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Join us for the CARL Membership Meeting April 1, 2022 (@CARL Conference) 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Election Results and Bylaws Update

Thanks to all of you who voted in the CARL Executive Board election. We had a fantastic slate of candidates, and I know all of us greatly appreciate their commitment to CARL and their willingness to run.

Please join the CARL Executive Board and the 2022 Nominations and Elections Committee in congratulating the elected board members:

• Vice-President/President-Elect: Shamika J. Simpson
• Secretary: Annette Young
• Directors-at-Large
  • Community Colleges: Edeama Onwuchekwa
  • California State University: Laura Wimberley
  • Private and Independent: Beth Namei

The CARL 2022 Virtual Conference, The Equity-Minded Academic Library, will take place on March 31-April 1 from 9:00 am-5:00 pm. The schedule and sessions are now available!

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

A Community Cultural Wealth Approach for Academic Research Libraries: Reclaiming Our Past and Reimagining Our Future
Dr. Tara Yosso
Professor
School of Education, University of California Riverside 

Dr. Yosso’s keynote will give an overview of her community cultural wealth model, which has been received nationally and internationally as a paradigm shift for the ways we have traditionally thought about schooling structures, practices, and discourse. She will ask us to consider how we might foster a critical historical perspective of the communities we aim to serve as academic research librarians, and draw on the ingenuity and courage of those who have come before us in the struggle for justice. 
Dr. Tara J. Yosso examines access to educational opportunities for Students of Color at critical transition points in their schooling trajectories (e.g. high school to community college, baccalaureate to doctorate). Her research seeks to recover counternarratives of race, schooling, inequality, and the law. Her extensively cited publications examine the ways People of Color utilize community cultural wealth to survive and resist racism and other forms of subordination. She is a first generation college student, a Professor in the School of Education at the University of California Riverside, and this year has been appointed as the Inaugural Distinguished Scholar in Residence at the Institute for Emancipatory Education at the Connie L. Lurie College of Education at San José State University
 
Outreach for Equity: Student-Centered Strategies & Futures 
Sandy Enriquez
Special Collections Public Services, Outreach & Community Engagement Librarian, University of California Riverside 

What does outreach look like through an equity-minded and anti-racist lens? How can we adapt to better center the needs, perspectives, and experiences of students (particularly BIPOC and other underrepresented students) in our work? These are not rhetorical questions, but rather crucial questions we need to consider as we unpack whom our current strategies serve, and what changes we must make to move beyond performativity. Drawing on my own experiences in community engagement (both as a professional and as a former student) has helped me develop my approach to student-centered outreach at UCR. In this presentation, I will share some of these practices, as well as speak more broadly on how we can begin to incorporate equity-mindedness across our outreach workflows. Reimagining what programming, exhibitions, and other outreach initiatives could look like through community collaboration, slow librarianship, and anti-racist frameworks will help us build strategies for a more inclusive and equitable future. 
Sandy Enriquez is the Special Collections Public Services, Outreach & Community Engagement Librarian at the University of California, Riverside. She received her MA in Latin American & Caribbean Studies at New York University and her MUS from Long Island University. Prior to UCR, she was a Collections Assistant at Bobst Library and a Graduate Assistant at the Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. She is Latinx of Quechua and Andean descent, bilingual and first generation. She is a recipient of the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage, as well as a Spectrum Scholar.
 
Registration: 

• CARL member – $40 
• Non-member – $65 
• Conference Presenters – Free registration* 
• Students – Free registration** 

Register at https://conf2022.carl-acrl.org/registration/.

Check Your CARL Membership Status

Where do you currently work, and what is your job title/role? 

Thanks for this opportunity. My name is Norma Juarez Durian, I am a Research & Instruction Librarian at the University of La Verne. My main role is to teach information literacy to undergraduates in the social sciences disciplines. I also offer research appointments for students that wish to work one-on-one with me for individual research help.

