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This e-Forum was held on April 25-26, 2023. It was co-moderated by Kelly Williams and Michelle Shea, both from Texas A&M University-Central Texas, Jennifer Batson, from The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, and Sandra Yvette Desjardins, from The Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library. Attendees explored the benefits…Continue Reading
The ALA Core Project Management Interest Group (PMIG) is pleased to host three presentations on tools and tips for effective project management. The meeting will take place on Thursday, June 1, 2023, from 1:00-2:00 pm CT. The meeting is free to attend but registration is required. Please register here. Demonstration…Continue Reading
Celebrate “Building Resilient Communities” during Preservation Week 2023, April 30 – May 6, with the free webinars “There When You Need Us: Crisis Collecting Support” and “Networking Strategies Improve Disaster Readiness”. During these webinars, attendees explore ways in which different organizations respond to disasters, and the impact of disasters on…Continue Reading
The April 2023 issue of Library Leadership & Management (LL&M) is now available. We’re pleased to share with you the first issue of the calendar year, with these peer-reviewed articles: Improving Library Organizational Communication through Intentional Knowledge Management / Ian Chan and Jennifer L. Fabbi, Ph.D. Creating a single internal communications hub can…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 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
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Interest Group Week last week, and to the chairs of our IGs who planned such great discussions and programs. We held 24 sessions, and 2,798 people registered 7,900 times! The recordings are now available on the IGW page, and we’re adding links…Continue Reading
This year’s Interest Group Week will take place March 6-10. We will again offer 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. The full schedule has been posted, and registration links…Continue Reading
This e-Forum was held on February 7-8, 2023. It was moderated by Melissa Brooks from the University of Southern Mississippi Libraries and Megan Heady from West Virginia University Libraries. We asked attendees eight sets of questions during the e-Forum. How do you identify training needs in your department or unit…Continue Reading
We’re excited to announce that you can now follow this site on Mastodon or any other Fediverse service to get your Core updates there. If you already have a Mastodon account, follow us and we’ll start appearing in your feed. What Is Mastodon? “Mastodon is free and open-source software for…Continue Reading
