Welcome to CARLDIG-S (California Academic Reference Librarians Discussion Interest Group-South)!

Upcoming

Proposal Submission

CARLDIG-South is hosting its annual half-day Fall Program (estimated to run 9 am - 1:30 pm), December 5th, 2025. While the program will be hybrid for attendees, feature presenters are encouraged to present in-person at MiraCosta College, where we’ll be offering door prizes and food; though accommodations can be made if a presentation needs to be conducted remotely. 

Deadline to Submit is September 30, 2025. 

Previous

• 21st Century Toolkit: Empower Your Inquiry! (2024 Program)
• Assessment: What is it good for? (Absolutely nothing?) (2023 Fall Program)
• Pivot! Adaptation and Flexibility in Reference Services (2022 Fall Program)
• Nailed It! Stories of Failure, Setbacks, and Where We Go From There (2021 Fall Program)
• Authentic Reference: Advocacy and Support for Our Communities and Ourselves (2020 Fall Program)
• Disrupting Dominant Narratives: How Reference Services Means Service to All (2019 Fall Program)
• Recapturing Reference: Making Research Relevant for Today’s Student (2018 Fall Program)
• Agents of Change in the Age of Alternative Facts (2017 Fall Program)
• Telling Our Stories: From Nuance to Hard Data (2016 Fall Program)
• CARLDIG-S and ALIGN: Demonstrating the Continuing Value of Reference and User Service (2016 CARL Conference)
• Reference Rising: Problem-Solving, Challenges and Opportunities in Reference Programming (2015 Fall Program)
• Hacking Reference: Engaging the 'Whole' Student (2014 Fall Program)
• CARL-DIG: Leading the Way: Innovative Reference Models (2014 CARL Conference)
• Reference as Place? (2013 Fall Program)
• Building Bridges: Academic Reference Services in the Community (2012 Fall Program)
• Where are the Librarians? Innovative Approaches to Reference and Instruction, and Implications for the Librarian's Role (2012 CARL Conference)
• Reference Shopping Spree! (2011 Fall Program)
• How Do I Assess That? (2010 Fall Program)
• Reference Toolkit Revisited (2010 CARL Conference)