Technical Services Committee Meeting, September 27, 2025
Meeting Minutes
Date and Time: September 27, 2025 10:00 a.m. - 11:30:
Location: Zoom
Members Attending: Ellen Corrigan (Eastern Illinois University), Gail Heideman (Knox College), Kavita Mundle (University of Illinois Chicago), CJ Raich (Prairie State College), Leslie Starasta (Illinois State Library), Colleen Turkal (Principia College), Victoria Turner (Elgin Community College), Melissa Zilic (DePaul University)
Members Absent: Stephanie Fletcher (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
CARLI Staff attending: Jen Masciadrelli, co-liaison, Ted Schwitzner, co-liaison, Adrienne Radzvickas, Wyn Schell
Guests: None.
Announcements
- Reminder that October 21 is CARLI Annual Meeting and registration is open.
- We need to reschedule the October meeting as October 22 is all CARLI staff meeting. October 29 is the OCLC meeting. Jen will send out a survey to determine best meeting date.
- Kavita is participating in the RAILS Catalyst leadership program.
Discussions
- Updates from Working Groups:
- Outreach: Victoria shared that Colleen had worked with Jackie on an outreach letter to under-represented academic libraries. Lesile and Victoria will work with her in that effort and will get together at another time.
- Programming: A one-day event is coming up. Jen reached out to IIT as Stephanie has moved to a new library. IIT was to check but Jen is concerned that we don’t have enough time to do an event this fall. She is going to reach out with presenters and IIT about a spring forum. She can also contact other possible venues. Moraine Valley and UIC were mentioned as possible locations.
- E-Resources: Colleen confirmed she is interested in working on that sub-group. They will meet soon and will seek feedback from others on the committee. Watch for an email.
- Table Talk ideas for CARLI Annual Meeting:
- Leslie volunteered to help guide the conversation with some prompts.
- Brainstorming projects and Working groups for this year:
- Committee members concurred that acquisitions topics have been underrepresented, and suggested creating a subcommittee to discuss programming and documentation topics. Some ideas included creating a rubric for resource evaluation which fits well with the Collection Management Committee, the use of Mosaic in Alma which could be a topic for future webinars, and using the Purchase Request Form. Gail and Kavita volunteered to work on this group.
- Leslie noted the variety of clean-up issues related to Cataloging beyond cataloging new resources. Melissa seconded the topic and referenced need for reports or items to help identify clean-up issues. A prior committee had created a list of Voyager clean-up projects that CARLI staff were updating. Ted suggested members share about reports and clean-up procedures being used at their own library that could be implemented at other libraries.
Decisions
- Working Groups were established or reconfirmed, with members as follows:
- Acquisitions: Gail, Kavita, and Jen (formed today)
- Programming: Gail, Jen, and Victoria
- E-Resources: Melissa, Colleen, Ted, Jen, and Marisa (co-liaison to ERMC)
- Reparative Cataloging: Stephanie, Ellen, and C.J.
- Outreach: Colleen, Victoria, and Leslie
- Minutes of the August 27, 2025 meeting were approved.
- Minutes at the next meeting will be taken by Colleen Turkal.
- The meeting was adjourned at 11:16 a.m.
Tasks Assigned
- Kavita will submit an update related to the Outreach discussion from the August meeting.
- Jen will send out a survey regarding an October meeting date.
- Ted will investigate GOBI and Mosaic options at ILA.
- Meet with your working groups and be prepared to report back at our next meeting.
Meeting Dates and Deadlines
- Next Meeting: TBD
- Schedule of TSC Meetings as currently known:
- Oct TBD 10:00 AM
- Nov 26, 2025 10:00 AM
- Jan 28, 2026 10:00 AM
- Feb 25, 2026 10:00 AM
- Mar 25, 2026 10:00 AM
- Apr 22, 2026 10:00 AM
- May 27, 2026 10:00 AM
- Jun 24, 2026 10:00 AM