Welcome to the ALA Core LinkedIn page! Here you can find out about our eCourse and webinar offerings for professional development in library and information science, explore the work of our six sections, discover our programming at ALA Annual Conference, learn about our Core Forum event, keep up-to-date on our open-source journal issues, and much more. Follow us today to get started!
ALA Core
Libraries
Chicago, Illinois 666 followers
A division of the American Library Association for the practitioners who play a central role in every library every day
About us
Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures is the national association that advances the profession of librarians and information providers in central roles of buildings & operations, leadership & management, metadata & collections, and technology. We host Core Forum, Preservation Week, Interest Group Week, and a wide variety of eLearning opportunities for professional development in library and information science. We also publish the open-access journals Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL), Library Leadership & Management (LL&M), and Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS).
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https://ala.org/core
External link for ALA Core
- Industry
- Libraries
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Chicago, Illinois
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2020
- Specialties
- libraries, buildings, operations, leadership, management, metadata, collections, preservation, technology, linked data, cataloging, collection development, electronic resources, digital libraries, and marketing
Locations
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Primary
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225 N Michigan Ave
Suite 1300
Chicago, Illinois 60601, US
Employees at ALA Core
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Wendy Tressler, MLIS, M.Ed.
ALA Core Past President. Director, Capital Planning & Project Management at Columbus Metropolitan Library. Library Consultant.
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Kate Ganski
Library Associate Director for User Services at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
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Snehasish Paul
Librarian | Information Professional | Information Techie | Author | Researcher | Archivist | Ontologist | Data Curator | IPR Specialist | Vocalist|…
Updates
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Welcome to 2025! Start the year off by learning something new through one of the Core Fundamentals courses! There are a ton of possibilities, from acquisitions to universal design--check them all out: https://lnkd.in/gUDg2pbA #LibraryLearning #LibrarySchool #LibrariesTransform
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Join the John Cotton Dana Committee for “Elevate Your Library’s Impact: How to Become an Award-Winning Marketing Team” on February 3 to learn the ins and outs of the prestigious John Cotton Dana Award. Hear from past winners and discover how this award can build advocacy for strong library marketing, enhance your library’s reputation, and ultimately drive positive change in your community. https://lnkd.in/gd-Rv8td #JohnCottonDana #LibraryMarketing #LibraryLeaders
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The 2025 run of our Fundamentals of Metadata course kicks off on January 13! Among other things, the course covers metadata schema, content standards, controlled vocabularies, and metadata project design. https://lnkd.in/gBWdqkns #Metadata #LibraryMetadata #LibrariesTransform
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Our Fundamentals of Universal Design for Learning course returns in 2025--session 1 begins January 13! The course is designed for introducing and summarizing the UDL framework, CAST website, and the UDL on Campus website with captions and transcript. https://lnkd.in/gV34kbEZ #UniversalDesign #UniversalDesignForLearning #LibrariesTransform
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The Core staff is hugely excited to be kicking off a new year of Fundamentals Courses. First up is Fundamentals of Cataloging, with the first session starting January 6! It covers principles underlying cataloging practice, examples illustrating the principles in practice, tools used in cataloging practice (such as AACR2, RDA, Library of Congress Subject Headings, Library of Congress Classification, MARC, OCLC, and BIBFRAME), and processes used by catalogers in creating bibliographic records. https://lnkd.in/gmJASWEq #LibraryCataloging #Cataloging #Cataloguing
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Find out what's happening This Week in Core! - https://lnkd.in/gC38YSJb #Library #LibrariesTransform #LibraryEvents
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Please consider nominating a colleague or self-nominating for the ALA Core Margaret Mann Citation! The winner receives a citation and OCLC donates a $2,000 scholarship to the U.S. or Canadian library school of the winner’s choice. Nominations are due February 28, learn how it works: https://lnkd.in/gC3-Wpn3 #LibraryAward #LibraryProfessional #LibrariesTransform
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Core is pleased to present the four-part webinar series “Build Your Personal Website with Quarto" early next year! The webinars will revolve around Quarto and GitHub Pages: Quarto makes publishing websites simple while providing a lot of customizability for users interested in going deeper, and GitHub Pages allows users to publish their websites for free. https://lnkd.in/guPDSH4U #Quarto #LibTech #LibrariesTransform
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