I think I joined CARL back in 2010 or 2011, when I first started working in academic libraries as a professional librarian. My friends and colleagues (and mentors!) at the UC Riverside Rivera Library introduced me to CARL. I attended my first CARL conference in 2012 and thought it was a wonderful organization. I’ve enjoyed networking and meeting other CA librarians and learning about all the wonderful things my colleagues do. I love attending the interest group events/presentations and I am currently the chair of CARLDIG-S.

Are you working on anything special right now or in the near future you'd like to share with other CARL members?

What new approaches to your work have you tried recently? Have any of them been particularly successful or challenging?

I’ve encouraged faculty members to add me as their embedded librarian so that I can contact students directly via Blackboard. This allows me to send information about library programs and services that they might otherwise miss in the sea of communications. I get a better idea of the course and assignments, and I am better equipped to make appropriate resource recommendations. Outreach and engagement have been especially tough the last 2 years. 

What’s something you recently read/watched/listened to that you can’t stop thinking about or is helping you process recent events? Why?

I recently listened to The Midnight Library by Matt Haig. The main character had many regrets in life and was given the opportunity to change her past. I think we all have regrets, but this book reminded me that we can’t change the past, but we can start making changes today. There is always hope for the future. 

• Welcome & Introductions
  • Group introductions (name, position on CARL, and favorite fruit)
• Amend/Approve Agenda
  • Agenda approved
• Amend/Approve Minutes from December meeting
  • Kelly moves to approve. Ethan seconds. Minutes approved
• Onboarding new officers
  • Transitioning roles/mentoring
    • Rachel welcomed new officers
    • Encouraged new members to reach out to predecessors or Rachel for any assistance
    • Rachel offered to connect people to predecessors
  • DaL orientation & liaison appointments (ACRL delegate, IG coordinator, awards liaison, advocacy liaison)
  • Communications officer (1-year trial)
    • Rachel proposed a 1 year trial of a Communications officer instead of an Advocacy Liaison role. This position would work with a communications role. Kelly shared that the advocacy role does not engage membership and  was an unsuccessful role in the past and sees that this would be a positive change. There would still be 4 DaL positions.
    • Ken moves to approve. Jennifer and Shamika second. Motion approved.
  • ACTION: Rachel will set up a Doodle poll for the DaL orientation
• CARL Resources
  • Rachel directed new members to the resources on the website
    • Website
    • YM
    • CARLEX Document Store
    • CARLEX Tasklist
    • Past and present CARL leaders
  • Jennifer shared bylaws and standing rules via chat:
    • https://carl-acrl.org/documents/bylaws/CARLBylaws.html
    • https://carl-acrl.org/documents/carl-standing-rules.pdf
• Code of Conduct forms
  • Rachel thanked new members for sending their Code of Conduct forms and asked all members to send their forms, if they haven't already
  • ACTION: All members to send Rachel their Code of Conduct forms: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fudJGCZ7UCW_vrwLdifeYu2iIStbu0bR/edit
• 2022 Goals
  • Strategic Planning - engaging members in the process
    • Proposed goals:
      • What is the value of CARL to its members
      • Host an event around engagement and CARL value
  • IG engagement & communication
    • Continue effort to engage with IG leaders. Possibly invite/alert them to board meetings.
  • Updating our web presence
• Strategic Planning/Visioning
  • Conference Membership Meeting (Kelly, Shamika)
  • Follow up activities
  • No updates yet. Rachel encouraged people to join Kelly and Shamika in conference planning.
  • ACTION: Kelly and Shamika will meet regarding the Conference Membership Meeting
• 2022 Conference planning
  • Update from Planning Committee
    • We are moving right along with getting the conference information loaded into Hopin. Information about Hopin is going out to registrants shortly, and I will be working on getting the presenters ready to use it in the next couple weeks.
    • We will have 2 keynote sessions, 11 general sessions, 5 poster sessions, 3 interest group sessions, and 2 vendor presentations.
    • We currently have three sponsors, with a possible fourth that we'll know more about in the next few days. The total brought in so far is $3000, which is $1000 more than I'd budgeted, so yay us!
    • The General Membership meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 1, 9:00-9:50am
    • As of today, we had 21 people registered prior to the email going out yesterday so I anticipate more within the next week. We will continue to send info out until March 30.
    • Rachel asked members to share conference registration to help increase registration.
  • Responding to Code of Conduct violations (Liz)
    • Laura volunteered to be on-call for code of conduct investigations during the conference, since the EI coordinator (Liz) will not be able to attend the conference.
• Membership Report (Jennifer, Ken)
  • Listservs update
    • Ken shared he does not have access to SCIL. CARLALL has been running smoothly, aside from some spam messages. Ken is going to make a list of the YM directory and ensure they are in the the CARLALL directory next.
