The primary function of the CARL Campus Liaison is to provide your institution with a local representative for CARL. This position provides for communications in two directions--allowing you to funnel information from CARL to your institution as well as forwarding questions and issues from your colleagues to CARL.

• At the beginning of your term, announce your position as CARL Campus Liaison to your colleagues.
  
  
• If a colleague raises a question about CARL, try to answer or pass it along to the Campus Liaison Coordinator. These will either be answered directly or passed on to the Executive Board.
  
  
• Keep your colleagues aware of upcoming CARL programs. Programs are announced on the CARL membership reflector and in the the CARL Newsletter.

One of your major areas of responsibility is to recruit members for CARL. This applies primarily to your institution, however, CARL material can also be distributed at local meetings of similar organizations.

• In April, the Campus Liaison Coordinator will send you a list of all CARL members from you institution, including those whose membership has lapsed. Make personal contact with the lapsed members and remind them that they have not yet renewed their membership. Be sure to keep your own membership current. If you learn in your discussion that they do not intend to renew, try to discover their reasons. If they mention issues about the organization that would be of interest to the Executive Board, pass that information along to the Campus Liaison Coordinator.
  
  
• When new librarians are hired at your institution, introduce yourself as CARL campus liaison and provide them with information about the organization along with a membership form, and if available, show (or give) them a copy of the CARL Newsletter. Introduce them to this Web site.
  
  
• Whenever possible, distribute CARL material at local meetings of organizations with similar or related concerns.

Throughout the year, collect professional news about your colleagues and institution for the CARL Newsletter. This will be included in the "People Making News" and "Places Making News" sections of the Newsletter. These news items should be sent in electronic format to your regional Campus Liaison Coordinator, who will collate the information and forward it to the CARL Newsletter Editor. The deadlines for submissions are listed in the Newsletter but currently are: February 15, May 15, August 15, and November 15.
For further information about CARL check this Web site.

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