May 2014 v.24 no. 6

Letter from the President — Tim Karas

Announcement

Survey About Integrated Library Systems

Reports

Membership — Gregg Atkins
Community College Library Consortium — Sarah Raley
Electronic Access and Resources Committee (CCL-EAR)  — Jean Smith
Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) — Dan Crump

Conferences and Events

A Community College Librarian Goes To Washington — Summit on the Future of Libraries — Pearl Ly
California Community College Library Unconference 2014 Report — Elizabeth Bowman
Tech Tools:  Power Searching and Instructional Design Report — Sarah Raley
Getting the Right Fit: Tailoring Assessment Strategies For Your Library
Computers in Libraries — April 7-9 2014 Washington DC
Distance Library Services — Sixteenth Conference April 23-25

FYI

Summer Reading — Professional Development From a LinkedIn Discussion
Professional Development: What’s It to You? From LJ Blog “Not Dead Yet”
ACRL Information Literacy Framework - Update
Article—“As Researchers Turn to Google, Libraries Navigate the Messy World of Discovery Tools”
Article—“A Library Credit Course and Student Success Rates: A Longitudinal Study”

College Updates

Sierra College -- Brian Halley retires
Santa Barbara City--Kenley Neufeld elected to Global Council
Sacramento City — Sandy Warmington retires
Citrus College — Moving to OCLC Worldshare
College of Marin — Pearl Ly is new director
LA Trade Tech — Two new librarians
LA Harbor —  Opens a new Learning Resource Center
San Diego Mesa — Jean Smith retires
Contra Costa Library— Ellen Geringer retires
Fullerton College — KinderCaminata