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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
Kyle Courtney and Juliya Ziskina, who are copyright experts, with supporting organizations Library Futures, EveryLibrary Institute, the Authors Alliance, the Connecticut Library Association, the Massachusetts Library Association, and ReadersFirst have established the Ebook Study Group. This website sets out the problem that libraries face getting fair ebook terms from large publishers,…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 Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) is now available. We’re pleased to share with you the second issue of the calendar year, with these peer-reviewed articles: Editorial: Around the Sun / Michael Fernandez The previous issue of LRTS marked an important milestone, as it was…Continue Reading
The March 2023 issue of Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL) was published on Monday, March 20. We’re pleased to share with you the first issue of the calendar year, with these peer-reviewed articles: The Current State and Challenges in Democratizing Small Museums’ Collections Online / Avgoustinos Avgousti and Georgios Papaioannou This article…Continue Reading
Information Technology and Libraries [ITAL] is one of the three open-access, peer-reviewed journals published by Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures (a division of ALA). If you are interested in furthering the scholarly record for library technology and have a background or interest in information technology, this is an exciting opportunity to…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
