Letter from the President -- Kenley Neufeld, Santa Barbara City College

Our relationships  seem to extend seamlessly from our commitment to students on our campuses to our commitment to our professional colleagues state wide.  I want to thank the 99 colleges who have paid their CCL dues. Like Public Radio everyone benefits from CCL whether they pay or not but we have a devoted constituency who re-join on an annual basis without our resorting to any annoying membership campaign.

I do want to express my appreciation for those librarians willing to step up and work for our organization at the regional and statewide level. Unfortunately Tim Karas stepped away from his position as president of CCL after a stellar two years. We are thankful for his leadership over the past two years and his earlier participation as a representative.  As the past president I have become an interim president for the end of this year.

We are also saying thank you and good by to Sarah Raley who has served us so well for 11 years as our Consortium director.  And also a heartfelt good by and thank you to Jim Matthews who has been a regional rep, a president, and the member at large of our Board. We are also thanking and saying good by to two long term members of the EAR Committee Daniel Keily from Diablo Valley and Tamara Weintraub from Palomar College.

As we head into the summer, I am happy to report the Executive Board for the Council of Chief Librarians will continue to work diligently on activities for 2015-2016 and beyond.  At the Board's annual retreat in July we will finalize workshop planning for the next year, and secondly, identify the priorities and strategies for our libraries and our association by updating and sharing the goals of our strategic plan.

In conclusion, my favorite part of summer is the opportunity to spend some time reading. Like you, I have a stack of books prepared already. My short stack (of non-fiction) includes:

1. Student Involvement & Academic Outcomes: Implications for Diverse College Student Populations

2. Teaching Online: A Guide to Theory, Research, and Practice (Tech.edu: A Hopkins Series on Education and Technology)

3. BrainChains: Discover your brain, to unleash its full potential in a hyperconnected, multitasking world

Enjoy the Summer,

Kenley Neufeld