Commercial Products Committee Meeting: September 12, 2025

CONFERENCE CALL

Members Attending: Chad Buckley (Illinois State University), Audra Deemer (DePaul University), Rosalind Fielder-Giscombe (Chicago State University), Sarah Hill (Lake Land College), Michele Hunt (Northern Illinois University), Ann Johnston (Olivet Nazarene University), Ashtin Trimble (Black Hawk College)

CARLI Staff Attending: Jenny Taylor, Nicole Ream-Sotomayor, Elizabeth Clarage, Yanira Cruz, Marisa Tolbert

Members Absent: Amanda Avery (Parkland College), Leslie Wolfgang (Saint John's College of Nursing)

Announcements   

CARLI Updates

• Jenny shared the ongoing licensing efforts with hopes of ConsortiaManager opening in early October for CY26 renewals
• Marisa discussed the Software as a Service renewal cycle

Discussion

PRODUCT PROPOSALs

• LibraryPass/Comics Plus - the committee decided that CARLI should pursue a license for Comics Plus
• Project Syndicate - the committee decided not to pursue a license with Project Syndicate
• Newspaper Archive - the committee decided that CARLI should pursue a license for Newspaper Archive

Other business

• Nicole gave an overview of the 2025 E-Resource Interest Survey results. 
  • The committee discussed various points of interest from the survey results and discussed the potential of follow-ups for specific questions.

Decisions

• Minute takers will be decided by first name in alphabetical order, skipping Michele since she took minutes for this meeting. Chad will take minutes next month since Ann will lead the meeting.
• Minutes of the July 30 meeting were approved.
• Meeting adjourned at 11:56 a.m.

Tasks Assigned

• Committee members will brainstorm annual project ideas

Meeting Dates

• Next Meeting: Friday, October 10, 11 a.m. via Zoom
• Schedule of upcoming meetings:
  • Friday, November 14, 11 a.m. via Zoom
  • Friday, December 12, 11 a.m. via Zoom