Save the Date!

California Academic Reference Librarians - South (CARLDIG-S) is hosting its annual Fall Program at the University of LaVerne Friday, December 6, 2019. Titled “With Liberty and Reference for All,” this program will offer an opportunity for librarians to highlight and share their innovative engagement with social justice in reference services. We are especially looking forward to hearing from our community college library members. Call for presentations forthcoming. For more information contact Yvonne Wilber, ywilber@callutheran.edu

CARLRDIG-S January Meeting

The CARLDIG-S January business meeting will take place on Friday, January 11th from 10am-12pm at Cal Lutheran University. All are welcome to attend!

Cal Lutheran University Address and Parking Info:
60 W Olsen Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Pearson Library - Conference Room 133
Parking is free in the Administration building lot on the SE corner of W. Olsen Road and Mountclef Blvd.
From the lot, walk West and look for the enormous gold Luther statue (aka Gumby) outside the library.

Please note: We are currently seeking nominations for the positions of Secretary and Registrar. This is a great opportunity for leadership development/experience along with working with a great group of librarian colleagues from all over Southern California. You can find more information about each office by visiting our bylaws: http://carl-acrl.org/ig/carldigs/CARLDIG-SBylaws.htm. Please contact youngc@usc.edu if interested or if you have any questions.

CARLDIG-S Fall 2018 Program Presentations Available

Recapturing Reference: Making Research Relevant for Today’s Student

A Professional Development Opportunity Hosted by CARLDIG-South

Presentations

Newspapers to Hashtags: Creating a News Media Gallery Walk in Your Library Suzanne Maguire Mt. San Antonio College & Anaheim Public Library

Reimagining Student-Centered Reference Services Annie Pho, Antonia Osuna-Garcia, Diana King, Miki Goral, Sylvia Page, & Wynn Tranfield University of California, Los Angeles

Data Literacy and Reference Services: Core Competencies for Supporting Undergraduate Students Nicole Helregel University of California, Irvine

Teaching Google at the Reference Desk Maggie Clarke California State University, Dominguez Hills

Discovery: Using Star Trek to Teach Students How Libraries Structure Access to Scholarly Journal Articles Laura Wimberley California State University, Northridge

Meet Me at the Main Services Desk: How The Claremont Colleges Library Moved From Drop-in Reference Hours to Scheduled Research Appointments Kirsten Hansen & Charlotte Brun Claremont Colleges Library

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Computational Text Analysis in Reference Service Assessment Alexander Justice Loyola Marymount University

In Your Face: Our Experience with Proactive Chat Reference Michelle DeMars, George Martinez, Gabriel Gardner, & Joseph Aubele California State University, Long Beach

About CARL-DIG

CARLDIG South is an interest group of the California Academic & Research Libraries (CARL). We hold meetings and programs to discuss current reference issues. Learn more about us by reading our bylaws

Officers

Officers, 2019

• Chair:Yvonne Wilber (Cal Lutheran University)
• Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Corrie Bott (Cal Lutheran University)
• Past-Chair: Christal Young (USC)
• Secretary: Meghan Kwast (Cal Lutheran University)
• Co-Webmaster/Publicity Officers: Annette Young (Chaffey College) and Tim Ream (Fullerton College)
• Registrar: Norma Durian (University of La Verne)

Contact

If you have questions, please contact our Chair, Yvonne Wilbur at ywilber@callutheran.edu

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