Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures (CORE)
Announcing the 2024 Core Election Results
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CHICAGO—Kevin A.R. King, Director of East Lansing Public Library, has been elected President-Elect of Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures, a Division of the 91传媒. His three-year term begins at the conclusion of the 2024 91传媒 Annual Conference and ends at the conclusion of the 2025 91传媒 Annual Conference. He will serve one year each as President-Elect, President and Immediate Past-President. King is currently serving as Director-at-Large on the Core Board of Directors.
Preservation Week庐 Webinar: Cultural Competency驶s Role Toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Goals
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CHICAGO—Join Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, for the free Preservation Week® webinar “Cultural Competency's Role Toward Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) Goals." Cultural Competency is the ability...
Preservation Week庐 Webinar: Building Better Models for Preservation
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Join Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, for the free Preservation Week® webinar “Building Better Models for Preservation.” In this panel, three speakers will discuss their experiences preserving cultural heritage material in their communities when they saw a need that was not being met.
Showcase Your Library鈥檚 Interior Design Work by Applying for the 2024 91传媒/IIDA Library Interior Design Awards
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Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures and the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) are currently accepting applications for the 11th annual IIDA/91传媒 Library Interior Design Awards honoring excellence in library interior design and promoting extraordinary interior spaces across nine categories. Winners and their clients will be honored and showcased during an awards ceremony at the 91传媒 Annual Conference in San Diego. The submission deadline has been extended through April 9.
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Onboarding with Cultural Humility and Appreciative Inquiry
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Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Onboarding with Cultural Humility and Appreciative Inquiry" on April 17, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. The presenters, both in leadership positions, have recently been on both sides of the onboarding process and will share their ideas for incorporating the concepts of cultural humility and appreciative inquiry with the twofold goal of cultivating more inclusive and person-centered experiences for new employees and transforming the traditional onboarding process into an opportunity for organizational reflection and growth.
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Python for Data Visualization
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Core hosts the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Python for Data Visualization" on April 10, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. Useful for presenting both usage information and data from original research, Python can help transform data from numbers into data visualizations, such as graphs, that can be shared with coworkers, administration, and publishers. This workshop will cover all the information needed to create these data visualizations--no previous experience required!
Core Webinar: Logic Models; Your Strategic Magic Wand
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Join Core for the webinar "Logic Models: Your Strategic Magic Wand" on April 16, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. In this introductory session, participants will learn the fundamentals of logic models and think about how to refine or develop logic models (starting with a theory of change) so that they can be confidently added to proposals that stand out from the crowd as well as offer clear direction for program evaluation.
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Evaluating Your Library Assessment Program
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Core hosts the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Evaluating Your Library Assessment Program" on April 9, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. This presentation describes how to use an information maturity model to assess the current internal data culture of each library. The information maturity model establishes the baseline levels of an organization’s data culture across three categories: people, processes, and tools. By understanding the library’s information maturity, we can surface issues related to data management, communication, and technical skills, and discuss the consequences of these issues on productivity and decision-making.
Core Classroom: Your Supported Job Search
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Join Core from May 20 to June 14, 2024, for the Core Classroom “Your Supported Job Search.” This course should help you clarify what you are looking for, sharpen your application documents (e.g. CV, resume, cover letter), find a process that works for you, and maintain your mental and physical health. Four sessions will provide a thorough foundation to both the practical and psychological elements of finding a LIS job.
Announcing the 2024 Core Fundamentals Web Course Schedule
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Core is pleased to announce the release of the 2024 Core Fundamentals Web Course schedule. This series of related online courses covers basic topics that enhance skills in various areas of library work.
Liberatory Librarianship
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How does librarianship help people to be free? How is library capacity and expertise used to increase freedom, justice, and community? “Liberatory Librarianship: Stories of Community, Connection, and Justice,” published by 91传媒 Editions in collaboration with Core, unpacks these questions, and many others, to reveal ways that library workers and their institutions are applying skills, knowledge, abilities, professional ethics, and personal commitment to practice liberatory librarianship.
