Happening This Week
- Interest Group Coordination Committee met on Monday, February 10 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
- Core Executive Committee met 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
Happening Next Week
- ALA offices will be closed on Monday, February 17, in observance of Presidents’ Day.
- Best of Core Forum: Library Collections Alignment with Research webinar will be held on Tuesday, February 18 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- New Core Leaders Monthly Meeting (Core Section Leaders, Committee Chairs, Board Members and Core Staff) will be held on Tuesday, February 18 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm CT. Registration is required.
- Leadership Development and Mentoring Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 18 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm CT
- 4-Part Quarto Webinar Series (Part 1): Build Your Personal Website With Quarto: Getting Started webinar will be held on Wednesday, February 19 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Core Division Level Chairs will meet on Thursday, February 20 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Buildings and Operations Section’s Buildings for College and University Libraries (BCUL) Committee Monthly Meeting will be held on Friday, February 21 from 10:00am – 11:00am CT
- Preservation Section’s Preservation Outreach Committee will meet on Friday, February 21 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
Member Opportunities and Announcements
- Core will host a Core Candidates Town Hall on February 27 from 2:00pm -3:00pm CT. Sign up to attend at the registration page.
- 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
