Collection Management Committee Meeting: May 21, 2025

Zoom / Conference Call

Members attending: Carl Lehnen, co-chair (University of Illinois Chicago), Briana Love (Aurora University), Julie Murphy (Illinois State University), Justin Sextro (Southern Illinois University Carbondale), Erin Zimmerman (Heartland Community College)

Members absent: Jeannette Glover (Spoon River College), Gwen Gregory (Northern Illinois University), Jackie Mann, co-chair (DePaul University),

CARLI Staff attending: Jen Masciadrelli, Nicole Ream-Sotomayor, Jenny Taylor

Decisions

• The April 2025 minutes were approved.

Tasks Assigned

• Minutes taken by Julie Murphy.
• Carl will complete the Annual Report.

Announcements

• CARLI Announcements:
  • CARLI is finally able to share pricing for joining I-Share.  The Chicago History Museum is being added to I-Share in FY26 (go live June 2026).
  • Committee membership invitations for next year are being finalized.  Volunteers are being reached out to today.
  • Electronic Resources for Fiscal Year 26 is in the process of getting wrapped up.  Establishing pricing with vendors was particularly time consuming this year.

Discussion

• The committee reviewed the Weeding Webpage to make decisions about the sections that were still unfinished.  These were primarily:
  • List of contacts
  • Webinar series of resources
  • Mentor List
  • Workflow tips
  • Getting reports from Alma and CARLI
  • Removing/disposing of physical materials
• Committee annual reports are due at the end of this month so they can be shared with the board at the June 13th meeting.  The committee reviewed the draft report that Carl has written.

Next Meeting Dates and Deadlines

The Collection Management Committee will meet next on June 18, 2025 at 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.

Committee Meetings:
June 18, 2025, Minutes: Justin Sextro

Deadlines: The annual report is due May 30th.  We will try to have the weeding website finalized before the June meeting.