Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures (CORE)
Core Interest Group Week Features 30 Free Sessions from March 4-8
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CHICAGO–From March 4-8, Core will host its fourth annual Interest Group Week, this year expanded to 30 free sessions over 5 days. This dynamic virtual gathering brings together library professionals, thought leaders, and enthusiasts for professional...
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Translating Mission Statements into Metrics
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CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Translating Mission Statements into Metrics" on March 20, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. Useful metrics must balance alignment, objectivity, measurability, and ease of communication. Mission, vision, and values...
Core Announces Slate of Candidates for 2024-2025 Election
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CHICAGO—Core is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the 2024-2025 91传媒 Core election. The Core election will open on March 11, 2024 and will continue through April 3, 2024. All Core members in good standing as of March 11, 2024, are eligible to...
Best-Selling Author Traci Sorell named 2024 Preservation Week庐 Honorary Chair
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CHICAGO–Preservation Week is happy to announce that best-selling author Traci Sorell is the 2024 Honorary Chair of Preservation Week, April 28 – May 4. Traci Sorell writes inclusive, award-winning historical and contemporary fiction and nonfiction in a...
LIS Students: Apply for the 2024 Larew Scholarship for Tuition Help
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Core and Baker & Taylor are accepting applications for the Christian (Chris) Larew Memorial Scholarship for those who plan to follow a career in library and information technology, demonstrate potential leadership, and hold a strong commitment to library...
Core Webinar Series: Creative Commons
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CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is excited to present the four-part webinar series “Creative Commons” March-April 2024. This webinar series is from Creative Commons, an international nonprofit organization that empowers people to grow...
Applications Open for Core LIFT Award for Professional Development
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Core is pleased to announce applications are open for the Career LIFT Award to support skill development and networking opportunities for information professionals. Sponsored by OCLC, it consists of up to $1,500 the recipient may use on professional...
Submit a Nomination for the Core/OCLC Margaret Mann Citation for Cataloging and Classification
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Applications are open for the Core/OCLC Margaret Mann Citation, which recognizes outstanding professional achievement in cataloging or classification either through publication of significant professional literature, participation in professional...
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Asking for Help in a Helping Profession
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CHICAGO—Core hosts the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Asking for Help in a Helping Profession" on February 28, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. In our work as librarians we encourage all library patrons to ask for help. Librarianship is the profession of “Ask Us” and...
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Using Critical Reflection to Navigate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Issues
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CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Using Critical Reflection to Navigate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Issues" on February 27, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. Over the last several years, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have become...
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Transformative Agreements; Twisting Open Access
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CHICAGO—Core hosts the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Transformative Agreements; Twisting Open Access" on February 21, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. Transformative Agreements are large academic publishers’ latest model for increasing revenue and exploiting the Open...
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Burnout in Libraries; A Research & Advocacy Panel
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CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Burnout in Libraries; A Research & Advocacy Panel" on February 20, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. In this panel discussion, participants will discuss burnout in libraries as researched and witnessed in both...
Announcing the 2024 Excellence in Children鈥檚 and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists
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Core presents the 2024 Excellence in Children’s and Young Adult Science Fiction Notable Lists. The lists are composed of notable children’s and young adult science fiction published between November 2022 and October 2023 and organized into three age...
Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians
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In 2017, the ALCTS Cataloging Competencies Task Force and ALCTS Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging Interest Group created the original Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians. The document defined competencies in broad terms to acknowledge the wide variety of work performed by cataloging and metadata professionals in libraries of all types and sizes, regardless of developments in a particular standard or technology. In early 2023, the Core Metadata & Collections Leadership Team asked former member of the Cataloging Competencies Task Force, Dr...
Now Accepting Proposals for Core Forum 2024 in Minneapolis
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CHICAGO–Presentation proposals are now being accepted for Core Forum 2024, to be held November 14-16, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Hilton Minneapolis. Core Forum is an opportunity to reconnect with fellow colleagues and make new connections while...
Core Adds More to the 鈥淏est of Core Forum鈥 Webinar Collection for 2023 Event
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CHICAGO — Core is pleased to announce an 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...
Revised Competencies for Cataloging & Metadata Professional Librarians
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CHICAGO -- In early 2023, the Core Metadata & Collections Leadership Team asked former member of the Cataloging Competencies Task Force, Dr. Karen Snow, to lead an effort to revise the " Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional...
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Getting Our Money鈥檚 Worth with eBook Acquisitions
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CHICAGO –Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Getting Our Money's Worth with eBook Acquisitions" on February 14, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. With more than six years of data from the Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) program of an R1 university, the...
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Data Visualizations and Dashboards; Lessons Learned
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CHICAGO –Core hosts the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Data Visualizations and Dashboards; Lessons Learned" on February 13, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. Like many libraries, Miami University's has storehouses full of operations data. However, challenges frequently...
Core Webinar - Best of Core Forum: Creating an Inclusive Metadata Policy
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CHICAGO–Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Creating an Inclusive Metadata Policy" on February 6, 2024, at 1 p.m. CT. The Brigham Young University Library is creating an Inclusive Metadata Policy for metadata creators to use when creating and...