Events

Events

Wed, Jul 2, 2025 / 11:00am to 12:00pm

Alma has the ability to automatically renew materials for patrons, when both the patron and the transaction are eligible for the renewal to occur. Some I-Share libraries have been using auto-renewals for subsets of their local patrons since 2021.

Per the guidance of the CARLI Resource Sharing Committee, as of Monday July 28, 2025, loans to I-Share patrons will be enabled for auto-renewals.

  • Please join the CARLI Office for this webinar that will:
    • Review the Automatic Renewal functionality and configuration settings in Alma.
    • Discuss the difference between auto-renewal policies for local and I-Share patrons.
    • Summarize the results of the survey conducted by the CARLI Resource Sharing Committee in 2021 AND 2025, including why renewals for I-Share patrons is a consortial decision.
    • Include time for Q & A.
    • Provide information on setting up an optional consultation for your library on automatic renewals, whether to ask individualized questions or to review your library's Alma configuration.

To register: Fill out the information on the Register tab at the top of the page.

  • This webinar will be recorded and posted to the CARLI website.
  • A companion webpage is being constructed and will be ready by the July 2nd webinar.
Wed, Jul 2, 2025 / 1:00pm to 2:00pm

This presentation explores the transformative journey from physical to digital formats, using the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida as a case study. We will walk through the step-by-step digitization process, from selection and preparation to capture, metadata creation, and long-term digital access. Attendees will gain insight into the key tools and technologies that power modern digitization workflows. The session will also highlight critical questions institutions should ask before launching a digitization project—such as identifying priorities, planning for scalability, and ensuring accessibility. Whether you're just beginning or refining your digitization strategy, this session offers practical guidance rooted in real-world experience.

This webinar is part of the Summer Digitization Series: Dive into Digital, a joint effort of FLVC and CARLI to share digitization programming on Wednesdays in June and July.

Speaker:

Laura Perry is the Head of Digital Services at the University of Florida, where she leads a team dedicated to the digitization and digital preservation of scholarly and cultural heritage materials. In this role, she oversees the ingestion of content into the UF Digital Collections (UFDC) and the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC), ensuring broad access to digital resources that support research and education. 

Laura holds a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Media from the Rochester Institute of Technology and brings over fifteen years of experience in program management and digital services. Her work continues to advance the accessibility, sustainability, and impact of digital collections in academic and global contexts.

Register to attend this program hosted by FLVC.

Learn about other sessions in the Summer Digitization Series: Dive into Digital.

Wed, Jul 2, 2025 / 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Do you have questions about the Illinois Support for the Creation of Open Educational Resources grant (SCOERs) or the OER funding from the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library? 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

Fri, Jul 4, 2025 / 12:00am to 11:45pm
Sun, Jul 6, 2025 / 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.

Alma Repository semiannual indexing is ready.

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

Wed, Jul 9, 2025 / 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Denise Henderson will discuss the history of the National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA’s) digitization program, including the design and creation of a state-of-the-art Digitization Center at the agency’s College Park facility. She will also highlight some of the major digitization projects that NARA has undertaken to make more records available online and available to everyone.

This webinar is part of the Summer Digitization Series: Dive into Digital, a joint effort of FLVC and CARLI to share digitization programming on Wednesdays in June and July.

Denise Henderson,  is the Director of Digitization for Research Services at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). In her role, Denise coordinates digitization efforts in Research Services to align with NARA's strategic goals and initiatives. These efforts include centralized mass digitization projects involving Research Services holdings, including textual, special media, and microfilm materials. From 2011 to 2018, Ms. Henderson worked in NARA's Office of Innovation in various roles. From 2007 to 2011, Ms. Henderson was a processing Archivist in the Textual Services Division where she successfully completed the Archivist Development Program (ADP) in 2010 before attending the Archives Leadership Institute in 2011. She graduated from the University of Maryland with a Masters of Library Science with a focus on archives in December 2006.

Register to attend this program hosted by FLVC.

Learn about other sessions in the Summer Digitization Series: Dive into Digital.

Wed, Jul 9, 2025 / 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Do you have questions about the Illinois Support for the Creation of Open Educational Resources grant (SCOERs) or the OER funding from the Secretary of State/Illinois State Library? 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

Mon, Jul 14, 2025 / 3:00pm to 4:00pm

These monthly, informal, agenda-free meetings provide a platform for you to talk with other directors about topics on your radar and/or updates from your library. CARLI usually provides updates as well. CARLI rotates the meetings (day of the week, time of day) to accommodate busy calendars. We do our best to avoid conferences, holidays, and other conflicts. Please let me know about times/days that never work for you. If you cannot attend, you may send a representative. We look forward to seeing you all for conversation and updates!

