Each year, all Illinois library system member libraries (including all CARLI libraries) must complete the Illinois State Library’s mandatory library certification to qualify for State Library system services, programs and grants, and to remain eligible for CARLI membership. The certification must be completed by March 31, 2025. If you have not yet completed your certification, please do so as soon as possible.
CARLI News
March 18, 2025
CARLI is seeking volunteers to serve on our advisory committees. Volunteers chosen will serve a three-year term, July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028. The application period for initial committee appointments will close on May 2 at 5:00 p.m. Faculty and staff members from all CARLI member libraries, with all levels of experience, are encouraged to apply.
March 12, 2025
CARLI Committee Volunteer Application Opens March 12
If you have been considering volunteering for a CARLI committee, the application period will open on March 12 and remain open until May 2. Volunteers chosen will serve a three-year term. Faculty and staff from all CARLI member libraries are encouraged to apply!
February 26, 2025
10:00am Wednesday, February 26, 2025: CARLI Digital Collections/CONTENTdm is back up again. OCLC has fixed the data center issue.
9:30am Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Due to a degradation at the OCLC data center, CONTENTdm and the CARLI Digital Collections website is currently down. Please see the OCLC system status page for further information.
February 26, 2025
CARLI Counts Cohort 6
Congratulations to the CARLI Counts Cohort 6 participants! Their year-long journey begins in February with the first of two in-person immersive sessions. As with the previous five cohorts, all three CARLI member constituencies (public, community college, and private) are represented.
January 29, 2025
CARLI’s I-Share Resource Management Training series focuses on how libraries may manage collections and metadata in Alma effectively, with an emphasis on Alma’s functionalities for management of physical and electronic resources. This series will cover many topics that involve cataloging as well as the interaction of metadata with other library system functions, such as acquisitions, circulation, and discovery. Each session will highlight different processes and workflows for completing resource management tasks in both institutional and consortial perspectives.
January 22, 2025
CARLI & ILDS Holiday Information
The CARLI office will be closed Tuesday, December 24 through Wednesday, January 1. Regular hours will resume on Thursday, January 2.
The CARLI Office will also be closed in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday on January 20, 2025.
The following is the list of days that ILDS will not provide service:
December 11, 2024
Staff Changes at CARLI
Please join us in congratulating Denise Green, CARLI Senior Library Services Coordinator, who will retire on November 1, 2024. We want to extend our thanks and appreciation to Denise for her service and wish her many, many years of happy, healthy retirement.
We are also very happy to announce that there are two new staff members on the CARLI Team. Please welcome Yanira Cruz, Electronic Resources Coordinator, who fills Denise Green′s position. Also, please welcome Wyn Schell, Library Services Coordinator, a new position in User Services.
October 30, 2024
CARLI Annual Meeting and Annual Directors Meeting
Register by October 14 to attend the CARLI Annual Meeting. We are excited to welcome our keynote, Beck Tench, designer, and researcher at The Center for Digital Thriving at Harvard Graduate School of Education! See the registration page for the complete agenda.
If you cannot join us in-person, the option to attend virtually is now available!
September 25, 2024
CARLI Annual Meeting and Annual Directors Meeting
Please join us for the 2024 CARLI Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 22, at the I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center in Champaign. Registration for the in-person meeting is now open. The agenda will be added to the registration page as soon as it is finalized. A virtual option will be offered again this year for those wishing to attend the meeting online.
August 28, 2024