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Category: Metadata and Collections

SAC Subcommittee on Faceted Vocabularies Publishes “Retrospective Implementation of Faceted Vocabularies”

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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

Call for Nominations: Chair-Elect, Core Metadata and Collections Section

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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

Save $$$ on Core Stuff

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

Core President’s Program features Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty

Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty, Core President's Program speaker

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

Summary: April 2022 Core e-Forum, “Assessment in Libraries: Planning and Practices”

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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