Happening This Week
- The Core election is now open for voting 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.
- 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
- Core Executive Committee met on Monday, March 10 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
Happening Next Week
- Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management 2025 – Session 2.0 will be held from March 17 – April 11
- Fundamentals of Acquisitions 2025 – Session 2.0 will be held from March 17 – April 25
- Core Executive Committee will meet on Monday, March 17 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Web Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 18 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
- Core Leaders Monthly Meeting (Core Section Leaders, Committee Chairs, Board Members and Core Staff) will be held on Tuesday, March 18 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm CT. Registration is required.
- Best of Core Forum: Cut Through the Noise; Strategic Promotion webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 18 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Leadership Development and Mentoring Committee will meet on Tuesday, March 18 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm CT
- Core will host a Volunteer Fair on Wednesday, March 19 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Central Time. Click here to sign up and receive the Zoom access link.
- Artificial Intelligence and Libraries: Leading the Technological Shift webinar will be held on Wednesday, March 19 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Leadership Development & Mentoring Committee Critical Conversations Series: Co-creating Team Expectations to Build Trust and Rapport: Approaches for New Managers will be held on Thursday, March 20 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
- Access and Equity Leadership Team will meet on Thursday, March 20 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
- Buildings and Operations Section’s Buildings for College and University Libraries (BCUL) Committee Monthly Meeting will be held on Friday, March 21 from 10:00am – 11:00am CT
- Preservation Section’s Preservation Outreach Committee will meet on Friday, March 21 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
Member Opportunities & Announcements
- The deadline to apply for the PR Xchange Award is March 15. Apply now!
- 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
