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As we enter our 4th year as an ALA division, we’re celebrating our birthday by launching our new Preservation Section! Just like our other sections, Core members can join this one for free. Thank you to those members who gave us feedback about the need to bring together seasoned professionals,…Continue Reading
Applications are now open for both mentors and mentees for the 2024 cohort of the Core Mentoring Program, which encourages professional development of Core members at any stage in their career in Core’s areas of focus. The program aims to support members in expanding their professional skills; develop strong leadership in areas of librarianship covered…Continue Reading
The scholarship application for Core AvramCamp has been extended through Wednesday, September 6. AvramCamp is a one-day unconference for women and non-binary people in library technology, at the Core Forum in New Orleans, LA. Several $500 travel scholarships will be awarded competitively based on the Planning Committee’s ranking of applications…Continue Reading
Program proposals for the 2024 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition are now being accepted! The 2024 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition takes place in San Diego, California, June 27-July 2, 2024. The conference explores issues impacting libraries and their communities, with a packed five-day agenda that includes more than 200…Continue Reading
William Lee Potter has been selected to receive the 2023 Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship ($3,000), sponsored by Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures and Baker & Taylor. This scholarship is for master’s level study, with an emphasis on library technology and/or automation, at a library school program accredited by the American Library…Continue Reading
The July 2023 issue of Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) is now available, and it includes “A Conversation with the Authors of Open Access Literature in Libraries: Principles and Practices,” featuring Rachel E. Scott, Karen Brunsting, and Caitlin Harrington. In lieu of a traditional editorial or book review, Rachel…Continue Reading
![The Adlam script is a script used to write Fulani. The name Adlam is an acronym derived from the first four letters of the alphabet (A, D, L, M), standing for Alkule Dandayɗe Leñol Mulugol (𞤀𞤤𞤳𞤵𞤤𞤫 𞤁𞤢𞤲𞤣𞤢𞤴𞤯𞤫 𞤂𞤫𞤻𞤮𞤤 𞤃𞤵𞤤𞤵𞤺𞤮𞤤[3]), which means "the alphabet that protects the peoples from vanishing".](https://alacorenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Adlam_acronym-e1692121637477.png)
August 23, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00pm CT Presenters: Beacher Wiggins, Charles Riley, Erin Freas-Smith, Neil Patel, Jessalyn Zoom Moderator: Boutsaba Janetvilay Romanization Tables are jointly maintained by the American Library Association and the Library of Congress. The Review Board, formed in May 2021, is charged with appointing Review Subcommittees to…Continue Reading
August 14, 2023, 1:00pm CT The Core Bibliographic Conceptual Models (BCM) Interest Group invites you to its Summer 2023 Session, which will take place on Monday, August 14, 2023, at 1 pm CT (11am PT, 2 pm ET) and will consist of two presentations that address, in different ways, the…Continue Reading
The July 2023 issue of Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) is now available. We’re pleased to share with you the third issue of the calendar year, with these peer-reviewed articles: A Conversation with the Authors of Open Access Literature in Libraries: Principles and Practices / Rachel E. Scott, Karen…Continue Reading
Do you want to participate in Core AvramCamp, a one-day unconference for women and non-binary people in library technology, at the Core Forum in New Orleans, LA? Would travel funding help you to attend? AvramCamp is offering several $500 travel scholarships thanks to OCLC! Scholarships will be awarded competitively based…Continue Reading
