Call for Officer Candidates
The Southern California Instruction Librarians (SCIL, pronounced “skill”) interest group of CARL connects instruction librarians from throughout Southern California and beyond. If you want to give back to the profession, have ideas for programs, speakers, topics, or event themes, or want to promote idea sharing and collaboration among instruction librarians, now is the time to get involved by running for a position on the SCIL Board.
SCIL is accepting nominations for three elected officer positions for the 2025-2026 academic year:
- Chair-Elect (who will also serve as chair in 2026-2027, and past chair in 2027-2028)
- Secretary
- Membership and Outreach Coordinator
Nominations should be submitted to Michelle Brasseur (mbrasseur@library.ucla.edu) by 5 pm. on Friday, April 25th.
If you are self-nominating, please include a brief statement that includes biographical information, the position you’re running for, and a statement including your reason for running. Also include any past or current SCIL or CARL support/participation if applicable.
Voting will open May 6 - 20, 2025. Please note that in order to vote in the election, you must be a current SCIL member with a CARL membership by May 20, 2025.
Please see the SCIL Vote page more information on the officer positions. Feel free to email Michelle Brasseur, chair of the nominating committee, with any questions, or contact any of the current officers directly (California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL) Association).
Current SCIL Officers
- Past Chair: Michelle Brasseur (mbrasseur@library.ucla.edu)
- Chair: Ariana Varela (avarel34@calstatela.edu)
- Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Elizabeth Galoozis (egaloozi@uci.edu)
- Secretary: Natalie Marquez (marquezn@uci.edu)
- Membership and Outreach Coordinator: Nicholas D'Andrea (nicholas.dandrea@pepperdine.edu)
under construction!
SCIL Website Updates
Good news! CARL is migrating their website to a new system, which should make it easier for members to access their account information. However in the meantime, we lost the ability to make timely updates to the SCIL website (which is a sub-site of the CARL website). Please watch the SCIL Listserv for the most up to date announcements.
