Letter from the President

Welcome to the 2024-2025 academic year! As this new year begins we are seeing a number of positive changes here at CCL. As you know we have spent a number of years giving a great deal of our focus to the Library Services Platform (LSP) and making sure that we have strong leadership and support to keep it running successfully. I am proud to say that we have created that strong infrastructure and our LSP leaders are amazing. With that said, as we visualize the coming year, I would like to think of this as the dawning of a new day at CCL. We have many additional issues and concerns in our libraries that also need focus and it is my goal to facilitate the mechanisms that will help meet those concerns. 

I would especially like to write some words regarding your professional learning opportunities. Last year your CCL Leadership and Professional Development Committee (which is composed of members of your CCL Board of Directors) brought to you webinars and all day sessions on AI and Information Literacy. This continues to be of great concern in our field as AI will change the face of research as we know it and, if we choose to be part of the conversation, we have a powerful seat at that table. In fact, if you are interested in coming together as a community to discuss and coordinate CCL’s AI efforts, I invite you to be part of our AI workgroup that will begin meeting this term, just fill out this form, if you have not contacted me already.  In short, CCL will continue to bring you professional learning and play a leadership role in those conversations at the state and local levels. However, we understand that there is more going on at your campuses that are of concern and we would like to bring you the webinars, all day sessions and resources that you need. To that end, we would like to welcome you to fill out this survey and let us know what professional learning opportunities you are interested in and/or thought leaders you would be interested in hearing from.

There are other projects in the works that we are excited to bring to you. Most notably, a new website and a new communication plan that will help us keep you in the loop and give you plenty of opportunity to engage with your board and California Community College library community. As always, we continue to advocate and negotiate for your needs and concerns at the state level. 

I look forward to our year together and look forward to working with you to create stronger and more vibrant libraries. 

Alison Gurganus
President, Council of Chief Librarians
Online Services Librarian, San Diego Mesa College
Emerging Technology Faculty Specialist, San Diego Community College District