Happening This Week
- Fundamentals of Collection Development and Management 2025 – Session 4.0 will be held August 4 – August 29
- Core Classroom: Your Supported Job Search will be held August 4 – August 29
- Fundamentals of Collection Assessment 2025 – Session 4.0 will be held August 4 – September 12
- Core Executive Committee will meet on Monday, August 4 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Subject Analysis Committee Summer Meeting will be held August 5 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm CT and August 7 from 1:00 – 2:00pm CT
- Organization and Bylaws Committee will meet on Friday, August 8 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
Happening Next Week
- Publications Coordination Committee will meet on Monday, August 11 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
- Core Executive Committee will meet on Monday, August 11 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Technology Section Leadership Team Meeting will be held August 12 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Getting Started with Book Mending (collaboration with ALA Learning) will be held August 14 from 1:30pm – 3:00pm CT
- 2025 Core Forum Planning Meeting will be held August 15 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
Member Opportunities & Announcements
- Registration for Core Forum 2025 is 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.
Hot of the Presses!
- Generative AI and Libraries: Claiming Our Place in the Center of a Shared Future Addressing a topic of great concern with both urgency and clarity, this book offers a compelling vision for libraries to claim their central role as trusted stewards of knowledge and architects of a responsible and equitable AI-driven world.
- The Digital Accessibility Handbook for Libraries Providing concrete guidance on integrating accessibility into all aspects of a library’s digital work, this book will serve as your one-stop guide to accessibility standards, processes, and best practices.
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!
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Todd Ross
(he, him, his)
Membership and Communications Specialist, Core
American Library Association
225 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1300
Chicago, IL 60601
Ph: 312-280-5059
tross@ala.org
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