PAST PRESIDENT Shana Higgins
University of Redlands
shana_higgins@redlands.edu
President's Message
Thoughts from our Vice-President North, Lee Adams
Dear CARL members,
I am happy to be writing to you while CARL President, Pearl Ly, is on leave. I trust that everyone’s Fall term got off to a great start! Fall is usually the busiest time for academic librarians - with the excitement (and chaos) of students returning to campus. Whether you are doing a lot of teaching, troubleshooting the technology projects that were implemented over the summer, or any of the other myriad tasks and projects that Fall brings, this time of year can feel inspiring and frenetic at the same time. CARL leadership and committee volunteers have been busy, as well. Here is a brief update on what’s been going on in CARL.
CARL Elections will get underway shortly. We have a number of executive board positions that are up, and our Nominations Committee has done a wonderful job of putting together a great slate of candidates. So, please look for the election email in early October and vote! I’d like to extend many thanks to the nominations committee: Shana Higgins, Chair, Nicole Branch, Nina Clements, Lia Friedman, Carolyn Gardner, and Jenny Yap.
The CARL 2018 Conference(April 13-15, 2018 in Redwood City) planning is well underway. Conference Chair, Allison Carr, has engaged topical and thought-provoking keynote speakers:
Miguel Figueroa, Center for the Future of Libraries, American Libraries Association, will speak on Collaborators for the Future: Bringing Our Values to the Trends and Changes in Our World;
Charlotte Roh, University of San Francisco, will talk about Scholarly Communication in a Time of Change: Considering the Impact of Bias, Diversity, and Traditional Publishing Structures as Scholarly Communication Moves to New Platforms and Systems;
Zoe Fisher, Southern Utah University, will present on Who Succeeds in Higher Education? Questioning the Connection Between Academic Libraries and Student Success
But of course, the Conference would not be complete without hearing from the amazing work all of you are doing in your libraries as well. The Call for Proposals went out over the summer and the extended deadline is October 15 for pre-conference workshops, panel presentations, research into practice sessions, and engaging in practice sessions. The call for posters and roundtable discussion proposals will come out soon and be due in January.
Hopefully, you have seen the call for applications for the Ilene F. Rockman CARL/ACRL Conference Scholarship. This scholarship is for library school students or early career librarians to attend the CARL Conference next April. The deadline to apply is November 10, 2017.
Also, if you know someone who has dedicated much time and effort to the success of CARL, please nominate them for the Outstanding CARL Member Award. This award honors a member of our association for their outstanding achievements and service. The deadline for nominations is February 2, 2018, so you have lots of time to think and submit your nomination.
Finally, the CARL Interest Groups have been planning and hosting events and have many more in the works, so please do look for email announcements for those events.
I wish everyone a productive and fun Fall term and look forward to seeing you at the 2018 conference, if not before then.
Best,
Lee Adams, CSU East Bay, CARL Vice-President - North
Registration fees include all general sessions, opening reception, plenary sessions, and awards luncheon. Preconferences priced separately.
Change is an inevitable and can be a welcome part of our jobs. In this ever-changing landscape, libraries are feeling pressure to provide solutions to many and various challenges: shifts in access to our resources, “evolving” ideas of credibility and authority, increasing threats to our patrons’ civil liberties, a movement to “all-things-digital”, staff/library reorganization, and more. How can libraries rise to the challenges of engaging our students and colleagues, advocating for our communities, and protecting our democracy? The CARL 2018 Conference builds upon the CARL 2016 Conference, “What we talk about when we talk about value…” by asking: How will we, as libraries, navigate change, reassert and use our core values to ground our everyday work, strengthen our advocacy, and buoy our hopes in times of uncertainty?
If you have any questions about the conference, please contact the conference planning team:
Allison Carr, Co-Chair, Conference Planning Team
Brena Smith, Co-Chair, Conference Planning Team
Lee Adams, Conference Planning Team
Joseph Aubele, Conference Planning Team
CALL FOR PROPOSALS- Deadline extended to Wednesday, October 4
CARLDIG-S is hosting its annual fall program titled “Agents of Change in the Age of Alternative Facts” at California Lutheran University on Friday, December 1, 2017 from 9:00am-2:00pm. We are seeking proposals from reference librarians who have implemented engaging, innovative reference programs or collaborations that address fake news, digital literacy, social justice, or diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Are you leading efforts to bring about change at your institution? Have you created campaigns or programs to improve student digital literacy? Or worked with campus partners to connect with diverse student populations? Submit a proposal today through our online application!
