Events

Events

Thu, Feb 19, 2026 / 12:00pm to 1:00pm

In this webinar Ninh Tran and Greta Bahnemann share their experiences using AI transcription for digital collection items. TranscribeAI is a new tool developed at Minitex that uses Google Gemini to transcribe typed, handwritten, and mixed-text documents. By automatically downloading items from digital repositories (e.g., Minnesota Digital Library) and using metadata to provide context, TranscribeAI produces highly accurate transcripts while reducing staff time and costs. This session will highlight the challenges of traditional OCR and manual transcription, demonstrate how TranscribeAI addresses them, and share best practices for integrating AI-generated transcripts into library workflows. Attendees will learn how AI-driven transcription enhances accessibility, improves discovery through keyword-searchable text, and preserves the cultural integrity of historical documents. We will also discuss lessons learned from recent pilot projects, including the importance of human review and quality assurance. Join us to explore how TranscribeAI can transform your library’s digital collections by increasing discoverability and broadening access for all users.

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Hosted by Minitex
 

Thu, Feb 19, 2026 / 1:00pm to 2:30pm

The CARLI OER Committee invites institutions to share with their teaching faculty this opportunity to attend a webinar to learn about open educational resources including open textbooks.

This workshop will identify:

  • what are open educational resources (OER);
  • benefits and motivations for using OER;
  • how to find and evaluate OER;
  • how to integrate OER into your class.

After attending, CARLI-member teaching faculty will be invited to write a short review of an open textbook in the Open Textbook Library.

Presenters:
Joslyn Allison, City Colleges of Chicago
Robin Harris, Northeastern Illinois University
Elizabeth Clarage, Michele Leigh, and Nicole Swanson, CARLI

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Thu, Feb 19, 2026 / 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Once you understand the basics, the real work begins. This webinar is Part II of a two-part series on usage statistics, designed for public and academic library staff who already collect usage data and are ready to dig deeper into analysis and decision-making.

Building on the foundational concepts introduced in Part I on February 5, this advanced session explores strategies for working with data from multiple sources, including NC LIVE resources and locally funded databases, and addresses common challenges such as manual cleanup and normalization. The session takes a closer look at metrics like cost per search, examining both their usefulness and their limitations, and discusses why low usage alone should not automatically trigger cancellation conversations.

Participants will learn how to analyze usage in context, identify patterns across different types of databases, and develop more intentional, values-driven approaches to evaluating and promoting e-resources—especially in an era of tightening collections budgets.

Learning Objectives:

  • Analyze usage statistics from multiple sources (including consortial and locally funded resources) while accounting for differences in platforms, metrics, and data quality.
  • Evaluate common decision-making metrics, such as cost per use, by identifying their strengths, limitations, and appropriate use in collections assessment.
  • Apply a contextual approach to e-resource evaluation, using usage patterns, qualitative factors, and institutional priorities to inform renewal, promotion, and budget decisions.

Presenter: Anna Allen is the Electronic Resources Librarian at the State Library of North Carolina

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Hosted by NC LIVE

Thu, Feb 19, 2026 / 2:00pm to 4:00pm

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

Thu, Feb 19, 2026 / 2:30pm to 3:30pm

Open Q&A with Ted Schwitzner, CARLI Senior Library Services Coordinator. Merging records? Brief Record Levels? Data Sync? What's on your mind? Register.

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. 

Fri, Feb 20, 2026 / 10:00am to 11:00am

As part of this year’s theme, “Trust Us:” The Role of Library Instruction in Transforming Landscapes, the Instruction Committee is exploring how trust shows up in our instruction work.

The CARLI Instruction Committee invites you to join our discussion on Algorithmic Literacy.

To spark discussion, we have selected a short article, Michael Ridley’s “Explainable AI: An Agenda for Explainability Activism.”. If you can read the article (linked below) in advance, wonderful; if not, please still come! We will begin the discussion with a summary of the article for those who may have not had time to read it and invite all to participate.

We hope you will also come with your own perspectives and questions to ask; in addition, Instruction Committee members will moderate the discussion, and offer questions to guide our conversation.

