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Core Webinar: Small Library Assessment Hills You Can Climb
CHICAGO –Core will host the webinar “Small Library Assessment Hills You Can Climb” on July 25, 2023, at 1 p.m. CT. The presenters, all experienced library assessment specialists, will briefly describe the landscape of library assessment, why we do...
¾«¶«´«Ã½Announces 2024 Carnegie Committee
The 2024 selection committee is starting work on choosing the longlist for the prestigious Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction. The 2024 committee includes the following experts who work closely with adult readers. Aryssa...
Kelvin Watson Wins ¾«¶«´«Ã½Medal of Excellence Award
CHICAGO — Kelvin Watson, Executive Director, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District has been awarded the ¾«¶«´«Ã½Medal of Excellence Award. This annual award, presented by the ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) and sponsored by OCLC recognizes creative...
CHICAGO — Lance Werner, Executive Director of Kent District Library (KDL) MI, has been named the 2023 winner of ALA’s Ernest A. DiMattia Award for Innovation and Service to Community and Profession. The award, supported by the DiMattia Family, recognizes...
CHICAGO — Today, the ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) kicked off National Library Week with the release of its highly anticipated list of the Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2022 and the State of America’s Libraries Report, which tells the story of how...
Dolly Parton Awarded Honorary Membership in the ¾«¶«´«Ã½
CHICAGO — The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) is set to confer an honorary lifetime membership upon award-winning singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist Dolly Parton for her longstanding support and commitment to inspiring a love...
CHICAGO –Join Core for the webinar “Mind the (Training) Gap: Assessing Metadata Competences During a Multi-System Migration” on July 19, 2023, at 1 p.m. CT. Over the past three decades, the emergence of digital repositories has required the skill sets of...
Virtual Forum on Ways to Use the Newly Revised ¾«¶«´«Ã½Core Competences of Librarianship - May 17
The ¾«¶«´«Ã½Committee on Education invites you to join us for a Virtual Forum, May 17, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (Eastern) for a conversation discussing ways to use the newly revised ¾«¶«´«Ã½Core Competences of Librarianship. Register now. How will an updated...
On April 12, it was announced that Amber Billey had been elected President-elect of Core, and Miranda Bennett and Angie Ohler had been elected Directors-at-Large. Upon notification, Billey regretfully declined due to “an unexpected and beautiful turn of...
Library services for people with dementia
CHICAGO — Libraries have enormous potential to support people with dementia and their caregivers. Demand for dementia-friendly library services is only likely to increase in the future as the numbers of people affected by dementia rise and there is...
¾«¶«´«Ã½ celebrates National Library Week, April 23-29
CHICAGO — Libraries support communities by providing more than just books and access to information. Communities can take advantage of internet and technology access, literacy and skill-building tools, professional development courses, job training, and...
Core Webinar: To Hold a Cloud: MARC Holdings in the Modern LMS
CHICAGO –Core hosts the webinar “To Hold a Cloud: MARC Holdings in the Modern LMS” on August 22, 2023, at 1 p.m. CT. Modern Library Management Systems (LMSs) are cloud based. Holdings information may be the only local metadata for print titles and becomes...
¾«¶«´«Ã½Announces Building Library Capacity Fund Grants for Minority Serving Institutions
CHICAGO — The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) announces the opening of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½Building Library Capacity Grants that will provide grants to assist libraries at Minority Serving Institutions (MSI) across the United States and US Territories that have...
Unite Against Book Bans virtual event to honor a lifetime of free expression through story CHICAGO — The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) today announced a national day of action to protect libraries and the freedom to read, designating April 24, the...
Three public libraries awarded ALA’s 2023 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant
CHICAGO — The ¾«¶«´«Ã½ (ALA) has awarded its 2023 Peggy Barber Tribute Grant, a programming grant named after the transformative ¾«¶«´«Ã½leader, to Brookings (S.D.) Public Library, Gill Memorial Library (Paulsboro, N.J.) and Mount Kisco (N...