Speakers will give a 15-minute presentation and participate in a moderated panel discussion. Proposals will be subject to a peer-review process. The deadline to submit a proposal is Wednesday, October 4. All presenters must register and pay for the program. For more information, visit the CARLDIG-S website or contact CARLDIG-S Chair Kaela Casey.
Ilene F. Rockman CARL / ACRL Conference Scholarship
If you are a library school student or an early-career librarian with less than 2 years working in the profession, please consider applying for the Ilene F. Rockman CARL/ACRL Scholarship!
The Ilene F. Rockman Scholarship is to subsidize conference attendance for 2 student or early-career members of the CARL community at the 2018 CARL Conference . The two recipients will receive $500 each to subsidize the cost of registration, travel, and accommodations. The deadline to apply is Friday, November 10, 2017.
Attendees: Talitha Matlin (Interim VP-South), Jenny Yap (Secretary), Crystal Goldman (UC DAL), Lee Adams (VP-North), Joseph Aubele (Membership Director), Shana Higgins (Past President), Nicole Branch (Private-DAL), Kelly Janousek (IG Coordinator), Ellen Carey (CC-DAL), Maryann Hight (CSU-DAL), Lindsey Shively (Newsletter Editor) Absent: Jordan Nielson (Treasurer) Absent by Notification: Pearl Ly (President), David Drexler (Webmaster), Cynthia Mari Orozco (ACRL Chapters Delegate)
Introductions & Approve Minutes from May meeting
Minutes approved
CARL Conference Report - Registration opened on Sept. 1
- Proposals - A CFP reminder will go out after Labor Day, not to overwhelm people with conference emails. We're already received a few submissions.
- We have Program Review Coordinators who will be coordinating the work of the review teams. Lee and Allie will be meeting with them in a couple weeks to finalize their roles.
- Lee will be doing a site visit sometime this fall to go over the space and start thinking about room assignments.
- Have enough volunteers
- 3 confirmed speakers: Miguel Figueroa (ALA Center for the Future of Libraries), Charlotte Roh (diversity in library scholarship/publishing), Zoe Fisher (student privacy and “big data”)
- 1 registrant and 1 sponsor so far
Action items: Everyone: encourage people to submit a proposal. Allie will send CFP reminder this week Lee will do a site visit soon.
Membership Director Report
- 2nd quarter of membership growth (52 new members in 2 quarters)
- Only a few people have not renewed
- Autorenewals: members can’t change credit card information unless they have a balance due (Joseph can change it manually)
- Members can’t change member status from Student to Regular on RegOnline (Joseph can change it manually too)
Action items: Joseph look into changing notification for email receipts so members don't accidentally flag the purchase.
Treasurer Report - Amending standing rules for Junior VP as backup treasurer (Pearl - delayed)
- Annual notice for stipended positions
- We’re adding a second signatory to bank account in case the Treasurer isn’t available
Interest Group Coordinator Report
- Asked active Interest Groups if they’re going to send in proposals
- 4 currently sending in proposals on behalf of IGs
- SEAL has been inactive for a while so we will try to revive them since it’s a popular IG
- DIAL wants non-programming funding since they work with outside groups
- The planning manual on pg 9 talks about special projects. Add 1 line that talks about how IGs can create special projects with approval of treasurer
Action items: Kelly will send to the board language about how IGs can do a special project
Awards Liaison Update - Rockman Committee tweaking rubric and timeline so that we can approve winner at our December meeting
- Research Award Committee: haven’t met since 2014. No award granted in 2016. Previous chair is happy to review awards but can’t chair it.
- Purpose of the committee is that the research proposal awarded gets seed money to conduct the research and they present their research at the next conference
- A call for nominations for the Outstanding CARL member award will go out soon with a deadline of Feb 2
- We need more clarity on how members are appointed to committees. We need to standardize across all committees.
Action items: Next Year’s President will appoint 2018-2019 Research Award Committee. Clarify committee membership process for all committees and standardize process of appointments.Nicole will look at bylaws to see if they have rules about appointment of the various awards committees and share with board
Mentorship Committee Update - Mentoring Outreach and Recruiting (MOR) Committee finds mentors and mentees and matches them up based on interest. The committee needs a chair and members
- It needs a clear charge for appointment of members so it will be included in the work with the rest of the committees
- Ellen: There is interest from community college librarians to be mentors
- Nicole: all committees do have charge statements except for the mentoring group but it should have a charge as well. All committee charges state they are appointed by President.
