The CARLI Discovery Primo VE Committee meets monthly via Zoom. Contact the committee chair or CARLI staff with any questions.
Events
Wed, Nov 18, 2026
/ 11:00am to 12:00pm
The E-Resources Management Committee Meeting meets monthly via Zoom. Contact the committee chair or CARLI staff with any questions.
Wed, Nov 18, 2026
/ 12:00pm to 1:30pm
AI can help library professionals work more efficiently, but the most useful tools are the ones that protect the judgment, trust, and human connection at the heart of library service. In this practical webinar, Dr. Morissa Schwartz will show participants how to use AI responsibly for program descriptions, newsletters, community outreach, patron-facing explanations, and everyday administrative workflows.
Through live demonstrations and real library communication examples, participants will learn how to write stronger prompts, check AI-generated content for factual accuracy and bias, protect privacy, improve accessibility, and recognize when a task still requires a fully human approach. The program is designed primarily for school library professionals, with strategies that can also be adapted for public and academic library settings.
Participants will leave with a reusable prompt toolkit, an AI-verification checklist, and practical workflows they can apply immediately.
Hosted by LLNJ
Wed, Nov 18, 2026
/ 1:00pm to 2:00pm
If you’ve been wondering how to transform your text-heavy documents into eye-catching, informative one-pagers, look no further. In the next webinar of our Canva series, you’ll learn how to create reports and infographics that help communicate your library’s unique character and impact.
Join Sophie Hollis, Community Engagement Librarian at NC LIVE, for this beginner- and improver-friendly session that will demonstrate tools in Canva for creating polished, professional reports. This session will review tools like “bulk create,” importing data from spreadsheets, customizing graphs and charts, text spacing and alignment, and style matching to ensure that your materials grab attention for all the right reasons.
Learning Objectives:
- Confidently assemble internal and external documents that communicate organizational impact with visualized data and storytelling
- Identify tools in the Canva side menu for uploading report data efficiently
- Develop an eye for detail and build on fundamental design principles based on tools for text and element alignment and spacing
Hosted by NC LIVE
Wed, Nov 18, 2026
/ 1:00pm to 2:00pm
What sparks curiosity in today's learners? How can academic librarians create space for inquiry, exploration, and meaningful discovery?
Join fellow CARLI librarians for an interactive Buzz Session* as we explore this year's Instruction Committee theme, Fostering Curiosity. Connect with colleagues to discuss ways to encourage student engagement and spark deeper intellectual exploration. Whether you have a successful strategy to share or are seeking fresh inspiration, you'll leave with innovative ideas and practical approaches for fostering curiosity in your teaching and learning environments.
Register now to save your spot! Questions? Contact support@carli.illinois.edu
Please note, this session will not be recorded to encourage conversation.
*Buzz Sessions encourage both small group conversation and collective reflection, allowing participants to engage in the format that feels most comfortable to them.
Thu, Nov 19, 2026
/ 10:00am to 11:00am
Do you have questions about the best way to store and preserve your institution’s collections? Join the CARLI Preservation Committee for Ask a Preservation Expert virtual office hour on Thursday, November 19, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Committee members will be on hand to answer questions, offer advice, and share resources to help you plan for the long-term preservation and access of your materials. The Preservation Committee includes members who specialize in archives and special collections, conservation, collections care, disaster planning, and more.
Don’t have a specific question? You’re still welcome to join the session and hear what other CARLI members want to know.
This session is open to all CARLI members.
Fri, Nov 20, 2026
/ 9:30am to 10:30am
It has been six months since CARLI I-Share libraries migrated EBSCO e-collections from the Alma Network Zone to Alma Institution Zones. In this time, CARLI Support has received some tickets for issues involving linking parser parameters.
In this session, we will review what the linking parser parameters are, where they are located, what is needed in these fields when they are present in an electronic collection, and what kind of errors to be on the lookout for when activating e-collections that use these.
Additionally, each library that attends the session will be provided with a spreadsheet of every e-collection active in your Institution Zone with the associated e-collection IDs, values in the linking parser parameters fields where applicable, and the proxy settings. This can aid in cleaning up e-collections to prevent future issues and errors. Note: This spreadsheet will reflect this information from the specific point in time in which it is downloaded. If activations and deletions occur after this point in time, they will not be reflected in the spreadsheet.
There will be a short presentation, Q & A, and the option to stay in the Zoom for Study Hall to work on cleaning up your institution's Alma e-collections. Registration is required and the presentation with Q & A will be recorded.
Fri, Nov 20, 2026
/ 1:30pm to 2:30pm
It has been six months since CARLI I-Share libraries migrated EBSCO e-collections from the Alma Network Zone to Alma Institution Zones. In this time, CARLI Support has received some tickets for issues involving linking parser parameters.
In this session, we will review what the linking parser parameters are, where they are located, what is needed in these fields when they are present in an electronic collection, and what kind of errors to be on the lookout for when activating e-collections that use these.
Additionally, each library that attends the session will be provided with a spreadsheet of every e-collection active in your Institution Zone with the associated e-collection IDs, values in the linking parser parameters fields where applicable, and the proxy settings. This can aid in cleaning up e-collections to prevent future issues and errors. Note: This spreadsheet will reflect this information from the specific point in time in which it is downloaded. If activations and deletions occur after this point in time, they will not be reflected in the spreadsheet.
There will be a short presentation, Q & A, and the option to stay in the Zoom for Study Hall to work on cleaning up your institution's Alma e-collections. Registration is required and the presentation with Q & A will be recorded.
Mon, Nov 23, 2026
/ 2:00pm to 3:30pm
The Collection Management Committee meets monthly.
This virtual meeting is held via Zoom / Conference Call.
Contact CARLI Support for attendance details.