Hi all, We are excited to announce we are presenting a CORE webinar tomorrow. Please see below for the description and registration link. We hope to see you there, Amy and India ------------------------------ Core Webinar: Beyond Your Department: Uniting Catalogers <https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1543> Date: Wednesday, January 13, 2026 All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time. Description: By the end of the session, attendees will form a community of technical services professionals. Fighting against the perceptions of catalogers as isolated or antisocial can be a challenge, especially when many institutions only have one librarian assigned to catalog. Further, many of these catalogers hold multiple roles and may not originally be catalogers, resulting in a higher frequency of flawed records and inaccessible OPACs. We can address these problems by creating cataloging communities, which will improve the quality of their work, thereby improving the usability of catalogs for patrons. This presentation will provide examples and opportunities to connect catalogers, informed by the presenters’ initiatives in creating a statewide cataloger community. These opportunities to build community will be modeled with one-on-one interactions, cold emailing, listservs, workgroups, roundtables, connecting with existing resources, etc. The session will create connections among catalogers, with the larger goals of improving access to library materials and sharing metadata best practices. The formation of these communities will encourage more librarians to participate in metadata projects, making the field a more welcoming place to learn and work. These communities will also empower librarians to champion technical services roles and positions. Learning outcomes: By the end of the session, attendees will be able to: - articulate the importance of creating community amongst catalogers and metadata specialists. - form larger connections with other catalogers and metadata specialists within their communities. - prioritize collaborative metadata projects and the sharing of best practices for improved records. Who should attend? Technical service employees, ranging from official catalogers to anyone who has cataloging responsibilities in their libraries -- Amy C. Banks *RURAL COLLECTION & CATALOGING LIBRARIAN* *she/her/hers* State Library Division <https://library.utah.gov/> | 801.715.6754 250 North 1950 West, Ste. A Salt Lake City, Utah 84116-7901 <https://www.facebook.com/UtahStateLibrary/> <https://www.instagram.com/utahstatelibrary/> Join our Technical Services Listserv! <https://library.utah.gov/listservs/> Sign up for our newsletter. <https://library.utah.gov/publications/>