#2023

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Steve at 2023 Core Forum

The 2023 Core Forum was held from October 19 to 21 in New Orleans, a town that is always a delight to visit. The Core Division was formed by the merger of three ALA Divisions in 2020, during the height of the pandemic lockdowns, so this was just the second Forum that has been held.... more

Carolyn and Lauren at Core Forum 2023

This was the second Core Forum ever to be held since Core is a new division of the American Library Association. “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.” Lauren is... more

Carolyn and Lauren at ALA Annual Conference 2023, Virtually

No Chicago hot dogs or deep dish pizza, but no standing in a long line with hundreds of people and trying to find a seat for the opening session when you do the Digital Experience version of the ALA Annual Conference. Banned books was the theme, with a number of dignitaries who spoke leading up... more

Kaeley at Atla 2023

Atla 2023 was held in Fort Worth, TX, the second hybrid conference since being online-only in 2020-2021. For a small conference like this, a hybrid model seems to work well, and allow many presenters who would otherwise not be able to attend to be part of panels, or even present on their own. As you... more

Thomas @ ALA 2023

Chicago. Hog Butcher for the Library World. Conference City of the Big Shoulders… By my count, this is the eleventh time I have attended ALA in Chicago. I’ve been there when there was a record-breaking blizzard, I’ve been there when the heat index was over 100, I’ve been there when Grant Park was given over... more

Steve at 2023 NASIG Conference

I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I’ve heard that for some women the memory of the intense pain of childbirth will fade a bit with time. I’ve heard it put forward as the reason why any woman ever has more than one child. I figure something like that must have happened to... more

Lauren at ER&L 2023

Scan for your angle: AI, UX, Open Access (ILL impacts), privacy (Open Athens helps), finding library resources via Google, e-resource librarian vacancies in 2022…. So many angles got covered at the E-Resources & Libraries Annual Conference this week! A lot of people might want to know just one thing! Carol and I both attended and... more