Email Lists

To subscribe to any of the CARLI email lists included below, follow the link and provide information requested on the web form. After you have submitted your form, you will be sent an email requesting confirmation in order to complete the subscription process. This confirmation prevents others from gratuitously subscribing you to any CARLI email lists. Subscription to these email lists are open to staff at CARLI member institutions. There is no limit to the number of people from any one institution that may subscribe.

Announce

General CARLI announcements. Subscribers to this email list will receive announcements and critical updates from CARLI but may not post to the list.

I-Share Announcement

General I-Share announcements. Subscribers to this email list will receive announcements and critical updates from CARLI but may not post to the list.

Archives & Special Collections Interest Group

The Archives and Special Collections Interest Group list provides a forum for those institutions with Special Collections, Archives and Rare Book collections in Illinois to discuss topics that affect their daily work, such as technology, legal issues, preservation, etc., and includes information sharing on best practices, collection development and training opportunities. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.

Assessment Interest Group

The Assessment Interest Group (assessment-ig) email list is for people interested in sharing information about assessment and evaluation topics in libraries. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.

CARLI Digital Collections Interest Group

The Digital Collections Interest Group (CARLIdc-ig) email list is for people interested in sharing information about digital collections topics, or the CARLI Digital Collections and who would like to ask questions or strategies with their CARLI colleagues. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.

CARLI Collections & Content Group (CCG)

The CARLI Collections and Content Group (ccg) email list provides a forum for communication among collection development librarians, subject bibliographers, library administrators and others interested in matters relating to collections, collection development, and collection management within CARLI. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.

CARLI Open Educational Resources

The CARLI-OER email list is for any CARLI members interested in discussing and learning more about Open Educational Resources. This email list is for those from CARLI member institutions only.

Digital Humanities & Digital Scholarship Interest Group

The Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship interest group provides a forum for coordinating and communicating the events and workshops, and for discussion. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.

E-Resource Contacts

The E-Resources Contacts email list is used to share information about CARLI e-resources including the annual interest surveys, the opening of the selection system or other announcements regarding CARLI e-resources. It is also an open community dedicated to sharing information and questions about e-resources. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list. Subscriptions to this email list are limited to staff at CARLI member libraries.

ILDS

This list is CARLI’s primary means for sending ILDS service announcements and other critical information to ILDS sites. CARLI requires that at least one person from each participating ILDS library is subscribed to this list at all times to serve as the primary contact for all operational information. The ILDS site contacts provided by each library are subscribed automatically to the ILDS list to ensure that they (and thereby their libraries) receive all CARLI announcements.

Subscribers to this email list will receive announcements and critical updates from CARLI but may not post to the list.

ILDS Interest Group

The ILDS-ig list provides an open forum for ILDS users to discuss the system, and facilitates conversations among the libraries that participate in ILDS. Library staff are encouraged to share best practice tips on processing materials for delivery, to ask questions of their ILDS colleagues, and to assist in the effort to redistribute delivery bags when and where they are needed.

Participation in ILDS-ig email list is completely voluntary and all library staff is welcome to join. Anyone subscribed to the ILDS-ig list may post to the list.

Instruction Interest Group

The Instruction Interest Group email list is for people interested in sharing information about library instruction. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.

Metadata Interest Group

Subscription is open to anyone interested in Metadata who would like to ask questions, to share information or strategies with their CARLI colleagues. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.

Primo VE Interest Group

The purpose of this list is for CARLI institutions to share information, ideas, and strategies for customizing Primo VE.  We encourage members of this list to use it as a resource to confer with your peers in other libraries to ask questions and share code.  CARLI staff may also use this list to disseminate information about Primo VE in our I-Share consortial environment.

Public Services Interest Group

The CARLI Public Services Interest Group (PubServ-ig) list is a forum for academic librarians in Illinois focusing on issues related to all aspects of public service operations. More specifically, its goal is to support public services through the collaborative exploration of relevant topics, trends and challenges, as well as through the development and coordination of activities beneficial to the CARLI community. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list

Reports Interest Group

Subscription is open to staff at I-Share libraries who are interested in sharing information or asking questions about using reports in the I-Share environment. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.

Resource Sharing Interest Group

Subscription is open to anyone interested in Resource Sharing who would like to ask questions, to share information or strategies with their CARLI colleagues. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.

Serials & Acquisitions Interest Group

Subscription is open to anyone interested in Serials & Acquisitions who would like to ask questions, to share information or strategies with their CARLI colleagues. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.

Small Libraries Interest Group

Subscription is open to anyone interested in issues specific to small academic libraries who would like to ask questions, to share information or strategies with their CARLI colleagues. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.

Systems Librarians

The CARLI Systems Librarians list is for any CARLI member library staff who oversees and maintains a library's computers and software. Job duties may include updating library databases, ensuring library software and hardware are working correctly, installation of new computers or update programs, and collaborating with IT professionals to develop applications that improve library services for patrons.

Technical Services Interest Group

Subscription is open to anyone interested in Technical Services who would like to ask questions, to share information or strategies with their CARLI colleagues. Anyone subscribed to this list may post to the list.