CARLI News

State Library Annual Online Library System Certification 

The annual online certification process started January 2, 2019. Certification is required of all library system members (including all CARLI libraries) in order to qualify for continuing system services and grants programs from the Illinois State Library. The window for certification will close March 31, 2019. Certify online

January 30, 2019
By: Michelle Haake

CARLI and ILDS Holiday Information

The CARLI office will be closed from Monday, December 24 through Tuesday, January 1. Regular hours will resume on Wednesday, January 2.  

The following is the list of days that ILDS will not provide service this year:

November 29, 2018
By: Michelle Haake

Thank you to all of the staff at our member libraries who were able to travel to Champaign for the CARLI Annual Meeting on Friday, November 2. 
 
The presentations and pdf files from the meeting, including the CARLI Annual Report, CARLI Counts information and application as well as the I-Share Next Update, and Committee Projects and Task Force Reports, are now linked from the agenda.

November 6, 2018
By: Michelle Haake

CARLI Selects Ex Libris Alma Library Services Platform

Ex Libris Alma has been chosen for our next I-Share platform! Alma will replace Voyager and SFX in 2020 for the 91 institutions that are part of CARLI’s I-Share resource sharing system. We look forward to Alma helping CARLI extend and expand the resource sharing and collaborative programs that our consortium has offered our members for almost 40 years.
 

October 30, 2018
By: Michelle Haake

Please plan to join us on Friday, November 2, 10:00-3:00 pm, at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign for the 2018 CARLI Annual Meeting. The morning meeting will also feature a report from CARLI Senior Director Anne Craig, a presentation from Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe about CARLI Counts, and an I-Share Next Update. In the afternoon CARLI Committees/Task Forces will present their annual projects from FY 2018 with an open discussion of the projects to wrap up our day.
 

October 23, 2018
By: Michelle Haake

It is with great pleasure that we make the following announcement:

Ex Libris Alma has been chosen for our next I-Share platform! Alma will replace Voyager and SFX in 2020 for the 91 institutions that are part of CARLI’s I-Share resource sharing system. We look forward to Alma helping CARLI extend and expand the resource sharing and collaborative programs that our consortium has offered our members for almost 40 years.

October 17, 2018
By: Michelle Haake

Register Now for the CARLI Annual Meeting and Directors′ Meeting

Registration is open for the 2018 CARLI Annual Meeting to be held Friday, November 2 at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign. Staff at any CARLI member library are invited to attend.

Space is limited. Register by Thursday, October 25.

October 11, 2018
By: Michelle Haake

Registration is open for the 2018 CARLI Annual Meeting to be held Friday, November 2 at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign. Staff at any CARLI member library are invited to attend.

Space is limited. Register by Thursday, October 25 if you would like to attend.

September 17, 2018
By: Michelle Haake

CARLI Receives Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program Grant

We are pleased to announce CARLI′s selection as a recipient of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program grant, in the amount of $243,885. "CARLI Counts: Analytics and Advocacy for Service Development," is a three-year project beginning October 1, 2018. This proposal is one of only 14 funded during this cycle.

August 29, 2018
By: Michelle Haake

William Alan Schlaack, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Located on a sprawling 28 acre campus in Champaign, Illinois the Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) serves as one of the premier firefighter training, education, and research centers in the world. Thanks to a strong affiliation with the University of Illinois the 21,000 square foot Learning Resource and Research Center is home to many workshops, research projects, and even the state’s only dedicated fire service library open to the public. On Wednesday, June 16, 2018 IFSI, in partnership with CARLI, graciously hosted the Burn Simulation and Recovery Workshop. Twenty-eight librarians from across the state were in attendance.

Fire Investigation and Fire Prevention Training Program Manager at IFSI, Chief John High spoke at length regarding working with fire professionals. This discussion transitioned into classroom-based fire extinguisher training assisted by Tim Romine, IFSI Associate Field Instructor, followed by a hands-on fire extinguisher training for attendees. IFSI instructors prepared a burn simulation of donated library materials in their on-site training building. The salvage and recovery portions of the workshop were led primarily by Jennifer Hain Teper, Head of Preservation Services for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), with assistance from Quinn Ferris, Senior Specialist Collection Conservator for UIUC.

August 27, 2018
By: Elizabeth Clarage

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