Interest Groups (IGs) offer Core members outstanding networking, informational, and problem-solving opportunities. They provide a great way to begin your career of service to the division in an informal way without a heavy commitment. They also offer the library community a chance to come together to discuss hot topics of specific relevance and address pressing issues.
To join an interest group, follow the link to it in ALA Connect, log in with your ALA account, and use the "Join Community" button in the top left corner above the group's name.
Did you know we hold an annual Interest Group Week extravaganza of discussions and programs?
Interests groups also offer discussions at the ALA Annual Conference each year.
Learn more about how Core interest groups work. To express interest in co-chairing an interest group, please contact the chair(s) of the group or email us at core@ala.org.
If you have any questions about Core interest groups, please contact us.
Core Interest Groups You Can Join
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Libraries
- Authority Control
- Bibliographic Conceptual Models
- Book and Paper
- Cartographic Resources Cataloging (Core/MAGIRT)
- Catalog Form and Function
- Catalog Management
- Cataloging and Classification Research
- Cataloging Norms
- Chief Collection Development Officers of Large Research Libraries
- Collection Development Issues for the Practitioner
- Collection Evaluation & Assessment
- Collection Management in Public Libraries
- Competencies and Education for a Career in Cataloging
- Consortium Management
- Copy Cataloging
- Creative Ideas in Technical Services
- Dialogue with Directors
- Digital Conversion
- Ebooks
- Electronic Resources
- Faceted Subject Access
- Heads of Library Technology
- Imagineering
- Instructional Technologies
- Library Consulting
- Library Facilities and Interiors
- Library Leaders and Managers
- Library Storage
- Linked Data
- Maker Technology
- MARC Formats Transition
- Metadata
- Middle Managers
- New Members
- Newspaper
- Open Access
- Open Source Systems
- Preservation Administration
- Project Management
- Promoting Preservation
- Public Libraries Technical Services
- Publisher-Vendor-Library Relations
- Role of the Professional Librarian in Technical Services
- Solo Practitioners
- Technical Services Directors of Large Research Libraries
- Technical Services Managers in Academic Libraries
- Technical Services Workflow Efficiency
- WebServices4Lib
Interest Group Chair Resources
- Core Handbook, includes information specific to IG Chairs
- Interest Group Chairs Group in ALA Connect