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.
CARLI News
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!
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.
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.
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:
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.
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!
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.
CARLI is pleased to announce the award of an Institute for Library and Museum Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st (LB21) Century Librarian Planning Grant in the amount of $143,489: Consortial Collaboration for Academic Library Leadership Success (CCALLS). The goal of CCALLS is the engagement of U.S.