Conference Registration NOW OPEN

Please join us for Creativity and Sustainability: Fostering User-centered Innovation in Difficult Times, April 5-7 at the San Diego Mission Valley Marriott.

• Early Bird Registration (ends Feb. 17, 2012)
• CARL Member $225 -- You must be a current 2011-12 CARL member. Check directory here.
• Non-Member $300
• Student Member $150 (incl. pre-conference)

Group discount: 10% off for 3 or more librarians registering from the same institution.

You will be able to register separately for the pre-conferences once they are announced.

CARL Welcomes New Officers

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

CARL Mentoring Program

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

2010 Conference Proceedings

• Engage (Pre-Conference)
• Share (Posters)
• Plenary
• Discussion
• Listen & Learn

(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.