CARLI News July 31, 2024

CARLI News July 31, 2024

Submitted by mjhuls on Wed, 07/31/2024 - 10:01am

Register for Free People Read Freely: Literacy, Inclusion, and Democracy

University of Illinois System President Tim Killeen proudly invites you to a celebration of scholarship and the role of education in our democracy. The symposium "Free People Read Freely: Literacy, Inclusion, and Democracy" will feature speakers, panels, and more, on topics including book banning, censorship, and the importance of reading and books to fostering public dialogue, inclusion, and engaged citizenship. The symposium will be held August 20-21 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and the I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. There is no charge to attend but registration is required.

An opening keynote conversation will feature authors Clint Smith, author of the narrative nonfiction book, "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America", which was a #1 New York Times bestseller, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, and selected by the New York Times as one of the 10 best books of 2021; and George M. Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of "All Boys Aren’t Blue" and "We Are Not Broken", one of the 2022 TIME100 Next, TIME‘s annual list of rising stars, as well as one of Out’s 100 Most Influential LGBTQ People. Ruby Mendenhall, the Kathryn Lee Baynes Dallenbach Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois, and Urbana Poet Laureate will moderate the conversation. The second day will open with a keynote from writer, activist, and Professor Tony Diaz, who led the 2012 Librotraficante Caravan to smuggle banned books back into Arizona in defiance of the state's ban of Mexican American studies at that time. The symposium will also feature alumni of the Education Justice Project sharing their views about reading freely.

University of Illinois System units the University of Illinois Press and the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois will present the event. 

Attendees may register for only the welcome and opening keynote on August 20, or for the full 2-day symposium. For the detailed agenda or to register visit the event page.

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.

A meeting of the CARLI Governing Directors will precede the Annual Meeting. Directors should also register for this meeting if they are planning to attend. Separate registration is required for each meeting. 

Space is limited. Registration for both meetings closes Monday, October 14.

CARLI staff have obtained a small block of rooms at the reduced rate of $159.00 for guests that would like to stay in Champaign at the I Hotel the night before the meetings. You can call the hotel at 217-819-5000 or make the reservation online with this information.  

  • Group Code: CARLI24
  • PW: &7EPK

The room block expires on September 6, 2024. You must have the Group Code and Password to make a reservation.

CARLI Committee Appointments and Annual Reports

The appointment process for the 2024-2025 CARLI committees is now complete! 

Staff from fifty-five member libraries will serve on CARLI Committees in 2024-2025. As in previous years, we will keep the volunteer list on file for any additional openings that may occur this year. We offer our sincere thanks to all those who volunteered to serve on the CARLI committees. To review the committee charges and rosters, visit the Committee Directory in the Governance section of the CARLI web site. 

We also encourage you to view the committee's annual reports. The reports detail the activities of each committee and give a big picture of their collaborative efforts.

CARLI's committees play a vital role in the ongoing success of the organization, and the service of all our volunteers maintains the tradition of commitment to developing and maintaining quality programs and services that enhance CARLI′s reputation in Illinois and beyond.

The efforts of CARLI committee members provide a critical service to the organization and to all Illinois libraries, and we offer our thanks and deep appreciation for their service.

Denise Green to Retire from CARLI

Denise Green, CARLI Senior Library Services Coordinator, has announced her retirement on November 1, 2024. 

In addition to her years at CARLI, Denise also worked at Millikin University and the University of Illinois Springfield during her career—her contribution to CARLI libraries is significant! Denise has requested that in lieu of a retirement party anyone who would like to recognize her career donate to the CARLI Scholarship Fund.

Since so many of us have worked with Denise throughout her long tenure (she started at CARLI in October 2014!), and appreciate her knowledge and unfailing kindness, CARLI invites you to leave a message on this Kudoboard for Denise before October 21, 2024.

Please join us in wishing the fabulous Denise Green a happy retirement!

CARLI OER Workshops

CARLI is once again offering workshops designed to help librarians and faculty with the creation of Open Educational Resources. While the workshops are part of a series for the awardees of the Illinois Secretary of State/ Illinois State Library OER Grants they are open to all CARLI members with an interest in OER creation. 

