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| CARL Conference 2012 |
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Thank you to those who were able to participate in the CARL 2012 conference, Creativity and Sustainability: Fostering User-Centered Innovation in Difficult Times in beautiful San Diego. I purposefully used the verb "participate" rather than "attend" as I hope that this conference engaged you in a way that allowed you to network, gather new information, build upon your existing knowledge base, and reflect on how the conference session ideas can transfer to your institution. Despite the difficult budgetary times California is facing, I think that this year’s CARL conference highlighted the innovative work done by librarians – and faculty - in many areas of academic librarianship, from organizational leadership, action research, and collection management to technological innovations and user-center instruction.
The conference organizing committee endeavored to provide nice facilities, excellent food experiences, and a nice Southern California location. This conference built upon events from the last conference such as the opening reception with vendors, poster sessions, and wireless in the meeting rooms, but added some truly innovative features that included:
- A Virtual Conference
- An UnConference
- The Interest Group (IGs) luncheon
- Lightening Rounds to showcase technological innovations
- Invited speakers interspersed throughout the conference schedule
- More food... included in your conference registration fee!
We would like your feedback on all these aspects of the conference and more. Please look for the 2012 Conference survey link coming soon to your email inbox. This information will help the CARL Board plan future conferences, regional meetings, and events. We appreciate your time and efforts to improve future CARL endeavors.
Warm regards,
Stephanie
CARL President
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| 2011 CARL Elections |
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The election results are in! Thanks to all who ran and to everyone who voted. Please join the CARL Board and the Nominating & Elections Committee in welcoming our new and re-elected officers.
Vice-President South/President-Elect - Allison Carr, CSU San Marcos
Secretary - Matthew Conner, UC Davis
Treasurer - Pam Howard, San Francisco State University
Director-at-Large - April Cunningham, Saddleback College
Director-at-Large - Shana Higgins, University of Redlands
Our new officers come with impressive experience! Here is some of Allison Carr's background:
- Offices Held and/or Service to CARL
- Chair, Southern California Instruction Librarians (SCIL), 2011
- Co-Chair, CARL 2012 Conference Planning Team
- Vice Chair/Chair Elect, SCIL, 2010
- Webmaster, CARL 2010 Conference
- Co-Chair, CARL 2008 Conference Planning Team
- Offices Held and/or Service to other Professional Associations
- Member, Conference Planning Committee ACRL Instruction Section, 2007-08
- Intern, User Education & Information Literacy Committee, Reference Services Section of RUSA, 2006-07
- Intern, Conference Planning Committee ACRL Instruction Section, 2006-07
- Webmaster, LOEX Conference Planning Committee, 2006-07
Many thanks on behalf of the CARL Nominating & Elections Committee.
Kathlene Hanson, CSU Monterey Bay (Chair)
Stephanie Brasley, Los Angeles Southwest College
Billy Pashaie, Cypress College
Danielle Skaggs, California State University Northridge
Emily Woolery, Mt. San Antonio College
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| A New Service for Members |
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CARL has a brand new mentoring program, designed to match new librarians with veterans in the field, who are willing to share advice and their accumulated professional expertise. Librarianship's mission has never been complex or difficult to grasp, but the means by which librarians create, preserve and organize collections to make them available to those who seek them, has never been more complicated and multi-faceted. CARL's mentoring program will help new librarians gain confidence and understanding of California's dynamic academic culture, and generate good practices for careers and ongoing professional development.
For more information see http://www.carl-acrl.org/committees/mor-committee.html
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| 2010 CARL Conference Proceedings |
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2010 Conference Proceedings
(Top) David Schmitt, Pam Baker, (Middle) Dominique Turnbow, Talitha Matlin, Peggy Cabrera, (Bottom) Emily Chan, Marina Torres Aiello, Allison Carr, and Pearl Ly. Photos taken by Linda Goff.
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