id	sid	tid	token	lemma	pos
12137	1	1	Letter	letter	NN
12137	1	2	from	from	IN
12137	1	3	the	the	DT
12137	1	4	Editor	editor	NN
12137	1	5	:	:	:
12137	1	6	The	the	DT
12137	1	7	Core	Core	NNP
12137	1	8	Question	Question	NNP
12137	1	9	Letter	Letter	NNP
12137	1	10	from	from	IN
12137	1	11	the	the	DT
12137	1	12	Editor	Editor	NNP
12137	1	13	The	the	DT
12137	1	14	Core	Core	NNP
12137	1	15	Question	Question	NNP
12137	1	16	Kenneth	Kenneth	NNP
12137	1	17	J.	J.	NNP
12137	1	18	Varnum	Varnum	NNP
12137	1	19	INFORMATION	INFORMATION	NNP
12137	1	20	TECHNOLOGY	TECHNOLOGY	NNP
12137	1	21	AND	and	CC
12137	1	22	LIBRARIES	library	NNS
12137	1	23	|	|	NNS
12137	1	24	MARCH	MARCH	NNS
12137	1	25	2020	2020	CD
12137	1	26	https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v39i1.12137	https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v39i1.12137	NNP
12137	1	27	As	as	IN
12137	1	28	I	-PRON-	PRP
12137	1	29	write	write	VBP
12137	1	30	this	this	DT
12137	1	31	,	,	,
12137	1	32	the	the	DT
12137	1	33	members	member	NNS
12137	1	34	of	of	IN
12137	1	35	the	the	DT
12137	1	36	Association	Association	NNP
12137	1	37	for	for	IN
12137	1	38	Library	Library	NNP
12137	1	39	Collections	Collections	NNPS
12137	1	40	and	and	CC
12137	1	41	Technical	Technical	NNP
12137	1	42	Services	Services	NNP
12137	1	43	(	(	-LRB-
12137	1	44	ALCTS	ALCTS	NNP
12137	1	45	)	)	-RRB-
12137	1	46	,	,	,
12137	1	47	the	the	DT
12137	1	48	Library	Library	NNP
12137	1	49	Leadership	Leadership	NNP
12137	1	50	and	and	CC
12137	1	51	Management	Management	NNP
12137	1	52	Association	Association	NNP
12137	1	53	(	(	-LRB-
12137	1	54	LLAMA	LLAMA	NNP
12137	1	55	)	)	-RRB-
12137	1	56	,	,	,
12137	1	57	and	and	CC
12137	1	58	LITA	LITA	NNP
12137	1	59	are	be	VBP
12137	1	60	voting	vote	VBG
12137	1	61	to	to	TO
12137	1	62	merge	merge	VB
12137	1	63	into	into	IN
12137	1	64	a	a	DT
12137	1	65	new	new	JJ
12137	1	66	consolidated	consolidated	JJ
12137	1	67	division	division	NN
12137	1	68	,	,	,
12137	1	69	Core	Core	NNP
12137	1	70	:	:	:
12137	1	71	Leadership	leadership	NN
12137	1	72	,	,	,
12137	1	73	Infrastructure	Infrastructure	NNP
12137	1	74	,	,	,
12137	1	75	Futures	Futures	NNPS
12137	1	76	.	.	.
12137	2	1	This	this	DT
12137	2	2	merger	merger	NN
12137	2	3	is	be	VBZ
12137	2	4	essential	essential	JJ
12137	2	5	to	to	IN
12137	2	6	the	the	DT
12137	2	7	continuing	continue	VBG
12137	2	8	activities	activity	NNS
12137	2	9	that	that	IN
12137	2	10	we	-PRON-	PRP
12137	2	11	library	library	VBP
12137	2	12	technologists	technologist	NNS
12137	2	13	rely	rely	VBP
12137	2	14	on	on	IN
12137	2	15	.	.	.
