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CARLI News

2015 Board of Directors Election

CARLI is seeking nominations for candidates to fill seats on the CARLI Board of Directors, the governing authority of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois.

March 30, 2015
By: Michelle Haake

The I-Share Next Task Force continues to work on the system specifications that will be included in a Request for Proposal for a library management system to ultimately replace Voyager. After putting out a call for volunteers who have expertise in various functional areas, the Task Force assembled membership rosters for four “Specification Teams” to review the draft specifications and take them to a higher level of detail.

March 30, 2015
By: Margaret Chambers

From Railroads in the Midwest: Early Documents and Images (Knox College) in CARLI Digital Collections.

I had a difficult time choosing a single photo from this collection to feature this week because I fell in love with so many. But, finally, I could not tear myself away from these two guys eating lunch. Although the photo was taken over a hundred years ago, it feels as fresh as if it were taken yesterday.

March 27, 2015
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Registration is now open for the following 3 Resource Sharing Open Houses. At each location there will be a work flow tour and discussion period. These events, sponsored by the Resource Sharing Committee, are open to all CARLI members. 

March 16, 2015
By: Michelle Haake

From Seedbed Mathematics Teaching Journal (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) in CARLI Digital Collections.

Being that historical and archival documents often serve as the source material, it’s no wonder that digital collections tend to be dominated by black and white. As another monotonous, gray winter nears its end, it occurred to me that a little bit of color would be nice--but not too much. At this point in the season, anything more colorful might be optically overstimulating.

 

March 13, 2015
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From Jacksonville Collection (MacMurray College) in CARLI Digital Collections.

One page in this book in particular caught my eye: a sprawling, massive building towering above the trees on what appears to be the outskirts of town...

 

March 6, 2015
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From: Prairie State College

The Spectrum (1961)

Are you ready for March Madness? While college basketball fans eagerly await Selection Sunday, the young men on the 1961 Bloom Community College basketball team look ready to take on any challengers.

 

 

 

 

March 6, 2015
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Personal Knowledge Management Webinar

Please join us for the Personal Knowledge Management webinar on Tuesday, March 17, 10 am–11 am, sponsored by the CARLI Public Services Committee.

What is Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)? It involves a range of relatively simple and inexpensive techniques and tools that anyone can use to:

February 26, 2015
By: Michelle Haake

CARLI is seeking interested, qualified CARLI governing member libraries to participate in I-Share, the shared Ex Libris Voyager integrated library system currently operated by CARLI and used by 85 CARLI libraries. Libraries joining in this implementation round would begin migration planning in fall 2015 and go “live” on Voyager and in the I-Share union catalog in early summer 2016. A brief summary of I-Share costs and benefits is available at from the I-Share overview page.

February 26, 2015
By: Margaret Chambers

From Library Images (Saint Xavier University) in CARLI Digital Collections.

A mysterious, hooded gatekeeper guards an austere foyer. Those who are permitted pass through the glass portal into an ethereal realm. Sunlight from a wall of windows bathes the room in a warm glow. Stained glass glitters at the far wall.

February 12, 2015
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