CULD
Promoting the interests of university and community college libraries and librarians across Texas.
As a member of TLA’s College and University Libraries Division (CULD), you have access to a strong network of academic librarians across the state. CULD offers extensive programming at the TLA Annual Conference, including Contributed Papers sessions which provide academics and graduate students a peer-reviewed forum to present their current research. Members also have access to the CULD listserv to facilitate communication and professional support.
Get involved and support your profession! Join one of the CULD committees or volunteer to help on their projects. Volunteering is an opportunity to show your support for academic libraries and meet librarians from across the Lone Star State.
Officers
LaMoya Burks, Chair Lamoya.Burks@texarkanacollege.edu
Jodi Brown, Chair-Elect jodibrown580@gmail.com
Tina Mesa, Past-Chair emesa@alamo.edu
Melissa Clark, Secretary-Treasurer clarkm4@sfasu.edu
Julie Leuzinger, Councilor Julie.Leuzinger@unt.edu
Lynn Bostwick, Alternate Councilor lynnbostwick@gmail.com
Committees
Legislative Committee
Joe Dahlstrom (co-chair) joe.dahlstrom@utexas.edu
Laura D’Aveta (co-chair) ldaveta@library.tamu.edu
Walter Betts walter.betts@usa.edu
Alyse Jordan alysejordanlib@gmail.com
Mary Rausch mrausch@wtamu.edu
Jennifer Rowe jennifer.rowe@unt.edu
Raquel Donahue Raquel.donohue@hccd.edu
Kimberly Gragg gragg@tarleton.edu
Margaret Dawson mardawson29@yahoo.com
Nominating Committee
Tosca Gonsalves (chair: 2020-2022) tgonsalves@alamo.edu
Amanda Melchor amanda.j.melchor@gmail.com
Laura Waugh lwaugh@txstate.edu
Program Committee
Tina Mesa (chair: 2020-2022) emesa@alamo.edu
Greg Hardin (2020-2022) Gregory.Hardin@unt.edu
Misu Kim (2021-2023) misu.kim@utdallas.edu
Julie Leuzinger (2020-2022) Julie.Leuzinger@unt.edu
Tina Oswald (2021-2023) toswald@sfasu.edu
Emily Billings (TLA ProCo Liaison) emily.billings@msutexas.edu
Scholarships & Stipends Committee
Hope Beyer (chair: 2021-2023) hbeyer@delmar.edu
Joshua Salmans joshua.salmans@ttu.edu
Dr. Kristen Becker kbecker2@twu.edu
Marilyn Myers msmyers@uh.edu
Travis Holder travis.holder@library.tmc.edu
Jill DeFore jdefore@howardcollege.edu
Ad Hoc Operating Procedures Taskforce
Tina Mesa (chair: 2021) emesa@alamo.edu
Marilyn Goff (2021) MGoff@twu.edu
Kathy Hillman (2021) Kathy_Hillman@baylor.edu
Mike Pullin (2021) Mike.Pullin@unthsc.edu
Conference Programming
CULD is proud to sponsor the Contributed Papers session at the TLA Annual Conference. These sessions provide academics and graduate students a peer-reviewed forum to present their current research. Learn more
CULD Operating Procedures
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