    • Jennifer shared there is a lot of manual work, so it can be troublesome. Jennifer has been cleaning all the listserv email lists. CARLALL listserv is for paid CARL members, except the IG listservs.
  • Membership status of IGs
    • SCIL listserv manager declined to provide password for the listserv. Discussion about non-members that may be part of IG listservs.
    • Kelly shared this has been an ongoing issue since the late 90s, particularly with SCIL.
    • Edeama recommended that the IG chairs meet with the board and reach an understanding moving forward regarding listservs, and emphasizing the unity in our profession.
    • Rachel shared that she doesn’t think people need to be CARL members to be on the listserv and receive CARL communications. More exposure to CARL is better.
    • Jennifer prepared a report on membership at the bottom of the agenda/minutes. 
    • ACTION: Keep the status quo until it is decided who will be the new IG coordinator.
• Treasurer Report (Jennifer)
  • Vote on 2022 Proposed Budget
    • Jennifer went over the budget prior to voting and answered some questions regarding the credit card service and taxes.
    • Laura moved, Ken seconded. Budget approved.
    • ACTION: Rachel asked elected officers to reach out if your institution is unwilling to fund your ALA/ACRL membership.
• Web Assessment report & recommendations: Next steps (Ken, David)
  • Website
    • As requested by the Board, an addendum has been added to the Final Report, setting out in detail the steps needed to prepare for and implement a new Web site and membership platform, along with accompanying responsibilities
    • Ken shared background information: The website is fully HTML, so it is very outdated. Web Assessment committee was put together to improve the website, along with the membership committee. YM was brought in, but is used minimally. The report outlines alternate choices from YM. Recommendation is to create an ad hoc committee to design and migrate content to a new website. No timeline yet, but David and Ken will discuss that.
  • Membership system
    • YM renewal is April/May 2022. 
    • Rachel suggested to work on this migration so that we can not renew YM in the May 2023 year, even if it means paying for a second membership platform for 2022. Ken confirmed that this is their goal.
    • Rachel suggested reaching out to others who are using the proposed vendor, Wild Apricot, to get their feedback. Kelli said she can reach out to a group that she knows who is using it.
    • Wild Apricot pricing discussion: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13ixpe1jiYNPk5G7Kz6aP7e_69dQ3MBq3Paagay94xz0/edit#gid=0
    • Jennifer shared a fund in the budget line item where this money can come from, if needed.
    • Kelli would like to be more involved in this process as she has some background in web development.
  • Kelly moves to approve the report, Laura seconded. Report approved.
  • ACTION: Web Coordinator contact Archivist to arrange migration of archived content.
  • ACTION: Kelli offered to reach out to MLGSCA, who is using Wild Apricot for feedback.
  • ACTION: Ken is going to reach different ACRL chapters for feedback on Wild Apricot.
  • ACTION: Ken is going to work with David on the charge of the implementation group.  
• Interest Group Coordinator (Shamika)
  • Shamika had to leave the meeting early. Will follow up at a future meeting.
• Awards Liaison Update (Jennifer)
  • Rockman scholarship
    • Already awarded for 2022
  • Outstanding CARL member
    • Nominees sent to award committee. Winner to be announced at conference. (Rachel & Ken)
    • Before the award winner is announced, Rachel and Ken will share with the board.
  • Gayatri Singh award
    • Lali = chairperson
    • A lot of members of this committee are very busy, so a new committee may need to be formed.
  • Research grant
    • Ken = chairperson
    • Possibly put out a call in May, then review and award in summer, June/July.
• Mentorship Committee update (Ethan)
  •  Ethan had to leave the meeting early.
  • Rachel shared Ethan is looking for community college librarians for the mentorship program.
• ACRL (Kelly)
  • ALA conference is going to be in-person.
  • ALA/ACRL is having conversations and is concerned for the safety of Ukrainian LIbrarians.
  • The University of Texas Library is being attacked in regards to what is being called “inappropriate” material, due to the current anti- LGBTQ+ legislation.
  • CARL is a state-chapter of ACRL, so CARL had a seat at the chapter’s table, which Kelly served on at one point, and continues to receive ACRL communications due to this.
  • A lot of jobs are opening up.
  • ACRL hired a new executive director.
  • C&RL News will now only be available online as of Jan. 1.
• Newsletter Editor (Kelli)
  • President's column
    • Will be rebranded to "Updates from the Board"
  • SEAL interest group/question about their status
  • Rachel asked if anyone is interested in writing the upcoming "Updates from the Board," otherwise the election results will be the update. No one volunteered.
  • Discussion about an advertisement for the CARL conference, including a link to register. Kelli will look into this.
  • ACTION: If you have any updates for the newsletter, send to Kelli by March 15: carlnewsletter@gmail.com
  • ACTION: Rachel will follow up with Shamika and let Kelli know by Monday what to expect for the "Updates from the Board"
• EI Coordinator (Liz)
  • Liz was absent at this meeting. Rachel thanked Laura for volunteering for Liz during the CARL Conference.
• Review action items (Annette, Lali)
  • Action items reviewed.

