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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
Core is pleased to once again sponsor AvramCamp, an AdaCamp-inspired event that is named in honor of library innovator Henriette D. Avram. This half-day, online event allows women and non-binary technology workers a safe space to explore the common challenges they face, learn strategies for dealing with these obstacles, and discuss specific tools to…Continue Reading
Narratives of trauma and marginalization surround us in libraries. In fact, they are embedded in our professional collective memory and the very existence of librarianship. Libraries are often undervalued. Our work as librarians is often invisible and conceptualizing workplace abuse and mistreatment in libraries is at long last realizing its…Continue Reading
Join Core on Saturday, June 25 at 4 pm ET during ALA Annual for the Core President’s Program featuring Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty, Director of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. The recently integrated Smithsonian Libraries and Archives contains nearly 3 million library volumes and over 44,000 cubic feet of archival materials chronicling the history of the Smithsonian. Evangelestia-Dougherty…Continue Reading
The April 2022 e-Forum “Assessment in Libraries: Planning and Practices”, co-hosted by Anita Hall (University of Louisville), Julene Jones (University of Kentucky), and Lee Ann Lannom (Vanderbilt University), centered around library assessment. The lively and supportive discussion among over 40 assessment librarians at primarily academic libraries included several participants who…Continue Reading
During the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in Washington, DC, June 23-28, Core will feature a range of events in addition to its conference programming. These events include a two-hour meet-and-greet where attendees can learn more about Core and how to get involved in the division, the Core President’s Program…Continue Reading
Join Your Colleagues at the Core Forum this October in Salt Lake City! Got Zoom fatigue, but want to connect with your colleagues? We’re going to Salt Lake City, Utah for the Core Forum October 13-15, 2022, and we invite you to join us. Core Forum will provide an opportunity…Continue Reading
Core is pleased to announce the release of a new web course on the introduction to fundamental concepts of management. This course was developed by Julia Davis, an experienced information science professional with a strong passion for employee-focused leadership practices, accessibility and procedural standardization. The Fundamentals of Management course is…Continue Reading
Celebrate “Preservation in the Face of Climate Change” during Preservation Week 2022, April 24-30, with the free webinars “How to Implement Sustainability in your Facility” and “Digital Preservation’s Impact on the Environment”. During these webinars, attendees will gain an understanding of what guidance they’ll need from their institutions, as well…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
