Happening This Week
- Interest Group Week runs March 3-7, 2025! It features 31 one-hour discussions and programs over 5 days, all free and open to everyone. View the IG Week schedule and register for the sessions you’d like to attend.
- Core Executive Committee will be held on Monday, March 3 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Core Journal Editors will hold their monthly meeting on Thursday, March 6 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
- The Core Forum 2025 Call for Proposals has been extended! Proposals are now due by Sunday, March 9.
Happening Next Week
- The Core election will open on Monday, March 10, 2025, and will continue through Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Learn about the candidates on the Core Elections page. All Core members in good standing as of January 31, 2025, are eligible to participate and vote in this election. Members will receive an email from ALA with information about how to vote online. The election results will be announced on Monday, April 7, 2025.
- Fundamentals of Digital Library Projects 2025 – Session 2.0 will be held from March 10 – April 18
- Fundamentals of Metadata 2025 – Session 2.0 will be held from March 10 – April 25
- Best of Core Forum: Leading for Creativity; Habits and Practices to Shape the Work Environment webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 11 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Marketing and Social Media Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 11 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Technology Section Leadership Team will meet on Tuesday, March 11 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Awards and Scholarships Coordination Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 12 from 9:00am – 10:00am CT
- Build Your Personal Website With Quarto Series (Part Four): Sharing Your Research webinar will be held on Wednesday, March 12 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Diversity and Inclusion Committee will meet on Wednesday, March 12 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Forum Planning Committee will meet on Friday, March 14 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
- Bylaws and Organization Committee will meet on Friday, March 14 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
Member Opportunities & Announcements
- Award Applications Closing Soon:
- Apply for the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award (deadline: March 3–today!)
- Apply for the PR Xchange Award (deadline: March 15)
- Core will host a Volunteer Fair on Wednesday, March 19 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Central Time. Click here to sign up and receive the Zoom access link.
- The Core Access & Equity Leadership Team is eager to hear from membership about what kind of programming you would be interested in seeing from this section. Fill out this four-question survey to have your say in what kind of programming is offered.
- Have you volunteered with Core, or are you interested in volunteering with Core? Have you experienced barriers to participating with Core? Core is investigating offering grants/scholarships for a limited number of members (via an application process) to participate as volunteers in ALA and Core that otherwise may not be able to participate. We invite you to complete this brief online survey that will help identify the financial and time-based commitments members make as volunteers.
- Nominate a colleague to be featured as Core Member of the Month! Fill out the nomination form and a member of the Marketing and Social Media Committee will be in touch!
- Present a webinar or moderate an e-Forum Discussion for Core! Send your e-forum discussion idea to core-eforum+help@groups.io. Complete the webinar proposal form to submit your webinar idea.
Have a great week!
Mia
