Events

Mon, Nov 3, 2025 / 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Join CARLI Staff to discuss the November Release Update to Alma and Primo VE!

Meeting URL: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88181892012?pwd=D393A3rcvDBtHOhhBxrX75v2fMXDBh.1&from=addon
Meeting ID: 881 8189 2012
Password: 883771

November Alma Release Notes (will be linked when available)

November Primo VE Release Notes (will be linked when available)

Slides (PPT) (will be shared at least one day prior to the event)

Slides (PDF) (will be shared at least one day prior to the event)

Tue, Nov 4, 2025 / 1:00pm to 2:30pm

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee meets monthly.

This virtual meeting is held via Zoom / Conference Call.

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Tue, Nov 4, 2025 / 2:00pm to 3:00pm

Short on staff, strapped for time, and stretched thin? For small and mid-size library workers, collaboration isn’t just helpful, it’s essential.

This session will share strategies for building meaningful partnerships with faculty, student-services offices, and administrators to break barriers and strengthen campus connections. Participants will also explore practical approaches to managing burnout and compassion fatigue, practicing self-advocacy, and sustaining a clear sense of purpose in their work.

Presenter: 

Camille Abdeljawad, Director of Library Services & First-Year Experience Assistant Professor, Park University, where she teaches information literacy and research skills to a diverse student population, including distance and non-traditional students. She earned her master of library science degree at Emporia State University. Her research interests include source authority and misinformation as well as college library services. Camille is the editor of The Small to Mid-Size Academic Library Series from ACRL Press.

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Hosted by FLVC
 

Wed, Nov 5, 2025 / 10:00am to 11:00am

Colleagues at Southern Illinois University Carbondale discuss how opportunities to develop reparative archival collections emerged and have been pursued in collaboration with underserved Black and LGBTQ+ communities in the southern Illinois region. The panel reflects on expected and unexpected benefits and challenges of coordinating initiatives and building collections with internal and external partners and stakeholders and offers thoughts on best practices based on their experiences.

Presenters:

Anne Marie Hamilton-Brehm (she/her), Associate Dean, Library Affairs

Dr. Pamela Smoot (she/her), Professor of History

Juniper Oxford (she/her), Director of the Paulette Curkin Pride Resource Center

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Hosted by CARLI

Wed, Nov 5, 2025 / 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Getting Started with LibreTexts: Conductor and the Libraries

Learn how to set up your account and to navigate the site, locate materials, and set up projects.

This workshop is part of a series of workshops designed for the support of Open Education Resources in the State of Illinois and funded by the Support of the Creation of Open Education Resources grant from the U.S. Department of Education and the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education.

This workshop is open to all CARLI members.

Please register in advance! https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/o3xv_pRrTwuGV887GiwoPA

Thu, Nov 6, 2025 / 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Theresa Berger (she/her) is Digital Library Services Librarian at the University of Minnesota, where she oversees digitization and digital collections development for Archives and Special Collections. This presentation will discuss ways in which a closed ChatGPT model can be used to generate alt text (alternative text) in archival image collections, using a "human-in-the-loop" approach. Theresa will highlight both strengths and weaknesses of the tool, as well as suggestions for overall workflows, showing ways in which AI can be used to shift (not replace) resources in an effort to better serve our users, stakeholders, and our communities.

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Sponsored by Minitex

Thu, Nov 6, 2025 / 12:00pm to 1:00pm

The challenges of combining academia with motherhood are no secret. How does this manifest in librarianship, a traditionally feminized profession? Join us for an interactive, audience-driven webinar where we will share the experiences of academic librarian-mothers. Discussion may include the logistical challenges of parental leave, tenure, and scholarly productivity; the physical challenges of pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and caregiving; and the intense emotional difficulty of traumas like infertility, miscarriage, and postpartum depression. Participants will share stories, build solidarity, and connect, with opportunities for individual reflection, group discussion, and anonymous sharing. The language used here is “mother,” but we recognize there are many types of caregivers, parents, and mothers and those who care about them. This session is for anyone who values and wants to explore feminized caregiving labor and its intersections with our profession.

Presenter: 

Madeline Kelly is Dean of Libraries at Western Washington University and the author of ALA’s Complete Collections Assessment Manual. Her academic background includes a BA in English and Spanish and an MLIS from Simmons College. Professional interests include library collection assessment and management; leadership; and—increasingly—the intersections of gender, parenthood, and higher education. In addition to her work as a librarian, Madeline is mom to two little girls who make life chaotic, rich, and wonderful.

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Hosted by FLVC

 

Thu, Nov 6, 2025 / 2:00pm to 3:00pm

This presentation reimagines the role of graduate student labor in complex, library-wide digital scholarship projects by defining a new model of librarian/graduate student partnership. Through our work on a community oral history project at a public, urban university, we offer structures, workflows, and values that lead to a successful digital collection and exhibit and more importantly, meaningful work for residential and remote graduate student employees. Find out how librarians can adopt a mentor/mentee relationship to work side-by-side with graduate student workers on library-wide projects that allow graduate students to take ownership of tasks and gain relevant work experience.

Presenter:

Courtney Nomiyama is a Humanities Librarian at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Previously, she worked at a community college library, a high school library, and state government. Her interests include digital humanities and digital scholarship. She holds a MLIS from the University of Washington and a BA in History and Asian Studies from St. Olaf College. Courtney is also a proud 2019 ALA Spectrum Scholar.

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Hosted by FLVC

Sun, Nov 9, 2025 / 2:00am to 3:00am

If needed, Ex Libris will perform a release update on our I-Share Alma and Primo VE environments to make adjustments to the latest release that was applied the week before.

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

Release and Maintenance Schedule
Ex Libris System Status Page - CARLI I-Share Environments are on ALMA NA06 and PRIMO VE NA06

Mon, Nov 10, 2025 / 10:00am to 11:00am

The CARLI Archives Committee meets monthly.

This virtual meeting is held via Zoom / Conference Call.

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