As I write this summer message to you, I am unable to muster any type of “happy summer!” sentiment. It would feel disingenuous to compose a message that didn’t acknowledge the human rights crisis that is the separation of parents from their children at the border. This hits close to home because we live in a border state. Many of us are immigrants or children of immigrants who were granted asylum themselves. And in the not unlikely case that this doesn’t describe you or your family history, I can guarantee that many of your colleagues or students are immigrants who sought asylum at one point in time. For that reason alone, this is relevant to our work in academic libraries.
CARL is a registered, tax-exempt 501(c)(3); with this designation, CARL and its officers cannot “participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements) any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office” (IRS, 2016). However, that doesn’t mean that we can’t bring attention to current events and policies that affect our members. As academic librarians and library workers, what can we do to address and recognize the struggles many of us and our students are experiencing?
Revisit the ALA Core Values of Librarianship. Of special note include the values of democracy, diversity, and social responsibility.
Educate yourself. You will want to have a good understanding of the facts and current developments. This could be relevant if your campus works with large immigrant populations, if you work directly with students conducting research in this area, and more.
Examine your language. As librarians, we know that how we categorize/label things matters and shapes how we think about them. Understand how the term “undocumented immigrants” may not yield anything if you’re conducting a Library of Congress subject search. Consider how the language that is imbued in library structures such as a catalog may be damaging to our users.
Provide resources. ALA’s #LibrariesRespond site provides numerous resources for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. This is a good starting place if you need to find resources for yourself or one of your patrons.
Recharge with community. Find the community that helps you stay focused and grounded. CARL provides regional and topical interest groups as well as a mentoring program.
Put on your oxygen masks, and continue to do what we do best — provide space, resources, and expertise that can help people become and stay involved members of the community.
-Talitha Matlin
CARL President
Reading: Diversity & Motivation: Culturally Responsive Teaching in College (Ginsburg / Wlodkowski)
Watching: Nailed it! on Netflix. Helps me to turn off my brain at night.
Listening: Going through the backlog of The Longest Shortest Time podcast. Just finished the episode on the history of sex ed in public schools.
Following: @constancewu on instagram.
Community College Corner
My name is Mario Macías and I'm serving a two-year term as the Director-at-Large for Community Colleges (DAL-CC). Simply put, my role is to bridge CARL and Community Colleges (CCs) in California. I would love to hear what you would like to see CARL do for community colleges and their librarians. Please use the following form to add your input: https://goo.gl/forms/3axZGU5PEiB7YISk1
Mario completed his MLIS in 2014 from the University of Washington, during which he worked at Seattle Central College and North Seattle College as a Reference Assistant; Mario is currently an Instruction Librarian at Los Angeles Pierce College.
CARL 2018 Conference Wrapup
CARL 2018: The Academic Library in Times of Change was held in Redwood City from April 13-15. It prompted attendees to consider how libraries can rise to the challenges of engaging our students and colleagues, advocating for our communities, and protecting our democracy. Some highlights included:
The highest number of attendees for any CARL conference — ever!
Invigorating and thought-provoking keynotes from Miguel Figueroa (ALA Center for the Future of Libraries), Charlotte Roh (University of San Francisco), and Zoe Fisher (Pierce College).
Sessions on topics ranging from free speech on campus, pop culture and information literacy, spoken word poetry, user testing, diversity and scholarly communication, and more.
A new session format – discussion round tables — was offered.
Ilene F. Rockman CARL Conference winners: Aisha Conner-Gaten and Eriberto Ramirez
CARL Outstanding Member: Ken Lyons
CARL President’s Recognition for Excellence in Service: Les Kong
Proceedings for the conference will be available shortly and posted online. Thank you to all of the volunteers, sponsors, presenters, and attendees for making this a conference worth remembering!
CARL Business
Interest Groups
ALIGN- Academic Librarians' Interest Group North
ALIGN will be holding a general business meeting from 11am till noon, Monday, 2nd July. We'll be deciding a location for our summer field trip (likely in early September) and to soliciting volunteers for planning the event, as well as fielding nominations for 2018–19 officers. The meeting will take place virtually via Zoom, but all are most welcome to attend in-person in room 4274, McHenry Library, UC Santa Cruz (and will be taken out to lunch on ALIGN for their trouble!).
Zoom details:
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, or Android (audio and video): https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/546875277
Or telephone (audio only):
Dial (for higher quality, dial a number based on your phone's area code):
+1 669 900 6833 (California) or +1 646 558 8656 (New York)
Meeting ID: 546 875 277
DIAL- Diversity in Academic Libraries
After our successful showcase at the 2018 CARL Conference, DIAL will be providing a program and some informal meetups over the summer. Next event: Thursday, July 26, 2018, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Explore the diversity of the programs, art, and displays of the Leatherby Libraries and Chapman University. DIAL will be organizing a library tour and program at Chapman University to view their varied exhibits on diverse populations and allow participants to discuss how they can start or improve diversity exhibits and programming at their own libraries.
