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Eight libraries have won a John Cotton Dana (JCD) Award this year in recognition of their strategic communications efforts. The John Cotton Dana Awards provide up to eight grants for libraries that demonstrate outstanding library public relations. The award is managed by Core and EBSCO Information Services and consists of…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
Christoforos Sassaris has been selected to receive the 2022 Core Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship ($3,000) sponsored by 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 Association. Criteria for the Scholarship includes previous academic…Continue Reading
We are immensely pleased to be honoring Core award winners at the 2022 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition. There is incredible talent in the library world and it is a privilege to help highlight it. The complete list of Core award ceremonies and presentations is below. We hope to see…Continue Reading
The PR Xchange Committee is delighted to announce the winners of this year’s PR Xchange Awards Competition. This year, we have awarded 20 print winners and 24 electronic winners. Congratulations to those libraries! The PR Xchange Committee is charged with coordinating the annual awards competition, under the direction of the…Continue Reading
Judith P. Cannan has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 Margaret Mann Citation, sponsored by OCLC and Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. She is the Chief of the Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs Division at the Library of Congress, and is a respected leader, innovator, mentor, and trailblazer. She has made…Continue Reading
The PR Xchange Event will be held on Sunday, June 26, from 11 am to 1 pm at the 2022 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition in the Special Events Area of the Exhibits Hall at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. The PR Xchange brings in a…Continue Reading
The May 2022 e-Forum touched on a wide range of topics. Librarians noted that quality one-shots can be tricky given the need to cover essential material, engage students, answer questions, and assess learning in one class period. Ideally, lessons are fun and link directly to assignments or student-requested examples. Options…Continue Reading
Nariné Bournoutian Systems and Electronic Resources Librarian Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, Columbia University The Core New Members Interest Group will be publishing a series of posts, “Tips for New Librarians” featuring advice and interviews geared towards early career librarians. Please enjoy the final in our four part series! No…Continue Reading
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
