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CARLI News
March 28, 2007 Volume 1, Issue 5 In This Issue:I-Share Hits 10 millionth Resource Sharing Transaction
I-Share Hits 10 Millionth Resource Sharing TransactionI-Share logged its 10 millionth resource sharing transaction on March 17, 2007 when DePaul University in Chicago loaned The Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas to a borrower at Augustana College in Rock Island. The title, a 2-volume index by Mortimer Adler published as volumes 2 and 3 of Great Books of the Western World is one of over 9 million unique titles and 32 million items available through I-Share. I-Share library resource sharing dates back to 1980 when the University of Illinois' Library Computer System (LCS) was extended to serve 12 other institutions including DePaul University. Augustana joined I-Share in 2003. Bernie Sloan Retires from CARLIBernie Sloan has announced his retirement effective April 1, 2007 after nearly 30 years of service. Bernie is currently serving as Senior Library Information Systems Consultant. He has devoted his career to expanding library resource sharing in Illinois libraries; a commitment marked this month by I-Share’s 10 millionth resource-sharing transaction. Bernie joined the CARLI staff well before it was known as CARLI, and even before CARLI’s predecessor organization ILCSO (the Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization) became known by that name. Bernie was hired by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign library in 1977 to work on a project to automate the library’s massive card catalog. The project’s vision was from the outset, broader than the UIUC library, and Bernie continued on the library staff through 1981 as the coordinator of what was then referred to as the Statewide Library Computer System (LCS). By 1980, LCS was serving twelve Illinois academic libraries in addition to the University of Illinois libraries. Support for the LCS project moved to the University of Illinois’ administrative computing division in 1981 and Bernie continued with the project, playing many roles—documentation officer, membership coordinator, trainer, and even help desk. Nominations for CARLI Board Elections to Open April 6CARLI is seeking nominations for candidates to fill six seats on the CARLI Board of Directors. The nomination period will be open Friday, April 6 through Friday, April 27, 2007. All employees of CARLI member institutions are eligible to serve on the Board of Directors. Additional details and the online nomination form will be available beginning Friday, April 6th. One Board member will be elected by CARLI Governing members from each of three specified constituencies (public universities, community colleges, and private colleges and universities), and one Board member will be elected at-large by the Governing members as a whole. Successful candidates will serve three-year terms beginning July 1, 2007. In addition, CARLI is seeking nominations for one additional at-large seat, being vacated by the retirement of At-large representative Mary Munroe. This term will run for 1 year, July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. Nominations are also being sought for one voting member of the Board to be elected from and by the Associate Member sector. The Associate Member representative will serve a three-year term beginning July 1, 2007. Any employee of any Associate Member library is eligible for this position. View the list of Associate members at http://www.carli.illinois.edu/mem-libs/Membership-list.pdf. Election balloting will begin Monday, May 14, closing on Friday, June 1. Library directors will receive voting instructions via email in early May. Spring Database Subscription Period Now OpenPricing for the FY2008 electronic database subscriptions is now available to all CARLI member libraries. The Spring selection period will run from March 26 to April 30. The following vendors are participating this year:
The program has a couple of changes of note this spring. Only CARLI Governing, Associate and Basic member institutions will be eligible to participate in the database brokering program. Institutions that joined CARLI as Basic members will be assessed a handling fee of $50 for each database selected. Ovid and ProQuest will no longer offer pricing for core databases through CARLI. Details about the program and how to access the electronic resources selection system are available at http://www.carli.illinois.edu/news/35/65.html. For additional information, to find out how to become an eligible CARLI member, or to report problems, contact support@carli.illinois.edu with the subject line: 2007 database brokering. Illinois Immersion ’07—Application Deadline March 30Apply NOW to attend Illinois Immersion ’07, July 13-18, at Illinois State University. Space is still available for this program, so applications will be accepted from Illinois and non-Illinois residents until Friday, March 30, 2007. Online applications must be received by 3:00 p.m. CDT; those delivered by hand or by mail must be received prior to the CARLI office closing at 4:30 p.m. CDT. Please use a 9” x 12” envelope so the application is not folded. A waitlist will be established. Why does the program cost so much? Well, the program does seem pricey compared to previously offered CARLI continuing education programs; however, the ACRL national program on information literacy with the same curriculum is more than twice the price. CARLI is hosting this program along with support from the Illinois State Library to bring this Institute to Illinois. Are there any scholarships available? The Illinois Library Systems Directors Organization (ILSDO) has announced six matching grants for Illinois Immersion ’07. The six grants are $300 each. The grants will be awarded to Illinois community college librarians to participate in the ACRL Information Literacy Immersion Program. More information about the program and application instructions may be found at http://www.carli.illinois.edu/immersion07.html. If you have any questions, please contact Elizabeth Clarage, Director of Collections Services, CARLI, or Lorna Engels, Library Systems Coordinator, CARLI, for any additional information. They also may be contacted by phone at (toll-free) 866-904-5843. 