Explore Core

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Find Community. Share Expertise. Enhance Your Career.

Volunteer for a Committee

Give back and contribute to the Core library profession and . Serve as a resource to help build Core programming, advocacy, and sustain the member experience to keep libraries strong. Besides, library professionals could use more resume credentials to brag out!

Participating on a committee is a great way to develop new skills, learn from your peers, help advance the mission of Core, and accomplish concrete goals. We need your talents! opens in September each year.

All members of Core are urged to apply. We need the talent and skill of dedicated library professionals like you.

Connect with Core Members

View your networks of members doing work similar to yours, in libraries like yours and in core functions like yours. Add interests to your Core Connect profile to expand your networks further. You can also search for Core members by name, organization, and interests.

Teach for Core

(application accepted through September 30, 2020)
Submit an article to The Core Library, our open access, peer-reviewed journal (published quarterly)
Present a program at our annual professional library conferences, and
Volunteer to be on our popular Top Technology Trends panel discussion
with the editors of Core publications

Find Your Niche: Join an Interest Group or Sections

Interest groups and Sections are a great way to get involved with Core while learning about emerging trends or issues in library technology. Ask questions, share your own experiences, and stay current with the topics and issues that are important in your work. Our Core interest groups and Sections will roll out soon. Stay tuned for the email announcement.

Stay Current and Share Your Expertise

for upcoming podcasts and join live discussions to stay up-to-date on current issue and learn from your peers. If you would like to be a guest on a podcast episode and share your expertise on a topic, please contact the Core office at core@ala.org.

Connect with Core on Social Media

Questions?

Have more questions on how to get involved in Core, please contact the Core Office at core@ala.org.