Happening This Week
- The Core Executive Committee will meet Monday, August 18 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Best of Core Forum: Calling it Quits: How to Evaluate Library Services and Decide What to Stop Doing will be held Wednesday, August 20 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
- Committee on Cataloging: Asian & African Materials Committee will meet Wednesday, August 20 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
- Project Management Interest Group Presentations will be held Wednesday, August 20 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT
- Core Diversity and Inclusion Committee will meet Wednesday, August 20 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Core Interest Group Coordination Committee will meet Wednesday, August 20 from 3:00pm – 4:00pm CT
- Core LIFE Committee will meet Thursday, August 21 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
- Buildings for College and University Libraries Committee (BCUL) will meet Friday, August 22 from 10:00am – 11:00am CT.
Happening Next Week
- Fundamentals of Cataloging (FOC) 5.1 will be held Monday, August 25 – Friday, October 3
- Continuing Education Coordination Committee will meet Monday, August 25 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CT
- Core Executive Committee will meet Monday, August 25 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Core Technology Section Leadership Team will meet Tuesday, August 26 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- Core Digital Preservation Interest Group will meet Tuesday, August 26 from 12:00pm – 1:00pm CT and discuss Portico v LOCKKS: A Discussion on a Digital Preservation Strategy
- Best of Core Forum Webinar: Transforming Libraries with AI: Enhancing Access, Efficiency, and Community Engagement will be held Wednesday, August 27 from 1:00pm – 2:00pm CT
- ALA August Special Counsel meeting – waiting for verbiage from Julie
- Core Forum Planning Committee will meet Friday, August 29 from 11:00am – 12:00pm CTrsday, August 21 from 2:00pm – 3:00pm CT
Member Opportunities & Announcements
- Attend the Core 5 Year Anniversary FREE Presentation on Wednesday, September 10 from 1:00pm – 2:30pm CT. We will discuss the recently published book Generative AI and Libraries: Claiming Our Place in the Center of a Shared Future with authors Michael Haneg and Chris Rosser. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.
- 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
- The ALA 2026 Annual Conference Call for Program and Poster Proposals is open through September 22, 2025!
- 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.
- 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.
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