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.

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...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Mapping Your Skill Sets: Understanding and Using the Core Competencies for Cataloging & Metadata Professionals" on May 28, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. The Core Competencies for Cataloging & Metadata...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Understanding and Fighting Anti-Trans Misinformation" on May 7, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. As the transgender population increases in size and visibility, a resulting backlash has gripped America—and...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Judging a Book by Its Cover; Investigating Arsenic and Other Heavy Metals in 19th Century Book Bindings" on May 6, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. Recent research in the cultural heritage conservation field has...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Library Reboot for the Mid-21st Century" on June 10, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. This presentation will help pull the shroud of mystery off library design by briefly exploring the history and roots of 20th century libraries...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Saying Less, Asking More; Expand Your Impact with Coaching," on April 2, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. Leading staff in an ever-changing, unpredictable environment can be difficult. Right now, library staff at...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Integrating Linked Data into Library Workflows" on April 1, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. As linked data becomes more of a reality for the library community, OCLC has worked with libraries around the world to...

Core is offering several Fundamentals Web Courses between spring and fall of 2025. This series of related online courses covers basic topics that enhance skills in various areas of library work.

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Best of Core Forum: Only Managers in the Building; Everything You Wish You Knew Before Becoming a Manager" on March 26, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. You're a manager! Now what? Transitioning from staff member to management, even...

CHICAGO—Join Core for the webinar "Elevate Your Writing with Artificial Intelligence Powered Assistants" on April 15, 2025, at 1 p.m. CT. This presentation explores how librarians can use AI-powered writing assistants to improve their professional writing...