Ruth Wallach

USC Libraries Library Administration

Phone: (213) 740-6917

Office: DML 100 (101G)

Research Areas

Academic librarianship; public art in Los Angeles; the history of architecture in Los Angeles. ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7263-9415

Responsibilities

Associate Dean, Social Sciences and Humanities Libraries Division, USC Libraries. I oversee the Doheny Memorial Library, the Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library (AFA), the Gaughan and Tiberti Business Library and the Accounting Library, the Library for International and Public Affairs (LIPA), the Hoose Library of Philosophy, systematic and scoping review services on the University Park Campus, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Library Services (Education, Gerontology, Psychology, Social Work).

As a librarian, I can also assist with research in the humanities and the arts, and provide advice on best practices on copyright and on citing resources. You are welcome to email me at rwallach@usc.edu

Education

Master in Heritage Conservation (MHC), University of Southern California, 2013

Master in Public Art Studies (MPAS), University of Southern California, 2007

Master of Library Science (MLS), University of California, Los Angeles, 1988

Bachelor of Arts, Economics (BA), University of California, Los Angeles, 1986

I can help you with...

Citation Management & Tools
Copyright
Research Strategies

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Michelson, Rebecca and Ruth Wallach. "Practicing Visual Literacy through the Tools of the International Image Interoperability Framework." In Unframing the Visual: Visual Literacy Pedagogy in Academic Libraries and Information Science. ACRL: 2024

Winn, J.G., Miller, M.L., Muglia, C., Stewart, C., Wallach, R. “Situating LIS Pedagogy and Curriculum in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility, and Anti-Racism: A Reflection on Process”, Reference Services Review, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 148-160.

Kaurloto, Cari, Rebecca Michelson, and Ruth Wallach. “Growing Across the Organization: Mentorship as an Open-Ended Process.” In Academic Library Mentoring: Fostering Growth and Renewal, edited by Rod-Welsh, Leila Jun and Barbara Weeg, 541-557: ACRL, 2021.

Wallach, Ruth and Rebecca Michelson. Pico Boulevard: Main Street Los Angeles. Charleston, SC: Fonthill Media, 2019.

Wallach, Ruth. “Constructing Authority in Professional Practice: A Perspective from Public Services.” In Emotion in the Library Workplace, ed. Samantha Schmehl Hines and Miriam L. Matteson, 57-70. Emerald Publishing, 2017.

Wallach, Ruth. Los Angeles Residential Architecture: Modernism Meets Eclecticism. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing and the History Press, 2015.

Wallach, Ruth. Miracle Mile of Los Angeles; History and Architecture. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2013.

Roseman, Curtis C., Ruth Wallach, Dace Taube, Linda McCann, Geoffrey DeVerteuil, and Claude Zachary, A University and a Neighborhood: University of Southern California in Los Angeles, 1880-1984. Los Angeles: Figueroa Press, 2006.