Commercial Products Committee Meeting: September 16, 2024

CONFERENCE CALL

Members Attending: Chad Buckley (Illinois State University), Audra Deemer (DePaul University), Rosalind Fielder-Giscombe (Chicago State University), Ann Johnston (Olivet Nazarene University), Marie Martino (Moraine Valley Community College), Thane Montaner (Prairie State College), Scott Thomson (Rush University), Ashtin Trimble (Black Hawk College)

CARLI Staff Attending: Jenny Taylor, Nicole Ream-Sotomayor, Elizabeth Clarage, Denise Green, Marisa Tolbert

Members Absent: Michele Hunt (Northern Illinois University)

Announcements   

CARLI Updates

• CARLI staff are figuring out Consortia Manager, getting ready for fall selections from early October to November 15. Training will be provided prior to that once CARLI staff are ready.
• Working on agreements with Mometrix and Third Iron; renewing Sage journals package. Will contact relevant institutions.
• Wiley and Oxford University Press consortial ebook selections from FY24 are underway. Oxford stats had to be redone. Wiley sent stats for everything including all locally purchased titles, including titles available from previous years’ selections. Oxford only included titles that were available in the FY24 Access Collection; locally owned titles that were in that collection are included. CARLI has 90 days for Oxford titles to be selected.
• University of Illinois Press ebook titles now available via JSTOR.
• CARLI discussion on cataloging on U.S. Federal documents on September 17, 2024.
• Annual meeting on October 22, 2024 will include table talks this year, but it was noted that some vendors will be present in the room.

Discussion

PRODUCT PROPOSALs

• There were no proposals to review.

CPC E-REsource Survey REsults

• Results of the CPC E-Resource Survey were presented by Nicole. Survey will be administered every year. 65 completed responses, a handful of libraries submitted two responses. Good representation across member types.  
  • Slightly over half of responding libraries noted they had flat budgets for FY25.
  • Many replied that in order to add new ongoing resources they would need to cancel something else.
  • Subject areas needing attention:  Allied Health, Nursing, Business, Religion, Education, Engineering, IT/Computer Science, etc.
  • Vendors of interest:  APA, Newsbank, Hein, DocuSeek, IBISworld, Third Iron,etc.
  • Specific content/types of content:  Wall Street Journal, Newspapers, Magazines, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, etc.
  • Desiring more options for resource types: streaming video, ebooks, journals, newspapers, etc.
  • Most respondents were interested in a central product trial.
  • Feedback on OA initiatives: ebook initiatives most popular.
  • OpenAthens was the most popular authentication software.
  • E-resource challenges were noted.
  • Questions and comments from CPC members followed with ideas for future versions of the survey, discussion of specific vendors of interest (Newsbank).  Probably discuss these result in more detail in coming months.

Annual Project

• The committee began discussing possible ideas for an annual project. Ideas included:
  • AI Symposium proposed by Public Services Committee. That committee did a survey last year about generative AI. Decided it was bigger than just public services. Checking to see if other committees might be interested. What program topics might other committees be interested in? Vendors and AI implementation. CPC  leaning toward supporting this.
  • CMC interested in state database program, how to evaluate content whether it’s academic in nature, Alma issues. Wanted to know if CPC was interested. Some interest in this by CPC members. May be able to work on this in addition to AI Symposium if CMC decides to proceed.

Decisions

• Minutes from the August 26, 2024 meeting were reviewed and approved.
• Acknowledge with Public Services Committee that CPC is interested in AI Symposium idea, possibly virtual.
• The meeting was adjourned at 12:03 p.m.

Tasks Assigned

• None

Meeting Dates

• Next Meeting: Wednesday, October 9, 10-11 a.m. (minutes: Audra Deemer)