2025 Access Services Conference

Catherine Paolillo is Copley Library’s Head of Access and Outreach Services Librarian. She previously served as Copley Library’s Visiting Evening Access Librarian from 2018 to 2023. She rejoined us in March after spending two years as the Outreach and Engagement Librarian at California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI). She is thrilled to be back at the University of San Diego (USD) in her new role, which oversees circulation, interlibrary loan, course reserves, building management, the department's Student Assistant program, and many outreach, engagement, and marketing initiatives. Catherine is a first-generation college graduate originally from Lake Tahoe, California. She earned a Masters in Library and Information Science and a Masters in the History of Art, Architecture, and Design from the Pratt Institute in New York, NY. In addition to USD and CSUCI, Catherine has held positions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and University of California San Diego. Her primary research interests include library leadership and management, and library outreach and marketing. She is also interested in investigating job satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, mental well-being, and joy in academic libraries.