#LostLA, our public television co-production with KCET, returns for a third season on October 9. The show explores Southern California's past through the primary sources of history—including our own regional history holdings and the unique collections of L.A. as Subject members.

An interview with our very own Christal Young about her work supporting first year experience programs.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services recently announced a grant to support a residency and training program that will train recent MLIS graduates, staff, and volunteers at 30 Los Angeles community archives. A collaboration among us, the CSUDH Library, the Oviatt Library, and L.A. as Subject.

With generous support from the California State Library, we're developing a new online portal with L.A. as Subject for access to a wealth of Southern California community histories. We'll also launch a comprehensive survey of community and neighborhood archives.

Join us Wednesday, August 22, for our USC Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study's 2018 opening event. Physics and astronomy professor Clifford Johnson, theoretical physicist Sean Carroll, and literary scholar Kate Flint will expand our understanding of the malleable and mysterious concept: time.