Commercial Products Committee Meeting: May 14, 2024

CONFERENCE CALL

Members Attending: Chad Buckley (Illinois State University), Michele Hunt (Northern Illinois University), Sarah Johnson (Eastern Illinois University), Ann Johnston (Olivet Nazarene University), Marie Martino (Moraine Valley Community College), Thane Montaner (Prairie State College), Ashtin Trimble (Black Hawk College)

CARLI Staff Attending: Jenny Taylor, Nicole Ream-Sotomayor, Denise Green, Marisa Tolbert

Members Absent: Jessica Harris (University of Chicago), Scott Thomson (Rush University)

Announcements   

CARLI Updates

• Jenny and Nicole provided an update on the FY25 Selection Cycle, which closed on May 10.
• A contract has been signed with Consortia Manager for fall 2024 and will be used for future selection cycles.
• A state database package was put out for bid by the State Library. EBSCO was slated to receive the contract after a 7-day waiting period, which has now passed. An announcement is forthcoming.
  • CARLI staff anticipate that there will be some overlap with the CARLI EBSCO package, but we have to wait until an announcement is made
  • RAILS has a page with updates: https://railslibraries.org/eresource-access/e-resource-program
• Elizabeth is continuing to work out details of the CARLI e-book program for FY25
• Upcoming CARLI events of interest:
  • May 16 - EBSCOhost new interface demo
  • June 18 - CARLI Instruction Committee Annual Showcase
  • May 23 - CARLI Tech Services Q&A focusing on acquisitions tasks

Discussion

PRODUCT PROPOSALS

• World Archives: after initial review in April, the committee had no additional feedback on this proposal. The committee recommended not pursuing a license at this time.

Annual Project

• After CARLI staff meeting that included review of WebTools and Qualtrics, there was general agreement that WebTools was a simpler interface and the preferred product.
• The committee discussed the best time to send out the survey and decided on July 15-August 30.
• The survey will be distributed to the e-resources contact list

Committee Annual Report

• The committee reviewed the report drafted by Nicole. Nicole will attach a copy of the draft survey. The committee agreed to accept the draft report pending review for minor editorial changes.

Decisions

• Minutes from the April 9 meeting were approved.
• CARLI staff will send out the survey and keep it open for responses from July 15-August 30.
• Annual report draft was accepted.
• Meeting was adjourned at 1:40 p.m.

Tasks Assigned

• Nicole will append survey draft to annual report and distribute to committee for final review

Meeting Dates

• Next Meeting: June 11, 1 p.m. via Zoom
• Schedule of upcoming meetings:
  • TBD