Note that this month’s meeting will be held in the O’Hara room on the 7th floor.

Join us starting at 10:30 for hospitality and mingling. The business meeting starts at 11:00, followed by our featured speaker around 11:30.

Brandon Murray, a librarian from the Dallas Public Librarian, will be speaking to us about the collection of materials at the Dallas History & Archives Division. This collection is one of the largest of its kind in the nation:  The holdings span many aspects of the diverse history of not only Dallas and the surrounding area, but the entire state of Texas.

After Brandon’s talk, he will take our group on a tour of the newly remodeled floor.  Highlights of the collection and floor include the photo lab, the digitized collections and Dallas County records, oral histories, photographs, manuscript collection and finding guide and fine books division.

Brandon Murray has been a librarian at the J Eric Jonssen Library since June, 2015.  Before that, from 2012 to 2015,  he was at Southern Methodist University, where he created metadata for digitized photographic collections intended for the Central University.  He also posted images and metadata to social media sites including Tumblr, Flickr and Reddit, and collaborated with colleagues on creating or modifying cataloging and metadata guidelines.  He was also responsible for proofreading and generating content to promote the Central University Library Digital Collections.  Brandon Murray holds a Master of Library & Information Science degree from Southern Methodist University.