Events

Events

Tue, Jun 2, 2026 / 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Accessibility is on everyone’s mind, and it can feel a little daunting to remember what to include when creating digital promotional materials. And AI seems helpful, but to what extent?

Join Tesla Rush as she shares what it looks like to create accessible designs. She is the Training and Technology Specialist for Union County Library in Monroe, NC. With a background in visual rhetoric, working on accessible designs quickly became a passion project while working on UCL’s website for accessibility. 

She will be focusing on how you can use AI while staying in your organization’s policy and still creating accessible design. She will also be going over examples to show why accessibility matters to reach all audiences. 

Learning Objectives:

  • Know how to analyze designs for accessibility, including color contrast, alt text, etc.
  • How to use AI tools effectively for design
  • How to use AI for design while still being safe and secure with information
  • Understand why creating accessible designs is important

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Hosted by NC LIVE

Tue, Jun 2, 2026 / 1:00pm to 2:30pm

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee meets monthly.

This virtual meeting is held via Zoom / Conference Call.

Contact  for attendance details.

Wed, Jun 3, 2026 / 11:00am to 12:00pm

Newberry Transcribe invites volunteers to help unlock the Newberry Library's handwritten historical collections — one document at a time. In this webinar, Digital Services Librarian Jen Wolfe discusses the philosophy behind the project, the outreach strategies that have built an active volunteer community, and the ongoing work of sustaining a transcription program after launch. Attendees will come away with a framework for thinking about crowdsourced transcription not as a technical problem but as a community relationship — one that remains meaningful even in an age of AI.

This is the first webinar of the summer Digital Possibilities webinar series, a CARLI and FLVC joint collaboration.

Presenter:

Jen Wolfe is a Digital Services Librarian at the Newberry Library in Chicago, where she manages digital scholarship and outreach programs, including Newberry Transcribe, a crowdsourced manuscript transcription project. She has spent over a decade making archival materials accessible and engaging for non-specialist audiences through digital exhibitions, instructional resources, and public programming. 

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Hosted by CARLI

View additional webinars in the Digital Possibilities series

Wed, Jun 3, 2026 / 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Do you have questions about the Illinois Support for the Creation of Open Educational Resources grant (SCOERs), the OER funding from the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library, or the CARLI Member OER Initiative? Do you need guidance creating your OER or ancillary materials?  

If so please feel free to join us with all your OER related questions. Registration is not required.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84245967645?pwd=VkVQeGRQQVIvdXA2dWg4Umx4UU5rQT09

Meeting ID: 842 4596 7645
Password: 271282

Thu, Jun 4, 2026 / 9:00am to 4:00pm

Registration to attend the 14th Annual CARLI Instruction Showcase is now open!

14th Annual Instruction Showcase- Trust Us: The Role of Library Instruction in Transforming Landscapes

  • 9:00-10:00: Opening Keynote
    • Un-Faking the Future: Restoring Trust in a Post Truth Information Age—Melissa Chomintra   
  • 10:10- 11:05: Transforming Campus Collaborations 
    • Partners in Practice: Asserting Library Expertise Through Campus Collaboration—Kylie Riordan & Nichole Novak
    • Rethinking the Worksheet: Collaborating to Create Adaptable Activities—Ana Hernandez, Alex O'Keefe, April Sheridan, & Brittan Nannenga 
    • Building Community Trust from an Institutional Archive—Natalia Gutierrez-Jones
  • 11:15-12:05: Workshop 
    • Authentic Researcher: Encouraging Student Agency through Personal Research Life Cycles—Amy Odwarka
  • 12:05-12:55: Lunch
  • 12:55-1:45: Workshop 
    • Trust Built Through Games-Based Methods—Jennifer Stubbs
  • 1:50-2:40: Transforming AI Literacy
    • AI Literacy Is Not Endorsement: Navigating Trust, Pedagogy, and a Polarized Campus in AI Instruction—Robin Harris & Lisa Wallis
    • Core Competencies for Student AI Literacy: Developing a Practical Framework to Guide Decisions around genAI Library Instruction—Tommy Crawford
  • 2:50-3:20: Transforming Student Trust—Lightning Talks 
    • Sharing the Research Process: Building Student Trust in the Age of AI—Frances Brady
    • From the Back of the House to the Front of the Classroom: Inviting Students into Library Instruction without Overwhelming—Pete Steadman
    • Breaking the “Rules” to Break the Ice: Short Research Activities to Encourage Student Engagement—Kaitlyn Goss-Peirce
  • 3:20-3:25: Closing Remarks
  • 3:30-4:00: Networking

To register: Use the Register tab at the top of this page.

 

Thu, Jun 4, 2026 / 1:00pm to 2:30pm

The Resource Sharing Committee meets monthly. This virtual meeting is held via Zoom / Conference Call. Contact for attendance details.

Fri, Jun 5, 2026 / 1:00pm to 2:30pm

The Preservation Committee meets monthly.

This virtual meeting is held via Zoom / Conference Call.

Contact  for attendance details.

Sun, Jun 7, 2026 / 2:00am to 3:00am

Ex Libris will perform maintenance on our I-Share Alma and Primo VE environments to apply the latest release.

This upgrade will occur between 2:00am-3:00am Central.  Access to your environment may be unavailable during the time of installation.

Release and Maintenance Schedule
Alma Release Notes
Primo VE Release Notes
Ex Libris System Status Page - CARLI I-Share Environments are on Alma NA06 and Primo VE NA06

Mon, Jun 8, 2026 / 10:00am to 11:00am

The CARLI Archives Committee meets monthly.

This virtual meeting is held via Zoom / Conference Call.

Contact for attendance details.

Tue, Jun 9, 2026 / 9:00am to 10:00am

CARLI staff will share procedures and guidance on managing the annual process of closing the funds from one fiscal year and opening the funds of another. In addition to reviewing the workflow for the rollover jobs and reports, attendees will be invited to share their own tips and workflows. (Register)

This webinar will be recorded. 

Technical Services Q&A sessions offer staff at CARLI libraries the opportunity to share best practices and issues of concern with CARLI staff, with members of the Technical Services Committee, and with each other. 

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