Rachel Smiley worked at AMDA New York before joining the AMDA Los Angeles Library team as its Director and recently becoming the Senior Director for both campus libraries. She has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Music focusing on Vocal Performance, from Scripps College and CSU Long Beach, respectively, as well as a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Pratt Institute. Rachel grew up in Texas and then lived in California, New York, and New Jersey before coming back to California in 2018. Rachel has been increasingly active in performing arts educational institutions, recently joining the board of the Theatre Library Association (TLA) and working on a joint conference of TLA and MLA (Music Library Association) in 2021. Feel free to ask Rachel about performing arts librarianship, conservatory or college library services and instruction, or anything really!