• Past President (Kelly Janousek)
  • Held Election, notified winners, asked for confirmation of Code compliance
  • Working on updating the Bylaws changes
• Treasurer (Jennifer Silverman)
  • Tracking all income/expenses for the conference
  • Paid cancellation fee to San Jose Holiday Inn
• Membership Director (Jennifer Silverman, Interim)
  • Cleaned up listservs, manually adding members to CARLALL as I receive notice of dues paid
  • Used mass email in YM to send out election ballot
  • Paid as of 3/9/22:
    • 214 members, 11 students, 10 retired
    • 75 ALIGN, 146 CARLDIG, 124 DIAL, 96 SCORE, 52 SEAL, 125 SCIL
• No Report: President, Vice President, Secretary, ACRL Chapters Council Delegate, Director-at-Large, Community Colleges; Director-at-Large, Private; Director-at-Large, UC; Director-at-Large, CSU.

• No Report: Newsletter Editor, Web Coordinator, Mentorship Committee Chair

PRESIDENT
Rachel Jaffe
UC Santa Cruz
jaffer@ucsc.edu

PAST PRESIDENT 
Kelly Janousek
CSU Long Beach
kelly.janousek@csulb.edu

VICE PRESIDENT
Shamika J. Simpson
Long Beach City College
ssimpson@lbcc.edu

SECRETARY
Annette Young
Cypress College

TREASURER
Jennifer Silverman
West Coast University

MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR
Jennifer Silverman (interim)
West Coast University

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Edeama Onwuchekwa
San Diego Community College
eonwuchekwa@sdccd.edu
 

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE, CSU
Laura Wimberley
CSU Northridge

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE, PRIVATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES 
Beth Namei
Claremont Colleges

DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE, UC
Ken Lyons
UC Santa Cruz
kbplyons@ucsc.edu

EQUITY AND INCLUSION COORDINATOR
Liz Galoozis
Claremont Colleges

NEWSLETTER EDITOR
Kelli Hines
Western University of Health Sciences
khines@westernu.edu

WEBSITE COORDINATOR
Dave Drexler
CSU Fresno 
ddrexel@csufresno.edu

MENTORING PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIR
Ethan Annis
Dominican University of California, San Rafael
ethan@ethanannis.com