CARLI News

James “Joe” Feigl III, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign graduate student and Melanie R. Schoenborn, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville​

Grant writing for audiovisual preservation starts with the basics: learning who has funding available and how that money can be used.  In the world of philanthropy the value of a library preservation project is based on the service it will provide and who will benefit from that service.  Grants will vary in their focus, with many current grants funding diversity, sustainability, LBGT, and digitization projects.  The goal is to use the information from an audiovisual collection analysis to develop a grant proposal that fits in with the philanthropy world’s current interests.  Below is an up-to-date annotated bibliography of materials about grant writing and also a list of currently available grant websites with examples of funded projects, the information on currently open grants, and future funding available for the preservation of library materials.

May 20, 2016
By: Nicole Swanson

Jenny Dunbar, Archivist, College of DuPage​

Photographs were not always well regarded as historical documents. In the early stages of the development of archives, many archivists did not consider photographs as primary source material and relegated any visual material to a more subordinate position. Now, the value of photographs is appreciated, and they play a significant role in cultural heritage collections. It is imperative that these materials be preserved.

Like most audiovisual material, the preservation of still images is a complex one. Heliographs, daguerreotypes, cyanotypes, tintypes, albumen, silver gelatin prints, calotype paper negatives, glass plate negatives, nitrate, diacetate and polyester negatives, lantern slides, autochromes, film slides, digital photographs – the list goes on and on. The preservation of this multitude of formats is a daunting task that presents significant concerns, necessitating a variety of storage conditions and techniques. Additionally, photographic collections are usually heavily used, a factor that increases their susceptibility to damage.

May 19, 2016
By: Nicole Swanson

From Harold Way Photograph Collection (Knox College) in CARLI Digital Collections.

One, two, three … . How many candles can you count on this cake celebrating Knox College’s first 100 years?

 
 
 

May 13, 2016
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From: Black Hawk College

Black Hawk College East Wahian (1968)

This photo of BHE graduates is orignally from a yearbook, but has now been etched in my head as a nightmare forever.

 
 
 

 

 

May 6, 2016
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From Digital Image Collection (Western Illinois University) in CARLI Digital Collections.

This May, I'm celebrating National Bike Month with the same activity I engage in most every month: riding my bike to work. For me, cycling means freedom from the hassles of public transportation, but for women in the late 19th and early 20th century, it represented a different kind of liberation.

May 4, 2016
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E-Resources FY17 Selection Cycle to Open in New Selection System

The FY 17 Selection Cycle is expected to open in the first week May using the newly redesigned Selection System. Vendors are currently loading pricing into the system. After all pricing has been verified, the system will be open to libraries for their FY17 subscription commitments. 
 

April 28, 2016
By: Michelle Haake

The CARLI Board of Directors election is now underway. All governing member directors should have received their ballot on Monday, April 20. If you did not receive a ballot, please . Your input is valuable to us, please remember to vote.

April 25, 2016
By: Michelle Haake

From R. Buckminster Fuller Design Models (Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in CARLI Digital Collections.

To give credit where it’s due, this and the other 152 scale models in SIUC’s collection were constructed by Charles Bryan Ryan, a University of Oregon art professor commissioned by Fuller in the early 1960s to give structural form to his mathematical principles.

April 15, 2016
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Each year CARLI has a number of opportunities to serve on various committees. Service on CARLI committees affords individuals a unique opportunity to use their experience and expertise to help shape the future of the consortium and its services. CARLI is now seeking volunteers to serve on 9 advisory committees. Volunteers chosen will serve a three-year term, July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2019. Faculty and staff members from all CARLI member libraries, with all levels of experience, are encouraged to apply.
 

April 14, 2016
By: Michelle Haake


From: Rockford University

Vol 1972: Recensio

Have you ever wondered about how yearbooks are named? Or why they’re even named at all, for that matter.

April 8, 2016
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