Preservation Committee Meeting: June 14, 2021

Conference Call / Zoom

Members Attending:

• Melina Avery, University of Chicago
• Mary Burns, Northern Illinois University
• Tonia Grafakos, Northwestern University
• Susan Howell, Southern University Carbondale
• Becky Koch, Illinois State University
• Meghan Ryan, National Louis University, co-chair
• William Schlaack, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, co-chair

Members Absent:

• Rob DeLand, VanderCook College of Music
• Nora Gabor, DePaul University

Staff attending:

• Nicole Swanson
• Elizabeth Clarage

Tasks Assigned

• Minutes taken by Tonia Grafakos.
• Staff liaisons will reach out to Rob to see if he is interested in being co-chair.

Decisions

• May minutes were approved with edits.
• Tonia agreed to be the committee chair.  Co-chair tbd.

Announcements

• CARLI Member Announcements: none
• CARLI Announcements
  • Comfortable Access to Library Buildings by Users and Staff with Disabilities: Going Beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act Minimums will be presented by Fred Schlipf on July 14th.  More information on the program and how to register https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYocu6qqzwtG9b5VXKheI1AiFOjuuNpcxIs
  • CARLI was awarded a 3-year $1.08 million grant from the US Department of Education’s Open Textbooks Pilot Program.
  • Beginning July 1, CARLI will have additional access to online books from Wiley. This increases the amount of material available to member libraries from 4,000 titles to over 23,000 titles.  
  • After July 1, CARLI members will have access to ebooks from the Oxford University Press in the following subject areas; Biology, History, Law, Music, Political Science, Psychology, Religion, Social Work, and Sociology with publication dates 2018-2022.

Discussion

• Annual Project Review: https://www.carli.illinois.edu/products-services/collections-management/preservation-response-covid-19
  • Rob was unable to finalize his interview.
  • Tonia submitted her interview with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum for June publication.
  • Becky has written a draft for the project’s wrap-up.
• Annual Report Review: Committee chairs submitted the Annual Report of Committee Activities.
• Webinar and Future Outreach
  • At this time, all CARLI events are virtual until at least March 2022.
  • A possible event for next year could center around virtual exhibits or best practices for reaching patrons in a virtual environment.  Museum members could provide an interesting perspective on how they shifted to reach patrons in a virtual environment.  What worked?  What didn’t?  Possible institutions to contact include; Chicago History Museum, Field Museum, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
• Volunteers for Checking Preservation Links: No changes suggested.
• CARLI Preservation Committee Members
  • 2021-2022 Chair
    • Tonia volunteered to be chair for the upcoming year & expressed interest in having a co-chair. Staff liaisons will ask Rob if he is interested.
  • 2021-2022 Members:
    • Melina Avery, University of Chicago
    • Sarah Cain, Northern Illinois University
    • Rob DeLand, VanderCook College of Music
    • Teri Embry, Pritzker Military Museum and Library
    • Nora Gabor, DePaul University
    • Tonia Grafakos, Northwestern University
    • Jade Kastel, Western Illinois University
    • Becky Koch, Illinois State University
    • William Schlaack, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Current Members Rotating Off the Committee:
    • Mary Burns, Northern Illinois University
    • Susan Howell, Southern University Carbondale
    • Meghan Ryan, National Louis University

Next Committee Meetings

• A CARLI All Committee Meeting will be held sometime in July.
• First Preservation Committee meeting will be held sometime in August.