Instructional Design Workshops

Introduction to Instructional Design Concepts

Join eLearning Specialist Emily Boles from University of Illinois Springfield as she takes the attendees through an overview of instructional design concepts and how the process can help to ensure student learning.

Instructional Design for Open Educational Resources

Now that you understand the basics of Instructional Design, Emily Boles will take you through the benefits and process of incorporating instructional design techniques into your Open Educational Resources.

H5P Interactive Content for Open Educational Resources

Join eLearning Specialist Emily Boles to learn about creating accessible interactive content pieces with H5P. Though H5P is available in many OER textbook platforms, the workshop will focus on using an openly available tool.

Accessibility Workshops

What is Accessibility and Why is it Important?

CARLI is pleased to offer a course on accessibility with Ann J. Fredricksen, the Coordinator of Accessible Media Service at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Ann will discuss what accessibility is and why it is important for the creation of Open Educational Resources. 

Please join us to learn more!

Incorporating Accessibility into your OER Project

CARLI is pleased to offer another course on accessibility with Ann J. Fredricksen, the Coordinator of Accessible Media Service at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Ann will instruct participants in some of the particulars of creating accessible media, offering tips and tools for designing accessible open educational resources.

Copyright and Creative Commons 

Copyright Basics and CC Licensing

Learn how copyright is formed, licensed, and how to find copyright free or openly licensed images and articles. 

Permissions and Fair Use

If you must use a copyright protected item, learn about how to conduct a fair use analysis and, in the alternative, how to ask for permission to use a copyright protected item in your work. 

Project Director Workshops

Managing OER Projects

This workshop is designed to help Project Directors develop plans, meet deadlines, and manage multiple OER projects. 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in OER

Part I: OER and DEI: Social Justice on Your College Campus (1.5 hours)

How could DEI topics, such as equitable access, raise the quality of assignments, discussions, and group projects in your course? What have you had to do to amend traditionally published material to become relevant to your course? Your students? Your community? In this two-part workshop, we will explore the opportunities to use OER to highlight DEI opportunities in your courseware material, using OEP. This discussion will include OER as a social justice tool, examples of Open Pedagogy and a workshop assignment using evidence-based teaching practices. 

Part II: OER, DEI + Open Pedagogy: How and Where to Begin? (1.5 hours) 

Open pedagogy, also known as open educational practices (OEP), is the use of OER to support learning, or the open sharing of teaching practices with a goal of improving education and training at the institutional, professional, and individual level. OEP positions students as content creators, not just consumers, and guides them to understanding their responsibility as global citizens and contributors to the knowledge commons. 

LibreTexts Workshops

Getting Started with LibreTexts: Conductor and the Libraries

Learn how to set up your account and navigate the site, locate materials, and set up projects.

Using LibreTexts to Remix, Adapt, and Create OER 

Join the CARLI Team as we demonstrate some of the uses of LibreTexts Conductor for project planning and management. This workshop will also cover getting started with remixing, adapting, or creating your OER project. 

Stay tuned for additional LibreTexts workshops.

Developing an Archives: Embracing the Messiness of the Real World

Are you responsible for a storage room full of disorganized materials, or are you uncertain about what archival materials are on your shelves? The prospect of organizing and developing your archive can be daunting. If the process is divided into simple tasks, it becomes much easier to manage. Where does one begin? Join the CARLI Archives Task Force for an Archives & Special Collection workshop on September 18 at 1:00 p.m. for Developing an Archives: Embracing the Messiness of the Real World.

The session will include a panel of three archivists from various institution types who will discuss how to assess and plan for the care and development of your archive. The conversation will apply to all sizes of collections, from a small storage cupboard to the contents of a large storeroom.