Please register using the link above.

When: Friday, February 20th, 10:00am-11:00am
Article Title: Explainable AI: An Agenda for Explainability Activism
Author: Michael Ridley
Link: https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/26733/34650

Summary:
Ridley argues that the opacity of how generative AI works makes the work of explanation crucial for librarians, who must serve as "explainability activists," creating actionable and contestable explanations of how AI functions. To allow this relationship, Ridley argues, interactions with AI should be "seamful": the limitations and boundaries of the system should be clearly visible to the user, encouraging their "active self-explanation" in explaining systems as they use them. Focusing on this agenda of human-centered explainable AI (HCXAI) will create an "action-agenda" for libraries, Ridley argues, including critical information AI literacy initiatives for staff and patrons, supporting explainable AI research, demanding explainability and, perhaps, seamfulness, from vendors, and advocacy work for federal and international regulation to require explainability in AI and information providers. Doing so will address a shifting power dynamic in which, currently, technology designers are shaping the ways n which we understand the "authority, credibility, and accuracy" of the information we receive.

Fri, Feb 20, 2026 / 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Are you working on open educational resources (OER) or curious about what others are doing in your field? Join us for a lively virtual meet-up designed to spark ideas, share experiences and tips, and explore opportunities for cross-institutional OER partnerships.

This session is all about connection and inspiration. We’ll: 

  • Hear about current OER projects in development or use;
  • Discuss concerns / problems you have encountered;
  • Share tips on possible solutions;
  • Discuss areas of interest for future collaboration;
  • Create space for teaming up on shared goals and initiatives

Whether you’re just getting started or already deep into OER work, this meet-up is a chance to learn from peers, build new relationships, and imagine what’s possible together.

Facilitator: Lauren Kosrow, College of DuPage

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Sponsored by the CARLI OER Committee

Mon, Feb 23, 2026 / 12:00pm to 1:00pm

EVENT DATE CHANGE!

In this second webinar in FLVC's management series, the focus will be on the various types of teams, which teams are most effective in reaching outcomes, and how managers can build and foster effective teams. 

In this webinar, we will cover:
-  What are the various types of teams in organizations
-  What are the criteria for building successful teams
-  What are the pitfalls to avoid when building and or managing teams
-  What management styles create and foster the most effective teams
-  Identify resources for building and maintaining strong teams

Speaker: 

Dr. Suzanne Morrison Williams has worked in the field of higher education for over 25 years. Dr Morrison-Williams has worked in all facets of education from being a University Registrar, Faculty member, Department/Program Chair, Assistant Dean, Associate Dean, then a Regional Vice President of Academic Affairs. She has also worked as a National Trainer for a large school chain, a Campus Director as well as the Chief Administrative Officer of colleges. In April 2023, she took a deviation from the field of campus based Higher Ed to take on a Chief Academic Officer (CAO) role at a Florida based library consortium, Library and Information Resources Network.

In her role as the CAO at LIRN, Dr Morrison-Williams is focused on managing the LIRN Librarian Service and providing support to all of the LIRN subscribers through a variety of services including, librarian services, orientation, accreditation and licensure support, and finally ongoing training and professional development for faculty and librarians.

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Sponsored by FLVC
 

Mon, Feb 23, 2026 / 2:00pm to 3:30pm

The CARLI Collection Management Committee meets monthly.

This virtual meeting is held via Zoom / Conference Call.

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Tue, Feb 24, 2026 / 9:00am to 10:00am

The CARLI Member OER Initiative will provide financial support to CARLI member libraries to increase the awareness and use of Open Educational Resources (OER) at their institutions. By enhancing student and faculty success through open educational practices, members will make access to course materials more equitable and affordable, while impacting the CARLI community and the State of Illinois through the sharing of institutional resources. The funds set aside by the CARLI Governance Board will be awarded in this OER Initiative for the purpose of helping CARLI member institutions either develop new or maintain existing OER programs.

Please join this information session to learn more about the program and the application process.

This session will be recorded and shared on the CARLI Member OER Initiative website.

A UI System Purchasing Representative will be at the information session.

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