This event will have a light breakfast and lunch provided, and is first come, first served. Space is limited. Please email Essraa Nawar, Development Librarian at Leatherby Libraries and CARL DIAL co-chair – nawar@chapman.edu to RSVP.
SCIL-Southern California Instruction Librarians
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Interest Group Showcase at CARL. The responses to our excellent speakers and format were overwhelmingly positive, and we hope to reprise the session in a future SCIL event.
We are planning a summer fun event, doing a LitWalk in Downtown LA, touring the LAPL Central Library, the Last Bookstore, and ending with a networking session at the Library Bar. Exact dates are still being considered, but keep an eye on the SCIL-Listserv; we are looking at dates at the end of July or early August.
We have not set a date for our next business meeting yet, but we are excited to announce that our board has committed to making business meetings hybrid or virtual friendly, so if you've been reluctant to get involved because you cannot travel to meetings in person, please consider joining us online! Watch the SCIL-Listserv for more information about business meetings; we'll start planning SCILWorks (Jan/Feb 2019) as our next big event and welcome your input and assistance in planning another exciting event.
SCORE- Scholarly Communication and Open Resources for Education
SCORE's spring webinar was on open access monograph initiatives, and featured Rachael Samberg of UC Berkeley and Mark Edington of the Amherst College Press. Access the recording here: https://youtu.be/Ik2fQmgLQ0I
People and Places News
New Librarian Summit (NLS) 2018 Registration Open
The New Librarian Summit (NLS) Organizing Committee would like to invite you to register for the 2nd annual NLS event to be held at San Jose State University (SJUS) in San Jose, California on August 2 and 3, 2018. Our aim is to create an exciting, innovative and challenging event focused on inspiring and guiding new and early career librarians. We envision NLS as an event that will provide librarians with a space to network and learn from one another. Collectively, attendees acquire leadership skills so they can provide guidance and innovation in knowledge access, information literacy, and technology, thus helping the professional community while developing a more informed citizenry and society.
The Committee invites current MLIS graduate students, librarians who have graduated within the past 10 years, as well as those who have accepted new roles/appointments or experienced career transitions in the past 10 years.
The detailed Summit program and additional information on registration and lodging can be found on the event website at https://www.newlibrariansummit.org/ .
We look forward to seeing you at NLS!
Sincerely,
NLS 2018 Organizing Committee
Publications, Presentations & Awards
Susan Boyd (Santa Clara University) gave a lightning talk in Salt Lake City at the Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The title of her talk was "The How-To of 'Biased' Information: Teaching Engineering Students about Knowledge Creation and the Scholarly Conversation."
Nicole Branch, Julia Voss, Denise Krane, Laura Doyle, Chris Bachen, and Tricia Serviss (all of Santa Clara University) gave a presentation at the International Writing across the Curriculum Conference at Auburn University in Alabama. The title of their presentation was "Teaching Teachers to Teach Writing, Critical Thinking, and Information Literacy: Case Study of a Faculty Learning Community as a Campus-Wide Pedagogical Intervention Strategy."
The UC Merced Library awarded its first undergraduate research award in April 2018. The inaugural winners of the Carter Joseph Abrescy and Larry Kranich Library Award for Student Research Excellence, Melissa Becerra and Nathan Parmeter, were each awarded $500 for their keen understanding of the research process. The Credo blog featured an interview with Lindsay Davis, "HIP in Action: Undergraduate Research & Awards," to discuss the impetus for the award, award reception, and the academic library's role in supporting undergraduate research.
Lua Gregory (University of Redlands) and Shana Higgins (University of Redlands) co-authored a chapter titled "In Resistance to a Capitalist Past: Emerging Practices of Critical Librarianship," recently published in Karen P. Nicholson and Maura Seale's (Eds.) The Politics of Theory and the Practice of Critical Librarianship (2018).
Shannon Kealey (Santa Clara University) gave a poster presentation at the CARL Conference in Redwood City. The topic of her poster was "Plans and Pivots: Embracing Change in an IR Marketing and Outreach Program."
Jan Kuebel-Hernandez, Library Director at California University of Science and Medicine, was recognized for her contributions with the School of Medicine Founders’ Award. The new, private, non-profit health sciences university, located in San Bernardino, CA, begins its inaugural class of medical students in Fall 2018.
