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A message from the SCIL Chair: 2025-2026 Election results

Thank you for voting in this summer’s elections. Please welcome our new board members for 2025-26: 

• Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Samantha Hilton
• Secretary: Mia McGee
• Membership and Outreach Coordinator: Kristin Peace

Transitioning to Past-Chair is Ariana Varela – thank you for your work this year, Ariana! Continuing as Web Maintainer is Kat Koziar, and I will be the Chair for this term. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to me at egaloozi@uci.edu with any questions, concerns, or suggestions. We look forward to engaging with you all this year!

Best,

Elizabeth Galoozis, Chair, Southern California Instruction Librarians (an interest group of CARL)

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SCIL Website Updates

Welcome to the newly designed CARL website! If you need help finding items previously available through the SCIL website, feel free to reach out to the web maintainer, Kat Koziar (kkoziar@mail.fresnostate.edu) for help.

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SCIL Works 2025 Materials

SCIL Works materials and notes are linked on the SCIL Works 2025 main page, including the YouTube recording of the event.

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Past events

For information about past events, visit our Events page.

About SCIL

The Southern California Instruction Librarians (SCIL -- pronounced "skill") interest group is dedicated to providing professional development and discussion opportunities focused on information literacy and instruction-related activities for library professionals from all types of institutions.

CARL is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities at all CARL-sponsored events. Please indicate your special needs or dietary requirements when registering or RSVPing to events. Requests for special accommodations must be received at least two weeks prior to the event.

The Southern California Instruction Librarians (SCIL) is an interest group of the California Academic and Research Libraries Association (CARL), an independent chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). The information on this website is wholly the responsibility of CARL and implies no endorsement by ACRL.

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