Events

Elgin Community College
E Building 
1700 Spartan Drive
Elgin, IL 60123-7193
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Please join the Technical Services Committee for an in-person forum held at Elgin Community College.  
9:30-10:00    Registration
10:00-10:15    Welcome and Logistics
10:15-10:35    Beyond the Barcode: Our Approach to a Complete Library Inventory Elizabeth Outler – DePaul University

The Vincent J. Rinn Law Library at DePaul University holds approximately 215,000 volumes. However, after a number of disruptions in 2020-2023 caused by (1) the pandemic, (2) migrating to Alma, (3) a major shifting, weeding, and collection relocation project to create more study spaces, and (4) multiple significant retirements, we started to question whether the volume and title counts that we were reporting were completely accurate. Given the upheaval of recent years and forecasting that the next five to ten years would continue to present significant changes in budget, space, and staffing, we decided the time was ripe for conducting an inventory and working to make sure the catalog contains as clear and correct a description of our collection as possible. We also learned that CARLI provides customized, hosted access to an interactive inventory tool that allows scanning items on the shelf and using the Alma API to make read-only calls to our catalog. Knowing that this tool was available, we began testing it and designing workflows that we hoped would enable us to launch a full inventory project and complete it within one year. We are now four months in, and we'd be glad to describe our process and lessons learned so far, for anyone who is thinking about embarking on an inventory project.

10:35-11:00    Serials Holdings for the Perplexed
Jill Walker – Northern Illinois University
Rebekkah LaRue – Dominican University

Are you unsure of the ins and outs of creating holdings for serials? Do you feel lost when you add or edit holdings for serials? Is your method looking at existing holdings for guidance? Then this session is for you! We will demystify the process of creating serials holdings in accordance with ANSI/NISO Z39.71 so you can have new confidence when creating or editing your institution’s holdings. We will cover:•An overview of the different holdings levels allowed under ANSI/NISO Z39.71•How to create Level 3 and Level 4 holdings with 866 summary statements (fields 883-855 and 863-865 will not be covered)•Provide many practice examples and practice exercises, time permitting

11:00-11:15    Break
11:15-12:15    Three Times the Audits: Performing Collection Audits in Multiple Ways 
Bryan Clark – Illinois Central College

In 2025, Illinois Central College performed an audit on various aspects of their collection.  First, to see what the ICC library had compared to other institutions, a subject audit was performed in Choreo Insights to determine how the collection compared to their peer institutions.  Second, looking at a specific LC range, librarians performed an author audit to determine if the area in question had a full range of voices.  Third, looking at the same LC range, librarians performed a classification audit.  They discussed whether items needed to be moved to different classification areas based on the main themes of the books.  Come see what we did and what we learned in order to move forward with your own audits.

12:15-1:00    Lunch – Provided by CARLI

1:00-1:45    Breakout Sessions

• Tour the Elgin Community College Library
• OCLC-Alma Data Workflows Discussion
• Book First Aid: Processing and Repair Library Books
• Serials Holdings Presentation - Continuing the Conversation

2:00-2:15    Break

2:15-3:00    Breakout Sessions Repeated
    

The CARLI Discovery Primo VE Committee meets monthly via Zoom. Contact the committee chair or CARLI staff with any questions.

This one-hour session is a follow-up to our recent webinar on improving the accessibility of Alma letters. It will be an informal, hands-on work session rather than a presentation.

CARLI will walk through a few common letter scenarios, and attendees are encouraged to bring their own questions or letters to work on as well. The goal is to spend the time working on real examples together and talking through any issues that come up.

You don't need to have attended the original webinar to join, though it may be helpful. A recording is available: Alma Letters, Upgraded: Session recording (video)

This session will not be recorded. 

Join the CARLI Discovery Primo Committee at this event to learn and share information and ask questions about the Primo VE Next Discovery Experience (NDE) UI.

Audience: CARLI members interested in the upcoming changes to the Primo discovery interface.

How to attend: An email with the Zoom connection information was sent to the CARLI I-Share Liaison list, the CARLI Primo Interest Group list, and the CARLI - Primo VE NDE UI Implementation Basecamp message board. If you are not a subscribed to these lists and would like to attend, please contact CARLI Support to request the Zoom connection information.

Note: This session will not be recorded to encourage open discussion and dialogue. A meeting summary will be posted to the CARLI - Primo VE NDE UI Implementation Basecamp message board.

Agenda

Part 1

• A review of any important CARLI - Primo VE NDE UI Implementation Basecamp posts and Clarivate NDE updates
• Discussion topic: Talking to other library staff about NDE

Part 2

• Open Discussion and Q & A 
  • Bring your questions about the NDE UI
  • Share your library's experience so far with the NDE UI