Marjorie Schreiber Lear, Hilary Smith, Kelly Estrada, and Rhianna Casesa (Sonoma State University) received the 2018 ACRL Academic Library Impact Research Grants for a project titled “Communicating Value and Enhancing Library Use through Finding Common Language”
Appointments
Nicole Carpenter was hired as the Research Librarian for Social Sciences at the University of California, Irvine.
Madelynn Dickerson was hired as the Research Librarian for Digital Humanities and History at the University of California, Irvine
Long time CARL member Joseph Dmohowski has been promoted from Associate to Full Librarian. His current position at Wardman Library, Whittier College is “Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian.” Mr. Dmohowski started working at Whittier College in 1985 following graduation from the USC School of Library and Information Management program. In addition to overseeing the serials and online resources, he assists researchers on the career of former president and Whittier alum, Richard Nixon.
Karin Griffin, Library Faculty at California State University, Long Beach since 2005, was promoted to professor.
Shana Higgins, Interim Library Director and Interdisciplinary & Area Studies Librarian at University of Redlands, has been promoted to the rank of Librarian. Shana was also recognized by University of Redlands peers for Outstanding Faculty Research/Creative Activity at the annual Honors Convocation.
Mary-Michelle Moore started at the UC Santa Barbara Library as a Reference & Instruction Librarian/Librarian for Communication & News. Mary-Michelle is the Chair of SCIL for the 2018-19 academic year and previously worked at CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU San Marcos, UC Irvine and UCLA.
Aline Soules will retire from Cal State East Bay in mid-August. She writes, “I want to express my thanks for the support and friendship I've received from CARL members. I was the CARL rep to ACRL for a number of years after coming to California, including sitting on the board. More recently, I served on the committee that assessed applications for the research scholarship. In the last couple of years, I've been less active and missed my colleagues across the state, but I will soon begin a new chapter in my life as I plan to write more, and I wish you all well as you continue with your important endeavors across the state.”
CARL Board Meeting
Friday, June 8, 2018
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Virtual meeting via Zoom
Attendees:
Talitha Matlin (President), Crystal Goldman (UC-DAL), Liz Galoozis (UC-DAL), Jenny Yap (Secretary), Pearl Ly (Past President), Zemirah Lee (Mentorship Committee Co-Chair), Yen Tran (Treasurer), Joseph Aubele (Membership Director), Ethan Annis (Mentorship Committee Co-Chair), Lee Adams (VP-North). Lindsey Shively (Newsletter Editor), Mario Macías (CC-DAL), Kelly Janousek (VP-South)
Absent:
Dave Drexler (Webmaster)
Absent by notification:
Maryann Hight (CSU-DAL)
Melissa Cardenas-Dow (IG Coordinator)
Nicole Branch (Advocacy Liaison)
Cynthia Mari Orozco (ACRL Chapters Council Delegate)
Welcome (Talitha)
Agenda and minutes approved.
Zemirah Lee and Ethan Annis are the new mentorship committee co-chairs.
CARL Conference Update (Joseph)
81k gross revenues, 74k net revenues
Biggest discounts were 3+ registrations.
Sponsors and invited speakers received free registration
Most conference proceedings in Google Drive right now
Action items: Talitha, Allie, Joseph complete conference report. In August, meet with site organizing company to identify next conference site. Talitha: send EM to board about when proceedings will be public
President Updates (Talitha)
Remaining meetings
Zoom meeting September 14.
In-person meeting Dec 7 at Berkeley City College. People can ask institutions to pay for travel but if not, they can ask Yen for a reimbursement. There will be a call-in option as well but Talitha strongly recommends coming in person. Elected board members should attend. Any appointed board members can attend. Meeting time: 9:30am breakfast, 10am start, end at 2pm.
Member survey: get ideas of what is the value of CARL- lots of organizations are asking this question
Potential questions about value of awards and recognition, professional development, availability for professional development, what parts of their careers they want support in, any new IG, how they want to be contacted, more opportunities to meet up outside of conference (informal networking), creating community question, list of possible IGs they want
Discussion of when to send the survey. Once in August, again in September, close in October.
Draft report of results by December meeting for discussion
Mario sent out community college survey. Got 6 responses but did receive good information
CARL can foster local microcommunities. Many community college librarians want mentorship, research help, connecting with each other
Updates to standing rules regarding outstanding CARL Member Award
Discussion of proposed changes. Changes approved
ACRL Chapter Report: due July 20.
We can ask ACRL for funding support
Action items: Talitha: draft member survey by 6/15 and send to board. Everyone: send Talitha suggestions on member survey by 6/29 , Lindsey and Mario: work on the community college corner in the newsletter. Talitha and David: post new standing rules to website. Pearl: will look for previous ACRL chapter reports and send to Talitha. Talitha: work on ACRL chapter report. Will reach out to board members for help and upload everything to Google Drive
CARL Board Restructuring Project (Pearl)
Discussion about board roles being more clear.
