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Program proposals for the 2024 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition are now being accepted! The 2024 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition takes place in San Diego, California, June 27-July 2, 2024. The conference explores issues impacting libraries and their communities, with a packed five-day agenda that includes more than 200…Continue Reading
Join us on Saturday, June 24, 2023, at 4 p.m. CT during ALA Annual in Chicago, IL, for the Core President’s Program featuring award-winning journalist Angela Saini. Saini is known globally for her work on race and gender. She has presented science programmes on BBC radio and television, and her writing…Continue Reading
Core will host the full-day tour “Core Chicago Area Public Library Tours” on Friday, June 23, 2023, during the 2023 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, IL. Come tour three unique public libraries in the Chicago area, Chicago Public Library’s Chinatown and Independence branches in the city and Skokie…Continue Reading
Core will host the full-day preconference “Merchandise Mart Furniture Showrooms and Factory Tour” on Friday, June 23, 2023, during the 2023 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, IL. Join this preconference for a day visiting four national showrooms that offer a wide variety of furniture appropriate for library facilities.…Continue Reading
We are happy to announce that Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is the 2023 Honorary Chair of Preservation Week, April 30 – May 6. She is the C. S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine and founding director of the Pediatric Public Health Initiative,…Continue Reading
On Friday, June 23, 2023, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures will present the full-day preconference “Assembling Your Consultant Tool Kit: What You Need to Know to Become a Successful Consultant” during the 2023 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, IL. This pre-conference explores building a successful library consulting business. Topics…Continue Reading
Core needs knowledgeable librarians from all kinds of libraries to teach additional sections of our popular online courses. Core offers ten continuing education courses over the web and is in the process of developing more. The Core Web Course Instructor Application has a list of these courses and more details…Continue Reading
On Friday, June 23, 2023, we will present the full-day preconference “A Joint Workshop with NARDAC and PCC SCT RDA Training Task Group: Unlocking the Power of RDA” during the 2023 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Chicago, IL. This workshop will give a preview of Program for Cooperative Cataloging…Continue Reading
Presentation proposals are now being accepted for Core Forum 2023, to be held October 19-21, in New Orleans, Louisiana, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Core Forum is an opportunity to reconnect with fellow colleagues and make new connections while celebrating the interconnected library work that Core members share. It…Continue Reading
The period to submit nominations to serve as a Core representative to IFLA has been extended to Friday, November 11. Please consider applying as there are still several open positions that have yet to receive an applicant. The ALA International Relations Committee is requesting nominations from Core to serve as…Continue Reading
