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Core Classroom: Fundamentals of Hiring
CHICAGO —Join Core from October 24 to November 4 for the Core Classroom “Fundamentals of Hiring”. Led by experienced organizational leader Julia Davis, who developed and continues to teach Core’s Fundamentals of Management course, this Classroom will...
Core Webinar: Mentorship for All: Creating a Statewide Program
CHICAGO –Join Core on November 2, 2022, at 1 p.m. CT, for the webinar “Mentorship for All: Creating a Statewide Program.” This session will describe the steps taken to create a statewide mentorship program for interested and motivated library staff. The...
Core Webinar: Project Management Principles, Methods, and Tools
CHICAGO —Anyone in the library can have great ideas to improve services and experiences for users, but it takes a village to make change happen. Using project management, libraries can accomplish strategic goals and develop employees’ leadership skills...
Core Webinar: Training Needs of Academic Library Middle Managers
CHICAGO —Join Core on Wednesday, September 28 at 1 p.m. CT for the webinar “Training Needs of Academic Library Middle Managers.” This webinar, geared towards academic library managers, deans, and directors, will discuss the training and support middle...
CHICAGO —Join Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures this September for the Core Classroom "Designed with You in Mind: Welcoming Patrons and Staff with Disabilities to Your Library." This four-week virtual workshop with videos, discussion forums...
Core Event: 2022 Online AvramCamp
CHICAGO —Core is pleased to once again sponsor AvramCamp, an AdaCamp-inspired event that is named in honor of library innovator Henriette D. Avram. This half-day, online event allows women and non-binary technology workers a safe space to explore the...
Core Webinar: Core New Members Interest Group Cover Letter Workshop
CHICAGO—Search committees spend hours digging through cover letters and curriculum vitaes (CVs) to see if experience matches qualifications because applicants have long been told that the cover letter should be a narrative document that explains their...
Program proposals for United for Libraries Virtual due May 4
Program proposals for United for Libraries Virtual: Trustees – Friends – Foundations Aug. 9-11, 2022, the third annual virtual conference for library Trustees, Friends, Foundations, and staff who work with them, will be accepted through May 4. For more...
Core Webinar: Making Great Video Tutorials
CHICAGO —Instructional videos are a versatile staple of online library learning. Join Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures on Tuesday, May 10 at 1 pm CT for the webinar "Making Great Video Tutorials". In this non-technical session by an experienced...
New Core Web Course Explores Fundamentals of Management
CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is pleased to announce the release of a new web course that introduces library managers to the fundamental concepts of management. Developed and led by Julia Davis, an experienced information science...
Core Classroom: Hearing the Story: Creating an Oral History Project
CHICAGO —Storytelling is an important way to preserve the history of a community and/or culture. The human voice can convey so much more than the written word, so oral histories are a good way to preserve a community, family, or history of an important...
Core Classroom: Conversations Worth Having for Library Leaders
CHICAGO—Communication remains the top issue for organizations, teams, and relationships, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Join Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures this April for the second Core Classroom, "Conversations Worth Having for Library...
United for Libraries to present ‘Keeping Governance on Track’ webinars March 29 and 31
EXTON, Pennsylvania - United for Libraries will present a free two-part webinar series, “ Keeping Governance on Track ,” March 29 at 2 p.m. Eastern and March 31 at 7 p.m. Eastern. Increasingly, library board meetings are facing disruptions, often making...
EXTON, Pennsylvania — In March, United for Libraries’ monthly virtual series, Learning Live, will feature two roundtable discussion groups. The March 8 session will focus on Library Boards and Trustees, and the March 15 session will focus on Friends...
RUSA to host first-ever Virtual Forum
CHICAGO - The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) will host its first-ever Virtual Forum March 8 and 10. The Forum will offer two nonconsecutive days of programs dedicated to showcasing the work of its section groups and professional best...
