E-Resource Management Committee Meeting: February 9, 2026

E-Resource Management Committee Meeting: February 9, 2026

CONFERENCE CALL

Members Attending: Jacob Del Rio, Robin Hofstetter, Andrea Imre, Joanna Kolendo, Samantha Loster, Thane Montaner, Elizabeth Nelson, Elizabeth Outler, Megan Ruenz

Members absent: none

CARLI Staff Attending: Laurie Blandino, Yanira Cruz, Nicole Ream-Sotomayor, Ted Schwitzner, Marisa Tolbert

Announcements   

  • Hello from Laurie Blandino, CARLI Director.
  • Nicole Ream-Sotomayor, CARLI, is still negotiating contracts with vendors. The ConsortiaManager will open for libraries in early April and run through mid-May. CARLI will send an announcement to the community.
  • Marisa Tolbert and Yanira Cruz have a recorded session at ER&L this year entitled, "The Saga of the SaaS Brokering Cycle: Get Ready for a SaaSy Storytime."
  • Marisa Tolbert will lead an electronic resource tea time for members throughout February, starting on the 11th.
  • Ted Schwitzner announced that the Tech Services Committee will host 2 Q&A sessions around technical services topics, including DEIA work during their upcoming meeting dates.

Decisions

  • Consent to record the meeting.
  • Minutes of December meeting approved.
  • For the webinars, confirmed that our meeting will be from 1-1:30 and the webinar will be from 1:30-2:30; we will use the same Zoom meeting.
  • Email with LibGuide and demo video will go out ASAP.
  • We will discuss next steps for Operation Fiddle Faddle (OFF) at the February meeting.
  • “We subscribe to only some titles in this collection” – agree to set to no (Megan will add a blurb to guide to explain setting).

Discussion

  • Operation Fiddle Faddle (OFF) – A few libraries reached out to Megan Ruenz to thank her and get some clarification about the settings needed for Alma users to make thosechanges. Marisa clarified that individuals need to have the CDI Inventory Operator role to make changes.
  • Jacob Del Rio gave his presentation on COUNTER 5 with an overwhelmingly positive response and 29 members of the community in attendance.

Tasks Assigned

  • Robin Hofstetter took minutes.
  • Andrea Imre will take meeting minutes in March.

Meeting Dates

  • Next Meeting: Monday, March 9, 2026 at 1 PM

 

ADJOURNED: 2:30 pm