CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Rebooting Complex, Intractable Library Services" on November 19, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. Organizations are often plagued by problems that seem unsolvable: stalled initiatives, multi-unit services that never quite align, or...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Retroactive Addition of Homosaurus: An Evaluation (November 2025)" on November 18, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. Beginning in Fall 2021, Emory Libraries began collaboration with Backstage Library Works to test an automated process...

CHICAGO—Join Core from October 9 to November 13, 2025, for the Core Classroom “Project Management for Library Professionals.” From new programs and technology initiatives to events and renovations, library professionals can apply the best practices of...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Cataloging & Metadata Competencies in Practice" on November 5, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. This program will present new research on the understanding and use of the Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "SOS for Library Professionals" on October 21, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. The creation of a compassionate library ecosystem requires librarians, paraprofessionals, and supervisors to work in tandem to ensure that the workplace...

Core is proud to announce our Forum 2025 keynote speakers, Melanie Yazzie and Dr. Casey Fiesler!

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "The Library of the Future: Health, Wellbeing, & Sustainability" on September 23, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. For decades we have discussed what the libraries of the future would be to have a direct impact on the health and...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Improving Preservation and Metadata Practices for Better Digital Projects: Streamlining a Workflow Preparing Collections for Digitization" on July 22, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. The session will discuss...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Marketing Your Library" on July 16, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. In today’s digital age, libraries must go beyond traditional promotion to effectively reach and engage diverse audiences. Program participants will be provided with...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Visualizing Library Impact" on July 23, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. These presenters created accessible dashboards of the core functions of their library, including physical collections, spaces, user services, electronic...

Join Core from August 4 to August 29, 2025, for the Classroom “Your Supported Job Search.” This course should help you clarify what you are looking for, sharpen your application documents, find a process that works for you, and maintain your health.

The Emerging Leaders’ program facilitators are excited to invite attendees of the American Library Association’s (ALA) 2025 Annual Conference to meet the 2025 class of Emerging Leaders (EL) at a celebratory poster session Friday, June 27, 2025, 2:30 p.m....

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Neurodiversity in the Academic Library" on June 11, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. Neurodiversity within the librarian professional is often neglected as a subject of scholarly...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Neurodivergent Leadership; Learning to Lead in a Neurotypical World" on May 21, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. This presentation will focus on the lived experience of a librarian who recently moved into a large...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Transforming Libraries with AI: Enhancing Access, Efficiency, and Community Engagement" on August 27, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. Explore how artificial intelligence can revolutionize libraries by enhancing...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Calling it Quits: How to Evaluate Library Services and Decide What to Stop Doing" on August 20, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. Following a period of disruption, library leaders need to realign service offerings...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: The Greatest Obstacle of Discovery: Assessment of Library Discovery Systems" on June 4, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. Discovery products providing a single search interface to library collections have become...

CHICAGO—Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures hosts Preservation Week from April 27 - May 3, 2025. The theme for Preservation Week 2025 is Preserve the Past, Shape the Future: Inspiring the Next Generation. The Preservation Outreach Committee...

Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures hosts the free Preservation Week® webinar "Historical Newspapers in Public Libraries" on Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Join in for discussion of digitization, preservation and access for local historical newspapers with the Columbus Metropolitan Library's Local History & Genealogy team.

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Looking Beyond Your Digital Repository; Metadata for Storytelling" on May 14, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. In recent years, the traditional use of digital collections simply as proxies for the physical has...