Nancy MacKay

Nancy MacKay has been straddling the line between libraries and oral history for more than twenty years. As a librarian she has worked with special collections, cataloging, and music in various academic settings. As an oral historian she she teaches, consults, advises, and writes about oral history, especially oral history and archives. She was the Program Director for the Oakland Living History Program, the oral history program at Mills College, from 2001-2011, and has conducted more the 50 life history interviews. She currently teaches library science and oral history at San Jose State University and is working on a book for community oral historians, The Oral History Toolkit (Left Coast Press, forthcoming).