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The June 2022 issue of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) was published on Monday, June 20. The end of June marks a transition in ITAL Editorial Board membership. Thanks to the following Board members who have ably served the journal for the past four years: Steve Bowers, Kevin Ford, Cinthya…Continue Reading
Our Metadata Standards Committee is developing a rubric to help information professionals evaluate metadata schemas in order to select one that would best fit the needs of a given project. A preliminary draft of the Metadata Schema Assessment Framework is ready for public review and feedback. The Committee identified several…Continue Reading
Core and The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2022 Library Interior Design Awards. This biennial competition recognizes excellence in library interior design and promotes examples of extraordinary design reflected through innovative concepts in nine categories. “Libraries are one of the most challenging…Continue Reading
The Metadata & Collections Section election for chair-elect for 2022-23 is open to all members of the M&C Section through Sunday, July 10. Results will be announced on July 11. The Section Chair is elected to a 3-year term that begins in July 2022 and ends at the conclusion of the…Continue Reading
Eight libraries have won a John Cotton Dana (JCD) Award this year in recognition of their strategic communications efforts. The John Cotton Dana Awards provide up to eight grants for libraries that demonstrate outstanding library public relations. The award is managed by Core and EBSCO Information Services and consists of…Continue Reading
Narratives of trauma and marginalization surround us in libraries. In fact, they are embedded in our professional collective memory and the very existence of librarianship. Libraries are often undervalued. Our work as librarians is often invisible and conceptualizing workplace abuse and mistreatment in libraries is at long last realizing its…Continue Reading
Christoforos Sassaris has been selected to receive the 2022 Core Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship ($3,000) sponsored by Baker & Taylor. This scholarship is for master’s level study, with an emphasis on library technology and/or automation, at a library school program accredited by the American Library Association. Criteria for the Scholarship includes previous academic…Continue Reading
We are immensely pleased to be honoring Core award winners at the 2022 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition. There is incredible talent in the library world and it is a privilege to help highlight it. The complete list of Core award ceremonies and presentations is below. We hope to see…Continue Reading
The PR Xchange Committee is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s PR Xchange Awards Competition. This year, we have awarded 20 print winners and 24 electronic winners. Congratulations to those libraries! The PR Xchange Committee is charged with coordinating the annual awards competition, under the direction of the…Continue Reading
Judith P. Cannan has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Margaret Mann Citation, sponsored by OCLC and Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. She is the Chief of the Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs Division at the Library of Congress, and is a respected leader, innovator, mentor, and trailblazer. She has made…Continue Reading