CARL Election Update - Due dates: September 6 - Nominations. September 18 - Statement of Candidacy Form
- Positions: President / Past-President (2 years) - candidate confirmed. VP-South / President / Past-President (4 year)- no candidates. Treasurer (3 years)- 1 candidate confirmed. Secretary (2 years) - no candidates. Director-at-Large Community Colleges (2 years) - 1 candidate confirmed. Director-at-Large Private (2 years) - 2 confirmed, 2 possible candidates - No candidates for VP South or Secretary
- Shana can help convince people to serve
- Talitha: CSU Dominguez Hills just hired a bunch of people
- Lindsay: Northridge just hired too.
Action items: Everyone: find people for nominations! Shana will reach out to new hires at CSU DH and Northridge
December Board Meeting Logistics
- CSUSM, Friday, December 8: 9:30-3pm
- CSUSM is a 1 hr drive from San Diego airport (plan to arrive at airport by 8am). Coordinating travel.
- Post meeting social
Action items:Everyone: make travel plans for the meeting and email Talitha ideas for social event. Talitha:add to travel form if you have room if someone wants to spend the night. Finalize room for meeting
Adjourned at 10:59 am
People and Places News Appointments
Charlotte Brun joined the Claremont Colleges Library as a Social Sciences Librarian.
Elizabeth Cook joined the Hayden Memorial Library at Citrus Colleges this fall as the new full-time, Instructional Design Librarian. She brings her experience working at Pierce College as a Library Technician in Acquisitions and as an adjunct reference and instruction librarian in the Los Angeles Community College District.
Yi Ding is the Oviatt Library’s new Online Instructional Design Librarian at CSU Northridge. She studied Chinese language and literature at Nanjing University, and later earned her B.A. in philosophy at Wesleyan University and her MLIS from UCLA.
Jeanine Finn joined the Claremont Colleges Library for a two year term as the Council on Library & Information Resources (CLIR) Data Services Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2019). Jeanine received her Ph.D. in Information Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 2016. As Data Services Postdoctoral Fellow, she will work collaboratively with librarians to develop a robust suite of data services to support students and faculty across the 7 Claremont Colleges.
The Hayden Memorial Library at Citrus College welcomes Dr. Gina Hogan as the new Dean of Language Arts and Library. Dr. Hogan, a former Citrus English Department faculty member, will be overseeing communications, English, ESL, foreign languages, speech, the Clarion, honors the Learning Center (including the Testing Center and open computer lab) and the library.
Kate Holvoet has been appointed Electronic Resources Librarian at San Diego State University Library and Information Access. Most recently, Holvoet worked as the Electronic Resources Librarian at Zayed University, United Arab Emirates.
George Martinez has been appointed as the new Student Services Librarian at CSU Long Beach.
Mary McMillan, Digital Resources Librarian, has been appointed to the role of Campus Coordinator for the OER / AB798-Textbook Affordability grant at El Camino College.
Alexis Lynne Pavenick, PhD, has been appointed as the new Senior Assistant Librarian for the English, Comparative World Literature and Classics Departments at CSU Long Beach.
Claudia Striepe, Instruction Librarian, has been appointed to the role of Interim Library Director at El Camino College.
Jennifer Thompson was promoted to Social Sciences Team Leader at the Claremont Colleges Library.
Laura Wimberley is the Oviatt Library’s new Assessment Librarian at CSU Northridge. She holds a B.A. from Oberlin College, an MLIS from San Jose State University, and a Ph.D. from UC San Diego.
Accomplishments
Tina Gutierrez, a Library Technician II overseeing the audiovisual department celebrated 30 years with Citrus College. According to Tina, there has been a dramatic progression of audiovisual media formats and equipment over the course of her career. "I truly have had a front row seat to emerging technologies and the media formats required for each," Tina said. "The success I had here at Citrus is due to my willingness to learn new things, adapt to new and progressive changes, and to work hard."
Library News
The library faculty the Hayden Memorial Library at Citrus College are working towards redesigning and reactivating the Library Technology Certificate program, hoping to resume in Fall 2018.
The “Digitizing Southern California Water Resources” grant project is underway at the Claremont Colleges Library. The second cohort of Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) Claremont Center for Engagement with Primary Sources (CCEPS) Fellows is currently digitizing materials from the Ontario City Library, one of our six partner institutions. In March 2018, project staff will present a panel at the American Society for Environmental History conference in Riverside. For more information about this project, please visit the project’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CLIRWater/.
Publications
Bello, Lydia, Madelynn Dickerson, Margaret Hogarth, and Ashley Sanders. "Librarians Doing DH: A Team and Project-Based Approach to Digital Humanities in the Library." Collaborative Librarianship 9, no. 2 (2017): 97-103.
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