Commercial Products Committee Meeting: February 13, 2026

Commercial Products Committee Meeting: February 13, 2026

CONFERENCE CALL

Members Attending: Amanda Avery (Parkland College), Chad Buckley (Illinois State University), Audra Deemer (DePaul University), Rosalind Fielder-Giscombe (Chicago State University), Sarah Hill (Lake Land College), Ann Johnston (Olivet Nazarene University), Ashtin Trimble (Black Hawk College), Lesley Wolfgang (Saint John's College of Nursing)

CARLI Staff Attending: Jenny Taylor, Nicole Ream-Sotomayor, Elizabeth Clarage, Yanira Cruz

Members Absent: Michele Hunt (Northern Illinois University)

Announcements   

CARLI Updates

  • Work for FY27 has started but the State has not released the full-time enrollment numbers, so CARLI may have to use last year's numbers
  • Library Pass Comics Plus contract finalized
  • CARLI is looking into CELUS (SaaS product) and sole source justification
  • Inside Higher Ed is changing models in April, asking for institutional subscriptions
  • CARLI member OER initiative was announced, available to all members
  • New ticketing system for CARLI Support (TDX) will be announced soon and is anticipated to be in place by the end of February
  • The Collection Management Committee is holding a webinar on collection non-traditional materials on Feb. 26
  • New ERMT: Electronic Resources Management Tea sessions have had good attendance and participation; may reevaluate frequency

Discussion

PRODUCT PROPOSALs

  • Schlager Group - The committee decided not to move forward with this vendor

Annual Project

  • Brokering webinar - presented on Feb. 10; will be posted on the website soon once captions are added
  • ConsortiaManager webinar - scheduled for Mar. 10 at 2 p.m. 
  • Committee annual report due May 31. Ann and Chad to work on draft to be shared with the committee

Other business

  • CARLI requesting feedback on e-resources website
    • Usage stats info removed since content is no longer relevant or out of date; Nicole has made it through all the vendors and has added info in CM on how to access usage stats or get SUSHI credentials
    • Some streamlining of the main e-resources page has been done.
    • Rosalind asked how someone would get access to a list of all CARLI-brokered e-resources if they do not have a CM account; it would be helpful to have the full list available to all CARLI users. 
    • There should be mention on the page that things like stats info and VPATs are now in CM
    • The e-resources FAQ needs to be redone for accessibility. The committee agrees that it is still needed and useful, especially for new people.
  • In the next couple of months, the committee needs to revisit the CPC E-Resource Interest Survey. This has gone out the last two summers. Does the committee want to send it out again? Add or clarify questions? Was it useful? Would something else be more useful?

Decisions

  • Minutes of the January 9 meeting were approved
  • Meeting adjourned at 11:57 a.m.

Tasks Assigned

  • None

Meeting Dates

  • Next Meeting: Friday, March 13, 11 a.m. via Zoom
  • Schedule of upcoming meetings:
    • Friday, April 10, 11 a.m. via Zoom
    • Friday, May 8, 11 a.m. via Zoom