Conferences

Core hosts and participates in a variety of conferences and events. Explore the professional development opportunities that Core has to offer.

Core @ ALA Annual

ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition, the American Library Association's yearly conference and exhibition.

AvramCamp

Each year Core sponsors AvramCamp, a safe and welcoming space for women and non-binary technology library workers to explore common challenges faced, learn strategies for dealing with them, and discuss specific tools to build confidence, This one-day preconference, inspired by AdaCamp, takes place on Friday of the ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition.

Core Forum

The Core Forum is the annual conference for ALA’s newest division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructures, Futures. It brings together decision-makers and practitioners from the ALA division that focuses on access and equity, buildings and operations, leadership and management, metadata and collections, preservation, and technology.

Preservation in Action

Preservation in Action (PiA) is a program sponsored by Core's Preservation Outreach Committee, in support of ALA's Libraries Transform initiative. The program is intended to promote an understanding of the importance of preservation while engaging with cultural heritage collections in ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition locations.

Core Top Technology Trends

Core's premier program on changes and advances in technology. Top Technology Trends features our ongoing roundtable discussion about trends and advances in library technology by a panel of Core technology experts and thought leaders. The panelists will describe changes and advances in technology that they see having an impact on the library world, and suggest what libraries might do to take advantage of these trends.