access. Stacy guides the Foundation’s philanthropic and public-facing priorities to serve the Los Angeles Public Library, embracing the notion that libraries are beacons of democracy where everyone is welcome. She works intentionally with community leaders, donors, and internal and external strategic partners to raise awareness and resources for the Library and its life-changing initiatives.

With more than 20 years of experience as a senior executive, Stacy has left an indelible mark on iconic L.A. arts, non-profit, and educational institutions such as The Broad, the Autry Museum of the American West, and the Skirball Cultural Center. Building on an early career in book publishing, she has dedicated her professional life to sharing stories and broadening the reach of public institutions to welcome visitors and students of all ages and backgrounds to experience educational, arts, and cultural opportunities.