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The May 2022 e-Forum touched on a wide range of topics. Librarians noted that quality one-shots can be tricky given the need to cover essential material, engage students, answer questions, and assess learning in one class period. Ideally, lessons are fun and link directly to assignments or student-requested examples. Options…Continue Reading
The Core SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies (SSFV) is proud to announce the publication of a new resource entitled Retrospective Implementation of Library of Congress Faceted Vocabularies: Best Practices for Librarians and Programmers. This first published version incorporates feedback received during the public review period earlier this year. SSFV is grateful…Continue Reading
The Core Board is soliciting nominations for the office of Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of the Metadata and Collections Section. The Metadata and Collections Section addresses and improves all aspects of acquisitions, cataloging, collections, continuing resources, metadata, preservation, reformatting, and technical services in all types of libraries. Examples of the section’s work include,…Continue Reading
The ALA Store is having a spring sale, which means you can save on a variety of Core products. Through Sunday, May 8, you can save 15% off our “Libraries Are Radical” apparel, including new styles of t-shirts (just in time for summer!). Select ALA books are also 50% off…Continue Reading
Are you a current or prospective member of Core’s Technology Section? If so, come to the Core Technology Section Virtual Spring Event on Friday, May 6, 2022, from 1-2 p.m. CDT. Through large and small group breakout rooms, meet the section’s Leadership Team, discover how to get involved in committees,…Continue Reading
We’re pleased to announce the publication of two new resources to help librarians and library workers better understand federated authentication, which lets library users access remote sites by logging in to a campus sign-on service. Federated Authentication Acronyms and Terminology is a guide to the specialized language of federated authentication…Continue Reading
Our 2022 Interest Group Week event was a huge success! Thank you to all the chairs, moderators, speakers, and participants who made the presentations and discussions so valuable and practical. We had 2,761 people register 7,931 times for the 25 sessions. Of those 7,931 registrations, 61% of the registrants attended…Continue Reading
Last month we asked Core members if they had any questions for the candidates for ALA President, and one person requested we ask the following: “What is the role of cataloging and metadata in library and internet futurism? I started my career in tech services and now I’m an administrator,…Continue Reading
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The recording of our popular Continuing Resources Cataloging Committee (CRCC) Forum is now available. This event offered a venue for catalogers and serialists to gather and share ideas and updates within the continuing resources community. Speakers Regina Reynolds, Director, U.S. ISSN Center at the Library of Congress; Paul Frank &…Continue Reading
This year’s IG Week will take place March 7-11, offering 25 discussions and programs over 5 days, all free and open to everyone. Each session lasts one hour, and the recordings will be available the following week.
