Robert D. Montoya

Robert D. Montoya is the Martin and Bernard Breslauer Endowed Professor in Bibliography; Vice-Chair and Associate Professor in the UCLA Department of Information Studies; Director of UCLA California Rare Book School, and Director of the UCLA Library, Ethics, and Justice Lab. Montoya’s research trajectory focuses on special collections and rare books; book history; knowledge organization; international library development and publishing; information representation and positionality; and critical, ethical, and justice-oriented LIS work. He is an expert in rare books and print culture; library science and studies; library continuing education and pedagogy; international library development; and biodiversity informatics (with a specific emphasis on museum environments). He received his PhD from the Department of Information Studies at UCLA, an MLIS with a specialization in rare books, print and visual culture from UCLA, and an MFA in creative writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles. His work has been funded by The Mellon Foundation, National Science Foundation; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; the U.S. State Department; the U.S. Embassy, Kosovo; and the National Library of Kosovo.

Photographer: Michael Tyrone Delaney