2007 CARLI Annual Meeting ScheduledThe 2007 CARLI Annual meeting will be held on Friday, October 26, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Champaign. The keynote speaker will be Sayeed Choudhury Associate Director for Library Digital Programs and Hodson Director of the Digital Knowledge Center (DKC) of Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University. The final schedule and registration information will be announced as soon as the details are available. CARLI to Sponsor IACRL Award and Luncheon SpeakerCARLI is pleased to support IACRL, the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries, in honoring the contributions of individuals who enhance Illinois academic libraries, and contributing to the professional and career development of all academic library personnel. Beginning in 2007 CARLI will sponsor the financial award for the IACRL Academic Librarian of the Year award. The award, established in 1985 recognizes an Illinois librarian who is making an outstanding statewide contribution to academic or research librarianship and to library development. The IACRL luncheon at the 2007 ILA Annual Conference will feature Dr. Howard Rosenbaum, Associate Professor of Information Science, and the director of the Masters of Information Science program in the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University. What’s Been Submitted to the E-Resources Working Group?Do you have an e-resource you’d like CARLI to offer to the membership but want to see if it’s already being considered? Visit the new E-Resources Product Status Page at for information about the products that have been submitted to the ERWG. I-Share UpdatesRegistration Open for Resource Sharing Forum Registration for the IUG Resource Sharing Forum, re-scheduled to April 18, 2007 at Kankakee Community College, is now open. Even if you had previously registered for the originally scheduled date in February, you must re-register for the April Forum. Submit your registration and view the day’s agenda. Access to the audio portions of the forum will be available via conference call, starting at 10 a.m. If you choose the conference call option, connection details will be forwarded to you via email after registration closes for this event on Friday, April 13. IUG is also introducing its new mentor-for-a-day concept at this forum. You can read more about it via the link ["willing to introduce"] on the registration form. Since this mentor/mentee idea implies direct association, CARLI encourages on-site attendance at this forum. In 2006, CARLI acquired a license for Voyager: Analyzer, the new web-based reporting module for the Voyager Library Management System. Although we expected that Analyzer would be available to I-Share library staff in spring 2007, CARLI’s Analyzer installation has been delayed due to a licensing problem.
I-Share is currently running on Voyager version 6.1. Version 6.2 has been released, pre-release “field” testing of version 6.5 will begin soon by ExLibris’ test sites, and ExLibris plans to release version 7 by the end of the calendar year. It is not possible to upgrade our Voyager software while implementing new I-Share libraries, so CARLI’s Voyager will need to remain on version 6.1 at least until after the six libraries in the I-Share “Class of 2007” are online in July 2007. At this time, we plan to do the next upgrade to Voyager during the December 2007-January 2008 winter break. Simple Repairs for Circulating Book Collections: A Hands-On WorkshopThis one-day workshop will give participants an opportunity to learn appropriate archival-quality repairs from trained professionals. The workshop is geared to any staff in CARLI member libraries who want to learn how to perform simple, quick repairs that don’t require much space or equipment. The repairs covered in this workshop are not appropriate for special collections materials. Attendance is limited to 30 attendees at each of the two workshops. A registration fee will be charged. CARLI will offer this workshop at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. April 25, 2007, and at the Illinois State Library, May 1, 2007. More information on registration will be on the CARLI website soon. Upcoming CARLI Meetings and EventsForum April 18 Rescheduled I-Share Users Group Resource Sharing Team: Winter Forum Meetings March 26 I-Share Instruction Team March 26 I-Share OPAC/Spellchecker Task Force March 27 SFX Forum Planning April 3 Digital Collections Users Group April 9 Products & Services Vetting Committee April 10 I-Share OPAC April 13 I-Share Users Group April 13 Statewide Serials Collection Task Force, Bradley University, Cullom-Davis Library April 16 E-resources Working Group April 20 Acquisitions/Serials Team April 23 I-Share Instruction Team April 30 Collections Working Group April 13 I-Share Users Group Resource Sharing Team Winter Forum April 27 CARLI Board elections April 30 Spring Database Subscriptions For additional information about CARLI forums, trainings, and meetings in March and April consult the CARLI calendar. Support@carli.illinois.eduDo you send your support questions to the on call listserv at ILCSO? Update your address books to use support@carli.illinois.edu for all your CARLI questions or concerns. Contact UsQuestions and comments about the e-newsletter should be directed to Margaret Chambers. Subscribe to the CARLI Announce listserv. All other CARLI questions, comments, and problem reports should be directed to support@carli.illinois.edu. |
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