Speakers:

  • Rebecca Fitzsimmons, Special Collections Librarian at Illinois State University 
  • Ashley Howdeshell, University Archivist at Northeastern Illinois University
  • Meghan Ryan, Special Collections and Cataloging Librarian at National Louis University
  • Moderator: Elaine Page, Head of Technical Services, University Archivist at Elmhurst University

If you are unable to attend, but would like to view this program, it will be recorded and added to the CARLI Archives and Special Collections Resource Page. 

Registration is now available.

CARLI OER Grants Office Hours

CARLI is pleased to continue to offer Office Hours every Wednesday from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. to answer questions related to both the Illinois SCOERs grant program and the Secretary of State / Illinois State Library OER Grants. 

Registration is not required.

Connection Information:

Welcome to the New I-Share Libraries

Please join us in welcoming five new institutions to I-Share! These institutions are now in the I-Share network and are ready for I-Share resource sharing*.

Patrons from CCC, CLC, CTS, ECC, and PSC can begin borrowing items from other I-Share libraries, either by requesting them through Primo VE, or by visiting other I-Share libraries in person. Also, these libraries will begin filling I-Share requests. Additionally, your patrons can visit these libraries for on-site borrowing; please have your patrons review the library's website for any access details.

With the addition of these libraries, I-Share represents the holdings of 94 CARLI I-Share member institutions across the state of Illinois. The combination of this enormous consortial collection with I-Share's resource sharing services gives I-Share library patrons ready access to a collection that ranks among the world's greatest research libraries.

The complete list of I-Share libraries and a map of their locations is available here.

*Please note that City Colleges of Chicago and Prairie State College will be added to Resource Sharing in August 2024.

Professional Development Alliance Events

The following programs from the Professional Development Alliance are currently on the calendar. Programs are offered on a wide variety of subjects. Check out everything the alliance is making available to our libraries!

  • August 1: AI and the Future of Personal Computing: Implications for Libraries and Beyond
  • August 7: Summer Book Bash: Sunny Stories
  • August 8: Alternative Vocabularies: What to Do When LCSH Isn′t Enough
  • August 14: Summer Book Bash: Can't-Miss Comics
  • August 21: Book Buzz with W.W. Norton, Abrams Books, and Hachette Book Group
  • August 27: Capturing Student Success in Libraries: Hands-On Evaluation with Excel and Tableau
  • August 28: Book Buzz with HarperCollins, Harlequin, and Lee & Low Books
  • September 4: Faculty Library Champions
  • September 10: Library Workplace Morale: The Renewals Colloquium
  • September 13: Excel for Library Projects SERIES: Learn by Doing: Project 1: Budget Projections
  • September 17: Library Outreach Beyond Your Campus
  • September 18: Developing an Archives: Embracing the Messiness of the Real World
  • September 26: Library Services for Prisons: A Panel Discussion

To register, visit the CARLI Event Calendar. Recordings of past CARLI-sponsored PDA events are available on the Professional Development Alliance website when permitted by the presenter. 

Are you interested in presenting on a topic for CARLI members and the Professional Development Alliance? Or would you like to moderate a follow up discussion for an upcoming program? to become more involved in CARLI's continuing education efforts!

Library Workplace Morale: The Renewals Colloquium 
September 10: 10:00-11:30 a.m.

Join CARLI in welcoming Kaetrena Davis Kendrick as we host The Renewals Colloquium focusing on a comprehensive review of her ground-breaking research on library workplace morale. During this 90-minute webinar, attendees will learn about low-morale experience development, factors and systems that show up in various library workplaces and influences that challenge recovery from low morale. A brief review of emerging and established countermeasures will also be shared.

Other Library News

ILA Academic Librarian of the Year

Congratulations to Emily Gilbert, Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor and Information Services & Liaison Librarian at the University of Illinois Chicago Library of the Health Sciences, and the 2024 recipient of the Illinois Library Association's (ILA) Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year Award. The award, presented by the ILA Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) Forum, recognizes an Illinois librarian who is making an outstanding statewide contribution to academic or research librarianship and to library development. 

Check here for a full list of ILA Awards and Scholarships for 2024.

Upcoming CARLI Events and Meetings

Consult the CARLI calendar to view the current list of meeting times and locations.

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