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CARLI News

​From The Encounter Student Newspaper (University of St. Francis) in CARLI Digital Collections.

Thirty years ago, the University of St. Francis students wrote about some Valentine's Day traditions around the world. The one I found the most interesting was this one: "In some areas in Italy, people hold a Valentine's Day feast on February 14. In Sicily, some young unmarried women get up before sunrise on Valentine's Day. They stand by their, windows, sometimes for hours, watching for a man to pass the house. Each girl believes that the first man she sees, or someone who looks like him, will become her bridegroom within the year." Can you imagine that?

February 11, 2014
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During the Fall 2013 semester, the CARLI Instruction Committee hosted a three-part webinar series on assessment. All three recorded webinars are now available for you to watch, at your convenience.

Knowing is Half the Battle! Assessment in Academic Libraries
Recorded November 4, 2013. Presented by Devin Savage, Jeannette Moss, & Chris Davidson from Northwestern.

Using Rubrics to Assess Student Learning
Recorded on November 18, 2013. Presented by Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, UIUC.

February 5, 2014
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Read the CARLI News for the latest information on CARLI events, new and ongoing projects, product and service updates and upcoming deadlines. Issues are sent to all subscribers of the “Announce” listserv. 

January 31, 2014
By: Margaret Chambers

CARLI is beginning the first phase of the lengthy formal process of selecting and implementing the system that will ultimately replace Voyager as the software platform for I-Share. We do not plan to rename I-Share, but for clarity while we are still running Voyager and planning for its replacement, we will be using the phrase “I-Share Next” to refer to our future system.

January 30, 2014
By: Margaret Chambers

From: Chicago State University Library

School Days in the Fifties; a true story with some untrue names of persons and places. (1906)

School Days in the Fifties is an account of the author's childhood in school in the 1850s, as well as his thoughts on the effectiveness of his teachers' methods and behaviors.

 

 

 

 

January 29, 2014
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Registration is now open for each webinar in a series of four presentations on digital preservation issues.

January 24, 2014
By: Margaret Chambers

As of 10:00 pm on Tuesday, January 21, the SSL Certificate has been renewed and users should no longer see an "expired certificate" warning when accessing online catalogs.

January 21, 2014
By: Jen Masciadrelli

Changes to CARLI Membership Criteria and Benefits

This fall, as part of CARLI's ongoing efforts to gather information about member libraries, the CARLI Board and staff visited twelve CARLI Governing and Affiliate member libraries. Informed by these visits and previous Board discussions, the Board of Directors approved several changes to CARLI membership criteria and benefits at their December meeting. Beginning July 1, 2014, CARLI Governing member institutions must be Not-for-Profit, and the institution must be incorporated in Illinois.    

December 19, 2013
By: Margaret Chambers

From Historic Maps, 1540-1942 (Lewis University) in CARLI Digital Collections.

This is a guide map for the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 (AKA the World’s Columbian Exposition). I decided to search across the CARLI digital collections and see what I could find on it. A sampling follows.
 
 

December 10, 2013
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Here is a selection of videos designed to teach library staff or users how to care for materials.  While many of the pointers are the same, the ways in which the information is presented varies widely.

Written by David Bell, Eastern Illinois University, CARLI Preservation Committee member

December 5, 2013
By: Nicole Swanson

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