Happening This Week
- ALA Annual Conference concludes on Monday, June 30. Staff will be traveling home, and some will take collapse and vacation time off this week. Write to core@ala.org if you need assistance this week.
- ALA offices will be closed on Friday, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.
Happening Next Week
- Fundamentals of Cataloging 2025 – Session 4.1 will be held July 7 – August 15
- Core Executive Committee will meet on Monday, July 7 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Best of Core Forum: Transforming Libraries with AI; Enhancing Access, Efficiency, and Community Engagement will be held on Wednesday, July 9 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
Member Opportunities & Announcements
- Registration for Core Forum 2025 is now open! Join your colleagues November 12-14 in Denver, CO, at the Hilton Denver City Center! Reconnect with friends and make new connections while celebrating the intersection and overlap of the core work we do. Learn more about Forum and register for the main event and its preconferences at www.coreforum.org
- Core is offering several Fundamentals Web Courses throughout summer and fall! This series of related online courses covers basic topics that enhance skills in various areas of library work.
- Core publishes its three journals–Information Technology and Libraries, Library Leadership & Management, and Library Resources & Technical Services–open access without charging authors fees. We invite your library to join Core in sustaining the continued excellence and availability of these journals. Now you can show your support by selecting the collection [American Library Association] ALA/Core Division Open Access Journals in EBSCONET and Fokus (Harrassowitz) and pledging $300 per year.
To have your committee meeting, Core event, or Core member opportunity listed in a future issue of This Week in Core (TWIC), contact the Core Office at core@ala.org a few weeks ahead of time and title your message “TWIC Post Request.”
Have a great week!
Mia