Check your CARLI Governing Directors email for connection information.

The meetings are recorded. The recordings are posted for 30 days here: https://www.carli.illinois.edu/membership/directors#

Wed, Jul 16, 2025 / 9:30am to 3:00pm

Resource Sharing Open house and In-Person Discussion at Knox College, Galesburg, and Monmouth College, Monmouth, Organized by the CARLI Resource Sharing Committee

Come join colleagues from across Illinois to talk about resource sharing! The CARLI Resource Sharing Committee is pleased to announce our third in-person open house and discussion event where you can meet other library workers, grab lunch together, and talk about topics in library resource sharing.

The event will be hosted in-person on Wednesday, July 16, from 10:00am-3:00pm. 

Where:
The Knox College Library, Galesburg, IL - Morning
Hewes Library at Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL - Afternoon

Directions & Parking:

  • Knox College:
    • TBD
  • Monmouth College
    • Parking is available in the lot next to Hewes Library at Monmouth (Next to building FF on the Campus Map). 

Agenda:

Agenda:  
09:30am - 10:00am Arrival and Welcome at Knox College (KNX), Seymour Library
10:00am - 11:30am Resource Sharing workflow tour and discussions (KNX)
11:30am - 01:00pm Lunch: bring your own or pick-up a meal in transit
01:00pm - 01:15pm Arrival and Welcome at Monmouth College (MON), Hewes Library
01:15pm - 03:00pm Resource Sharing workflow tour and discussions (MON)

Registration: Registration for this event is limited to 20 attendees. To register, click the "Register" tab above. Deadline for registering will be July 14.

Please note: Lunch is not included. Please plan to bring a lunch or pick up a meal between KNX and MON.

This event is free and open to library workers at all CARLI member institutions.

If you need disability-related accommodations to participate in this event, please email the CARLI Office. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your access needs.

Wed, Jul 16, 2025 / 1:00pm to 2:00pm

The CARLI Preservation Committee is delighted to showcase digitization projects at Illinois libraries as part of the Summer Digitization Webinar Series: Dive into Digital in partnership with the Florida Virtual Campus. 

Project 1: “Using Multispectral Imaging to Augment Digitized West African Manuscripts” presented by Stephanie Gowler and Nicole Finzer, Northwestern University Libraries

The Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University Libraries (NUL) is home to over 3,000 Arabic script materials from West Africa. The size, scope and uniqueness of these collections, along with increasing global scholarly interest, make them a priority for conservation and digitization. The NUL Preservation Department has begun capturing multispectral images (MSI) of the collections using a VSC®80 forensic questioned document examination workstation.  The VSC®80 allows us to quickly and consistently capture and annotate a wide range of MSI which make visible watermarks, inks, evidence of burnishing, and other materiality of the manuscripts.  These MSI are being integrated into the digital repository alongside the digitized West African manuscripts and offer new avenues for research. This talk will highlight the collaborative efforts to treat, re-house, and image Paden 417 (مختصر في فروع المالكية), a copy of the “Mukhtasar” of Khalil b. Ishaq b. Musa al-Jundi, a fourteenth-century handbook of Maliki legal principles.

Project 2: “Collaborative Preservation at the Crossroads of Science and History: Digitizing the Barnard Atlas” presented by Christina Miranda, University of Chicago Library

The Yerkes Observatory Glass Plates Digitization Project at the University of Chicago Library highlights the unique intersection of scientific and historical significance in its collection of historical astronomy glass slides. Christina Miranda will discuss strategies to support astronomy researchers and historians through thoughtful digital preservation and enhanced access to the glass slides featured in Edward Emerson Barnard’s A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, commonly known as the "Barnard Atlas."

Speakers:

Stephanie Gowler is the Book & Paper Conservator for Northwestern University Libraries.

Nicole Finzer is the Lead Digital Projects & Outreach Librarian for Northwestern University Libraries.

Christina Miranda is the Head of Digitization at the University of Chicago Library, overseeing all preservation digitization activities. Her work focuses on building digital collections that preserve and enhance access to the Library's physical collections. Christina holds an MS in Historic Preservation with specializations in Digital Cultural Heritage and Recordation. In 2023, she led the digitization efforts for the NEH Mapping Chicagoland grant, ensuring the preservation and fidelity of the digital files. Prior to her current role, Christina directed a project for the Edsel and Eleanor Ford Foundation, digitizing the Henry Ford photographic archive to assist in the restoration of the Henry Ford Home in Dearborn, MI.

Register to attend this program hosted by CARLI. 

Learn about other sessions in the Summer Digitization Series: Dive into Digital.

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