Core 91传媒 Annual Preconference: AvramCamp; An Unconference for Women and Non-binary Technology Library Workers
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Join Core during the 2024 91传媒 Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, CA for the full-day preconference event "AvramCamp: An Unconference for Women and Non-binary Technology Library Workers". Each year Core sponsors AvramCamp, a safe and welcoming space for women and non-binary technology library workers to explore common challenges faced, learn strategies for dealing with them, and discuss specific tools to build confidence. Inspired by AdaCamp, AvramCamp begins by exploring Imposter Syndrome, the feeling that you aren’t actually qualified for the work you are doing and will be discovered as a frau
Core 91传媒 Annual Preconference: Library Building Projects 101; A Crash Course on Basic Elements of Completing a Building Renovation or New Construction
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On June 28, 2024, Core will present the half-day preconference "Library Building Projects 101: A Crash Course on Basic Elements of Completing a Building Renovation or New Construction" during the 2024 91传媒 Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, CA.
Core 91传媒 Annual Preconference: Managing Change and Holding Effective Difficult Conversations; Tools for Every Leader
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On Friday, June 28, 2024, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures will present the half-day preconference "Managing Change and Holding Effective Difficult Conversations: Tools for Every Leader" during the 2024 91传媒 Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, CA. Learn how to invoke change with the least amount of upset and the most movement toward stated goals.
Core 91传媒 Annual Preconference: Assembling Your Consultant Tool Kit; What You Need to Know to Become a Successful Consultant
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On Friday, June 28, 2024, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures will present the full-day preconference "Assembling Your Consultant Tool Kit: What You Need to Know to Become a Successful Consultant" during the 2024 91传媒 Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, CA. Topics include the required personal attributes, establishing the business, areas of consulting, the importance of understanding a client’s motivation, dealing with project scope creep, and the methodologies typically employed in consulting work. The workshop covers contract deliverables, including incorporating client feedback and presenting results.
Core 91传媒 Annual Preconference: Academic Library and Learning Spaces Tour
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Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures will host the preconference “Academic Library and Learning Spaces Tour" on Friday, June 28, 2024, during the 2024 91传媒 Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, CA. We will tour UC San Diego's Geisel Library, Design and Innovation Building, and Halicioglu Data Science Institute (HDSI). Participants will then be transported to the University of San Diego to tour Copley Library and adjacent Learning Commons.
Core 91传媒 Annual Preconference: Public Library Tours
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Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures will host the full-day tour “Public Library Tours"on Friday, June 28, 2024, during the 2024 91传媒 Annual Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, CA. Come tour three unique Public libraries in the San Diego area, San Diego Public Library’s Central and San Ysidro branches in the city and San Diego County Library’s Imperial Beach branch in the South Bay region.
Wei Ling Goh Named 2023 Core/OCLC Spectrum Scholar
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The 91传媒 (91传媒) has awarded the 2023 Core/OCLC Spectrum Scholarship in Library and Information Technology to Wei Ling Goh.
More Sessions Confirmed for the 鈥淏est of Core Forum鈥 Webinar Collection for 2023 Event
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Core is pleased to announce another updated list of selections for the second “Best of Core Forum” webinar collection. These webinars are based on programs presented at the 2023 Core Forum. The presenters are adapting the program content into live webinars to extend the reach of their sessions and expertise.
Submissions Now Open for the 2024 John Cotton Dana Awards
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Up to eight $10,000 awards will be provided by the H.W. Wilson Foundation in 2024. Libraries of all types and sizes are encouraged to submit entries for a 2024 John Cotton Dana Award. Entries should highlight a strategic communications campaign from the past year. Examples of past campaigns have included rebranding efforts, promotion of archives and special collections, awareness campaigns, community partnerships and special events. Entries may be submitted by any library, Friends group, consulting agency or service provider, unless they are represented on the JCD committee.