Robert Anderson became a librarian in the then Fiction Department of the Los Angeles Public Library in 1980. In 1991, he was selected as Fiction Subject Specialist for the Literature and Fiction Department and has held that position since then. He was, rather ironically, working on a weeding project in the Central Library's closed stacks on the day of the 1986 fire, and he considers the subsequent seven years, which ended in the Grand Reopening, to be the most traumatic but also the most transforming and inspiring of his life and career.

Eileen King is the Subject Specialist Librarian in the Art/Music/Recreation Department in Central Library. Twenty-five years ago, Eileen joined the staff of Central Library after serving as the lead librarian on a community development project hosted by an East Coast neighborhood library. Eileen received her Master of Library Service from Columbia University and her Master of Arts from New York University. She completed a three-year graphic arts program at the Art Students League of New York.

Linda Rudell-Betts has worked at Central Library for over twenty years, fifteen as Senior Librarian in the Social Sciences, Philosophy & Religion Department. She enjoys the grand theater that can be the reference desk and its rewarding patron interactions. Linda has a degree in French Literature from the University of Texas and her Master of Library and Information Studies from UCLA. During her off hours, she enjoys playing bassoon and singing alto in community music organizations.

Terri Accomazzo is the Editorial Director of Angel City Press and has had a long career in academic and trade publishing. She started at Angel City Press as Assistant to the Publisher while completing her English degree at Pitzer College, and then, while working on her Master's in English at University College London, moved over to SAGE Publishing, where she stayed for almost a decade. Terri then made her way back to Angel City Press, where she’s been for a little over 7 years.

Danielle Ball is a librarian in the Business & Economics Department. She has worked at LAPL since 2018 and has an MLIS degree from UCLA.

Moderator: Sheridan Jay Cazarez is a librarian in the Exploration & Creativity Department at the Los Angeles Public Library. He's presented on bilingual early literacy programming, translation practices, and labor advocacy at the REFORMA National, California Library Association, Seguimos Creando Enlaces, and American Library Association conferences. Find his original translations of songs and rhymes for young children on his website, Bibliocuentos.com.