June 17, 2020
UPDATE: I-Share Alma Production/Cutover Load Bibliographic Data Review that was scheduled to begin on June 17 has been delayed.
Ex Libris has notified CARLI that they will have most I-Share libraries’ Alma Institution Zones ready for data review beginning tomorrow morning, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Please continue to stay out of Alma and Primo VE until you hear from us that you may begin data review. We will send out an email update on Thursday morning with more details.
June 16, 2020
I-Share Alma Production/Cutover Load Bibliographic Data Review that was scheduled to begin on June 17 has been delayed.
Our Alma environments are not yet ready for your review or use. I-Share Libraries: Please do not attempt to login to Alma or Primo VE until CARLI announces that the system is ready. Attempts to login while the Alma data are being loaded can slow down the processing of our data.
ILDS service continues to be suspended until further notice. We are working closely with RAILS and IHLS to coordinate a smooth restart of the delivery service. Make sure to watch your email and check the ILDS information page to keep up on the latest.
The election and appointment process for new members of the CARLI Board of Directors is now complete.
Directors elected to 3-year terms are: Matthew Ostercamp (North Park University), Jacob Jeremiah (Oakton Community College), and Taran Ley (Southern Illinois University School of Medicine).
Directors appointed to one-year terms are: Fred Barnhart (Northern Illinois University), Sharon Silverman (City Colleges of Chicago), and Scott Walter (Illinois Wesleyan University).
All newly elected and appointed terms will begin July 1, 2020.
RESOLVED May 11, 2020 - 4:00pm - Local holdings are once again displaying in Primo VE. CARLI has received word from Ex Libris that the May 10 software release reverted the setting that they fixed last week. Ex Libris has noted this important setting for the June release and will make sure to check it.
UPDATE May 11, 2020 - 11:00am - CARLI has received and confirmed reports from I-Share institutions that local holdings are once again not displaying in Primo VE. We have reopened the high priority case with Ex Libris.
At its December 2019 meeting, the CARLI Board of Directors discussed the issue that some members′ organizations are not filling the library director position when the incumbent leaves, for example, retires or resigns. The college or university simply "assigns" the library to a campus administrator, like a vice president or assistant provost, who may have many other responsibilities. Sometimes a mid-level library staff member is named as "in charge" without title or compensation change.
Voting is now open for seats on the CARLI Board of Directors. Each of the CARLI constituencies—Community Colleges; Private Colleges and Universities; and Public Universities—will elect one new Board member for a three-year term (July 1, 2020–June 30, 2023).
I bring you warm greetings from all of us at CARLI; I hope you, your families, and all staff at your libraries are well. What very strange days we have all experienced! As a parent of a college student, I appreciate how challenging our current reality can be for everyone involved in supporting higher education.
As with all our member libraries, CARLI is monitoring developments related to the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. This is a rapidly evolving situation. Information on this page will be updated as it becomes available.
On March 24, CARLI communicated with Tim Collins, Founder/CEO of EBSCO Information Services, and Bar Veinstein, President of Ex Libris Group to express our concern over the lack of seamless data sharing between CARLI’s two largest supported services, Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE and EBSCO Academic Search Complete.
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