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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
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
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
Core is pleased to announce that Karleen Delaurier-Lyle has been selected as a Core Emerging Leader (EL). Delaurier-Lyle serves as the Information Services Librarian at The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus where she focuses on indigenous librarianship, library instruction, reference services, and critical indigenous literacy. Delaurier-Lyle says, “I am so excited…Continue Reading
Core is pleased to announce that Rachel Wells has been chosen as a Core Emerging Leader (EL). Wells works as the Reference Librarian at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York where she is responsible for answering reference questions related to all facets of baseball. She also…Continue Reading
Core is pleased to announce that Alexander Dodd has been named as a Core Emerging Leader (EL). Currently working as the Continuing Resources Librarian at the University Libraries at the University of Maryland in College Park, MD, Dodd’s areas of focus in libraries include open access and scholarly publishing. “I’m very honored to…Continue Reading
Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, invites you to submit a virtual or in-person preconference proposal for the upcoming 2023 ALA Annual Conference. The Core Program Committee welcomes topics that are of current and ongoing interest to the Core membership, including: 1. Access and Equity o Advocacy in areas such as copyright,…Continue Reading
ALA will offer cutting-edge trends, resources, and creative solutions at the 2023 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition, June 22-27, 2023, in Chicago, IL. Do you have innovative concepts that changed the game for your library and community? Best practices that have advanced your administrative or management processes? Or cool…Continue Reading
