New Archivist Christopher Miehl Excited to Help Preserve Pepperdine’s History

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MALIBU, California (August 19, 2024) – Pepperdine Libraries is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Miehl to the position of university archivist. Miehl, who holds a master's in library and information studies from UCLA, will oversee the acquisition, description, and preservation of the library’s growing archival assets. 

Prior to joining the Pepperdine Libraries team, Miehl worked at the Smithsonian Institution, UCLA’s Music Library, the Colburn School in Downtown LA, and the Los Angeles Public Library. Miehl looks forward to working with members of the Pepperdine community to archive our institutional memory, and he is especially eager to look for ways to bring the archives alive in new ways.

Dean of libraries Mark Roosa is enthusiastic about Mieh’s appointment. Roosa notes, “The archivist role at Pepperdine Libraries is an important one. I’m looking forward to the leadership Chris will provide as he oversees the collection, organization, and preservation of historical materials that tell Pepperdine’s story.

Miehl, who grew up in southern California, received his undergraduate degree from University of California, Santa Barbara, where he studied ethnomusicology, and played in various ensembles. It was at UCSB where he became introduced to special collections, which sparked his interest in a career in archives. 

Noted Miehl, “I believe that being a steward of the university’s archival record is a wonderful opportunity to serve in a meaningful way. I look forward to carrying out that responsibility with excellence.”

For more information on the Libraries’ Boone Special Collections and Archives, visit https://library.pepperdine.edu/collections/special-collections/. 

About Pepperdine Libraries

Inspired by the University’s mission, Pepperdine Libraries serves our learning community by facilitating exploration, discovery, and creativity through personalized service at our campus locations in Southern California and abroad and through rich computer-based resources. Pepperdine students, faculty, and staff have access to nearly 2 million items via our catalog and more than 3 billion items via interlibrary loan. Our community also has access to scores of electronic databases featuring tens of thousands of journals, more than a half million ebooks, and thousands of papers in Digital Commons, our institutional repository for Pepperdine scholarship. Boone Special Collections and Archives, located in our flagship Payson Library, provides access to historical primary source artifacts. Anyone from anywhere in the world doing primary source research can search 50,000 items – including photographs, documents, films, and recordings – in our Digital Collections. Payson’s Genesis Lab and the iLabs at the Drescher and West Los Angeles graduate campus libraries are state-of-the-art makerspaces with 3D printers, virtual reality rigs, and podcasting studios. To stay updated, sign up for email newsletters and follow Pepperdine Libraries on ​Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Facebook.

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