Pearl shared standing rules and bylaws documents and discussed how they are organized, what’s been updated, and how we can use them to better document our processes. She had to clean up and clear up a lot of different wordings of bylaws (some things voted by via email was wrong, wrong wording updated, etc).
Action items: Pearl, Crystal, Lindsey, Kelly, Maryann, Liz: will work on board restructuring ideas and report back during September meeting. Reach out to Cynthia about ACRL Liaison role. Everyone: read the Advocacy Liaison role document. Send Nicole feedback
Membership Report (Joseph)
Confirmed members: 422
372 Regular members
37 Student members
13 Retired members
136 NorCal members
284 SoCal members
1 Outside California member
Membership by Institutions
Community Colleges: 98
CSU: 125
UC: 44
Private: 114
IG Membership
ALIGN: 90
CARLDIG: 270
DIAL: 196
SCIL: 240
SCORE: 159
SEAL: 88
Mentorship program
Mentors: 51
Mentees: 83
Moderated CARLALL list
April 2018: 32 messages
May 2018: 12 messages
June 2018 (MTD): 7
CARL 2018 Final Numbers
266 Registrants
143 CARL members
14 Student members
57 Non-CARL members
46 Single day registrations
6 Sponsor registrations
Opening reception tickets: 13
Total preconference registrations: 51
Gross Revenues: $81,272.50
Net Revenue: $74,346.18
Fees: $4,953.82
Discounts: $5,472.50
Sponsors: $2,100.00
Group Discount: $2,155.00
Invited Speakers: $1,175.00
Cancellations: -$997.50
CARL 2018 Sponsorships
Total Sponsors: 15
Gross Revenues: $15,001.56
Fees: $819.76
Net Revenues: $14,181.80
Action items: Talitha: get Zem and Ethan in touch with Joseph to get accurate mentorship lists
Treasurer Report (Yen)
Proposed language for additional signatories. Both VPs will be signatories.
Yen had trouble with adding herself as a signatory and with the accountants who needed to finish the 2017 taxes so she hasn’t added Kelly as a signatory yet.
Action items: Yen add new information to treasurer’s handbook
IG Coordinator Report (Melissa)
Melissa worked with Kelly to transfer responsibilities of IG Coordinator.
Action items: Kelly: work with David Drexler to add changes to program manual on website
Outstanding Appointed Board Positions (Talitha)
Archivist -- Rand Boyd has resigned. Talitha didn’t want to find archivist until permanent home was found. Still looking for a permanent home. New physical materials aren’t much: just the conference proceedings and newsletters. We’ve been relying on webmaster to maintain electronic archives.
Rockman Scholarship Committee Chair
Action item: look at need for an archivist during board restructuring. ask Rockman committee if they want to be chair or have them find a new chair. Ask if other folks want to be webmaster otherwise David is happy to continue.
Awards Liaison Updates (Liz)
Liz put out call for volunteers for Research Award Committee. Total of 5 people will be on the committee. She looked at their statements and how much they’ve been involved in CARL (we want to encourage new people to volunteer). Also looking for diversity of institutions and experiences.
Action items: Talitha: send draft email to Liz about Research Award Committee appointments to appointees, follow-up with folks not chosen for Research Award Committee and offer them other opportunities to volunteer. Lee send Talitha names of people not chosen for the Outstanding Member Award Committee. Talitha: offer those folks other opportunities to volunteer
Mentorship Committee Update (Ethan & Zem)
22 mentors and 25 mentees. Good number of mentors are from community colleges. Need to find more mentors and mentees in general.
What incentives can we offer mentors and mentees? -create a form letter for their dossier
Need some kind of onboarding training document for mentors and expectations for mentees. We did create roles and responsibilities doc.
Create webinars for tenure process, putting together a conference proposal, etc. for early career librarians
Form language for mentor/mentee interest: we ask for gender preference but we don’t have them self-identify their gender. Discussion about what we should do about mentor/mentee preferences. ACRL mentoring form has demographic info that’s optional. Maybe we should use their language.
Action items: Zem and Ethan: give an update on their work in September. Ethan: Create a form letter for mentees and mentors. Lee, Talitha, Jenny: send Ethan and Zem mentor/mentee guidelines from other organizations. Talitha: send ACRL mentoring form to Ethan and Zem
Deadlines for submissions: March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15. Newsletter submissions, corrections, questions, and comments should be sent to carlnewsletter@gmail.com.
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me is Mario Macías and I'm serving a two-year term as the Director-at-Large for Community Colleges (DAL-CC). Simply put, my role is to bridge CARL and Community Colleges (CCs) in California. I would love to hear what you would like to see CARL do for community colleges and their librarians. Please use the following form to add your input: 
