Happening This Week
- Member Engagement Coordination Committee met on Monday, February 3 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
- Core Executive Committee met on Monday, February 3 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- John Cotton Dana Award webinar: Elevate Your Library’s Impact: How to Become an Award-Winning Marketing Team was held on Monday, February 3 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm CT. The recorded presentation will be posted on the John Cotton Dana Award page. The 2025 call for submissions is now open until March 3, 2025.
- 4-Part Library Facility Master Planning Series (Part Four): Inheriting & Implementing a Library Facility Master Plan by Others; Challenges, Strategies & Best Practices webinar will be held on Wednesday, February 5 from 1:00pm – 2:15pm CT
- Preservation Section All Committee Meeting will be held on Thursday, February 6 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
- Spring 2025 Circulation and Access Services Committee Community of Practice will be held on Thursday, February 6 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT. This Community of Practice will provide a space for participants to discuss best access services practices and innovation happening at their library. Attendees will define the topics for discussion by submitting a question or a topic of interest in advance or during the discussion. Registration is required.
- Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) Midwinter Meeting 2025 Part 1 will be held on Thursday, February 6 from 12:00pm – 3:00pm CT
- Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) Midwinter Meeting 2025 Part 2 will be held on Friday, February 7 from 12:00pm – 3:00pm CT
Happening Next Week
- Fundamentals of Preservation 2025 – Session 1.0 will be held February 10 – March 7
- Fundamentals of Institutional Repositories 2025 – Session 1.0 will be held February 10 – March 21
- Interest Group Coordination Committee will meet on Monday, February 10 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
- Core Executive Committee will meet on Monday, February 10 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- AvramCamp Planning Committee will meet on Monday, February 10 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm CT
- Fifth Year Steering Committee will meet on Monday, February 10 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm CT
- Technology Section Leadership Team will meet on Tuesday, February 11 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- 4-Part Quarto Webinar Series (Part 1): Build Your Personal Website With Quarto: An Introduction to GitHub Pages, Markdown, and R Studio will be held on Wednesday, February 12 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Leadership Development & Mentoring Committee Critical Conversations Series – Critical Library Leadership: Managing Self and Others in Today’s Academic Library will be held on Thursday, February 13 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
- Core Board of Directors will meet on Thursday, February 13 from 1:00pm – 3:00pm CT
- Buildings and Operations Section’s Planning and Design Committee will meet on Friday, February 14 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
- Forum Planning Committee will meet on Friday, February 14 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
- Bylaws and Organization Committee will meet on Friday, February 14 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
- Marketing and Social Media Committee will meet on Friday, February 14 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
Member Opportunities & Announcements
- The Core Forum 2025 Call for Proposals is now open! Submit your program proposal by Sunday, March 2.
- Core is now accepting applications for the Online Course Scholarship for Library Professionals from Developing Countries to participate in our online Fundamentals courses held between February 24, 2025, and August 7, 2025. The application deadline is Sunday, February 16.
- Would you like to be featured as Core Member of the Month? Nominate a colleague? Please fill out the form and a member of the Marketing and Social Media Committee will be in touch!
- Core is currently seeking webinar and e-forum proposals. If you are interested in submitting an e-forum topic, please write to core-eforum+help@groups.io. If you are interested in submitting a webinar proposal, please review the webinar submission form.
- Core is looking for knowledgeable people from all kinds of libraries to teach additional sections of our Acquisitions, Collection Development and Management, Digital Library Projects, Institutional Repositories, and Management Fundamentals of web courses. Apply using the Online Course Instructor Application.
Have a great week!
Mia
