Public Services Committee Meeting: October 15, 2025

Zoom / Conference Call

Members attending: Kristen Blankenship (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Kelly Fisher (Eureka College), Beth Hultman (Elgin Community College), Charity Ringel (University of Illinois Springfield), Gretchen Schneider (Oakton College), Kimberly Shotick, co-chair (Northern Illinois University), Diana Sykes, co-chair (Erikson Institute), Kate Tallman (Illinois State University)

Member absent: Dawn Sterning (Prairie State College)

CARLI Staff attending: Amy Maroso

Decisions

• Minutes of September 17, 2025 approved.
• Committee voted to co-sponsor the OER Committee’s Community Chat on the topic of libraries and student belonging. How involved the Public Services Committee will be is TBD as we await more details.

Tasks Assigned

• Minutes taken by Diana Sykes.
• Diana will create a Padlet for the Community Conversation on Student Employee Supervision.
• Kristen, Charity, Gretchen, and Diana will meet to go over the details of the Community Conversation on Student Employee Supervision. 
• Kristen will create a final draft of the registration blurb for the Community Conversation.
• Kimberly will draft an email to generate leads for the learning commons open houses this spring.

Announcements

• Member Announcements:
  • Kimberly Shotick (Northern Illinois University): NIU will be hiring for a tenure-track Metadata Librarian.
  • Gretchen Schneider (Oakton College): Oakton College is hiring an evening Library Assistant Circulation.
• CARLI Announcements:
  • The CARLI Annual Meeting is next Tuesday, October 21, 2025. Formal registration is closed, but if you are still interested in attending, let Amy know.
  • Upcoming PDA programs are on the CARLI calendar.

Discussion

• CARLI Community Conversation on Student Employee Supervision taking place on Tuesday, November 18 at 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.
  • Training documents and other materials shared during the event won’t be publicly available but will be sent out to attendees afterwards.
  • There will be some topics and questions prepared to get the discussion going.
  • Diana will create a Padlet to solicit other discussion topics from attendees and to allow for uploading and downloading of documents.
  • The committee decided not to set a capacity limit for the event.
• Spring OER/Public Services Joint Community Chat
  • OER Committee is hosting and they asked if we’d like to co-sponsor, to which the committee voted “yes.” The level of involvement is TBD while we await more details about the event.
• Spring Learning Commons Open Houses
  • Discussion tabled until November meeting.
  • In the meantime, Kimberly will draft a call for interest in hosting a Learning Commons Open House, and we’ll discuss options at November meeting.

Next Meeting Dates and Deadlines

The Public Services Committee will next meet on November 19, 2025, at 10-11 a.m.

Committee Meetings:
November 19, 2025, minutes taken by: Dawn Sterning
December 17, 2025, minutes taken by: Kate Tallman
January 21, 20326, minutes taken by: Kristen Blankenship
February 18, 2026, minutes taken by: Kelly Fisher
March 18, 2026, minutes taken by: Beth Hultman
April 15, 2026, minutes taken by: Charity Ringel
May 20, 2026, minutes taken by: TBD
June 17, 2026, minutes taken by: TBD

Deadlines:
May 29, 2026: Committee Annual Report due