For immediate release | March 31, 2023

Preservation Week® Webinar: Networking Strategies Improve Disaster Readiness

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CHICAGO—Join Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures on Thursday, May 4, 2023 for the free Preservation Week® webinar “Networking Strategies Improve Disaster Readiness.” Alliances between public and institutional entities provide improved strength and resilience to disasters through recognizing common core values, creating new partnerships and sharing resources. In this webinar, examples will be provided of successful relationships and challenges they managed that can inspire new partnership models for collection leadership to pursue. The webinar seeks to inform attendees about how networking and the establishment of alliances improves disaster readiness, mitigates loss, and increases institutional and community resilience.



Live Webinar: Tuesday, May 4, 2023, 1 - 2 p.m. CT

Presenter: Steve Pine

Registration Fees: Free

This free webinar is being offered as part of Preservation Week 2023, celebrated April 30 - May 6, 2023. is supported by Core. Follow Preservation Week on and .

For questions or comments related to Core continuing education events, please contact Core CE staff at corece@ala.org.

About Core

Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is the national association that advances the profession of librarians and information providers in central roles of leadership and management, collections and technical services, and technology. Our mission is to cultivate and amplify the collective expertise of library workers in core functions through community building, advocacy, and learning. Core is a division of the 91ý. Follow us on our , or .

Contact:

Mia Blixt-Shehan

Continuing Education Assistant

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Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures

mblixtshehan@ala.org