Public Services Committee Meeting: October 4, 2023

Zoom / Conference Call

Members attending: Steve Brantley (Eastern Illinois University), Beth Hultman (Elgin Community College), Gretchen Schneider (Oakton College), Kimberly Shotick (Northern Illinois University), Arlie Sims (Columbia College Chicago) co-chair, Simone Williams (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville), Lesley Wolfgang (Saint John's College of Nursing)

Members absent: Ashley McMullin (DePaul University) co-chair, Jennifer Lau-Bond (Harper College)

CARLI Staff attending: Denise Green

Decisions

• Minutes of August approved with corrections.
• Committee decided to focus on an AI topic for a program.
• We will email some ideas to one another to crystallize our thoughts about AI.
• Zoom chat to be added to the committee’s box.com directory for review.

Tasks Assigned

• Minutes taken by Steve Brantley.

Announcements

• Member Announcements:
  • Arlie Sims (Columbia College Chicago): The Chicago Research Summit (CRS) will be October 20th. Tomorrow night, October 5th, the CRS reception with author Rebecca Makkai will be held at the Student Center of Columbia College Chicago.
• CARLI Announcements:
  • Please review CARLI calendar of events, PDA has many upcoming offerings related to OER, Technical issues, DEI and Accessibility issues among other things.  
  • Please come to the CARLI annual meeting November 16. Registration is open.

Discussion

• Potential Committee Programming Topics:
  • Textbook affordability. How best do we communicate what we can do and what limitations exist?
  • Artificial Intelligence
    • Artificial Intelligence policies at the library level and the university level, How are faculty and students dealing with these academic integrity, research and creativity issues?
    • How does the interest or excitement about AI differ across disciplines?
    • What is our role regarding AI at our institution?
    • Are institutions providing policy level documents for colleges in regard to AI use?
    • In what way are libraries dealing with licensing AI tools for institutional use?
    • We probably need to think about narrowing our scope in terms of talking about AI, and make decisions as to what aspect of AI use or resources we want to address.
  • Communicating with and educating faculty about copyright and access opportunities and limitations in multiple formats (ex. Various e-book licenses, streaming video, fair use.) We might provide a resource for CARLI libraries to consider issues related to copyright and fair use and be able to point them to relevant resources, notably _Compact Copyright: Quick Answers to Common Questions_ by Sara R. Benson.
• Committee decided to focus on an AI topic for a program.

Next Meeting Dates and Deadlines

The Public Services Committee will next meet on November 1, 2023, at 1:30 p.m.

Committee Meetings:
November 1, 2023, 1:30 – 2:30, Minutes: Beth Hultman
December 6, 2023, 1:30 – 2:30, Minutes: Jennifer Lau-Bond
January 3, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30, Minutes: Gretchen Schneider
February 7, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30, Minutes: Kimberly Shotick
March 6, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30, Minutes: Arlie Sims
April 3, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30, Minutes: Simone Williams
May 1, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30, Minutes: Lesley Wolfgang
June 5, 2024, 1:30 – 2:30, Minutes: to be determined

Deadlines: