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Call for Officer Candidates

The Southern California Instruction Librarians (SCIL, pronounced “skill”) interest group of CARL connects instruction librarians from throughout Southern California and beyond. If you want to give back to the profession, have ideas for programs, speakers, topics, or event themes, or want to promote idea sharing and collaboration among instruction librarians, now is the time to get involved by running for a position on the SCIL Board.

SCIL is accepting nominations for three elected officer positions for the 2025-2026 academic year:

• Chair-Elect (who will also serve as chair in 2026-2027, and past chair in 2027-2028)
• Secretary
• Membership and Outreach Coordinator

Nominations should be submitted to Michelle Brasseur (mbrasseur@library.ucla.edu) by 5 pm. on Friday, April 25th.

If you are self-nominating, please include a brief statement that includes biographical information, the position you’re running for, and a statement including your reason for running. Also include any past or current SCIL or CARL support/participation if applicable.

Voting will open May 6-20, 2025. Please note that in order to vote in the election, you must be a current SCIL member with a CARL membership by May 20, 2025.

Please see the SCIL Officers page more information on the officer positions. Feel free to email Michelle Brasseur, chair of the nominating committee, with any questions, or contact any of the current officers directly (California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL) Association).

Current SCIL Officers

• Past Chair: Michelle Brasseur (mbrasseur@library.ucla.edu)
• Chair: Ariana Varela (avarel34@calstatela.edu)
• Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Elizabeth Galoozis (egaloozi@uci.edu)
• Secretary: Natalie Marquez (marquezn@uci.edu)
• Membership and Outreach Coordinator: Nicholas D'Andrea (nicholas.dandrea@pepperdine.edu)

SCIL Works 2025 Materials

SCIL Works materials and notes are linked on the SCIL Works 2025 main page, including the YouTube recording of the event.

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SCIL Website Updates

Good news! CARL is migrating their website to a new system, which should make it easier for members to access their account information. However in the meantime, we lost the ability to make timely updates to the SCIL website (which is a sub-site of the CARL website). Please watch the SCIL Listserv for the most up to date announcements.

Past events

For information about past events, visit our Events page.

About SCIL

The Southern California Instruction Librarians (SCIL -- pronounced "skill") interest group is dedicated to providing professional development and discussion opportunities focused on information literacy and instruction-related activities for library professionals from all types of institutions.

CARL is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities at all CARL-sponsored events. Please indicate your special needs or dietary requirements when registering or RSVPing to events. Requests for special accommodations must be received at least two weeks prior to the event.

The Southern California Instruction Librarians (SCIL) is an interest group of the California Academic and Research Libraries Association (CARL), an independent chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The information on this website is wholly the responsibility of CARL and implies no endorsement by ACRL.

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If you would like to be added to our general listserv, please sign up here. To join our SCIL Steering Committee listserv, sign up here.