12137	3	1	The	the	DT
12137	3	2	LITA	LITA	NNP
12137	3	3	Board	Board	NNP
12137	3	4	has	have	VBZ
12137	3	5	indicated	indicate	VBN
12137	3	6	that	that	IN
12137	3	7	if	if	IN
12137	3	8	the	the	DT
12137	3	9	merger	merger	NN
12137	3	10	does	do	VBZ
12137	3	11	not	not	RB
12137	3	12	go	go	VB
12137	3	13	through	through	RB
12137	3	14	,	,	,
12137	3	15	LITA	LITA	NNP
12137	3	16	will	will	MD
12137	3	17	be	be	VB
12137	3	18	forced	force	VBN
12137	3	19	to	to	TO
12137	3	20	dissolve	dissolve	VB
12137	3	21	over	over	IN
12137	3	22	the	the	DT
12137	3	23	coming	come	VBG
12137	3	24	year	year	NN
12137	3	25	.	.	.
12137	4	1	The	the	DT
12137	4	2	merger	merger	NN
12137	4	3	will	will	MD
12137	4	4	enrich	enrich	VB
12137	4	5	LITA	LITA	NNP
12137	4	6	members	member	NNS
12137	4	7	’	’	POS
12137	4	8	opportunities	opportunity	NNS
12137	4	9	.	.	.
12137	5	1	LITA	LITA	NNP
12137	5	2	has	have	VBZ
12137	5	3	long	long	RB
12137	5	4	focused	focus	VBN
12137	5	5	on	on	IN
12137	5	6	the	the	DT
12137	5	7	library	library	NN
12137	5	8	technology	technology	NN
12137	5	9	practitioner	practitioner	NN
12137	5	10	.	.	.
12137	6	1	That	that	DT
12137	6	2	has	have	VBZ
12137	6	3	been	be	VBN
12137	6	4	our	-PRON-	PRP$
12137	6	5	core	core	NN
12137	6	6	competency	competency	NN
12137	6	7	,	,	,
12137	6	8	born	bear	VBN
12137	6	9	of	of	IN
12137	6	10	a	a	DT
12137	6	11	time	time	NN
12137	6	12	when	when	WRB
12137	6	13	technology	technology	NN
12137	6	14	was	be	VBD
12137	6	15	the	the	DT
12137	6	16	new	new	JJ
12137	6	17	thing	thing	NN
12137	6	18	in	in	IN
12137	6	19	libraries	library	NNS
12137	6	20	.	.	.
12137	7	1	We	-PRON-	PRP
12137	7	2	technologists	technologist	NNS
12137	7	3	know	know	VBP
12137	7	4	—	—	:
12137	7	5	the	the	DT
12137	7	6	entire	entire	JJ
12137	7	7	information	information	NN
12137	7	8	profession	profession	NN
12137	7	9	knows	know	VBZ
12137	7	10	—	—	:
12137	7	11	that	that	IN
12137	7	12	technology	technology	NN
12137	7	13	is	be	VBZ
12137	7	14	no	no	RB
12137	7	15	longer	long	RBR
12137	7	16	an	an	DT
12137	7	17	addition	addition	NN
12137	7	18	to	to	IN
12137	7	19	a	a	DT
12137	7	20	library	library	NN
12137	7	21	,	,	,
12137	7	22	but	but	CC
12137	7	23	is	be	VBZ
12137	7	24	the	the	DT
12137	7	25	way	way	NN
12137	7	26	society	society	NN
12137	7	27	operates	operate	VBZ
12137	7	28	,	,	,
12137	7	29	for	for	IN
12137	7	30	a	a	DT
12137	7	31	huge	huge	JJ
12137	7	32	portion	portion	NN
12137	7	33	of	of	IN
12137	7	34	our	-PRON-	PRP$
12137	7	35	work	work	NN
12137	7	36	and	and	CC
12137	7	37	life	life	NN
12137	7	38	.	.	.
12137	8	1	Core	Core	NNP
12137	8	2	reflects	reflect	VBZ
12137	8	3	this	this	DT
12137	8	4	evolutionary	evolutionary	JJ
12137	8	5	change	change	NN
12137	8	6	.	.	.
12137	9	1	Similar	similar	JJ
12137	9	2	evolutions	evolution	NNS
12137	9	3	have	have	VBP
12137	9	4	taken	take	VBN
12137	9	5	place	place	NN
12137	9	6	in	in	IN
12137	9	7	technical	technical	JJ
12137	9	8	services	service	NNS
12137	9	9	and	and	CC
12137	9	10	collections	collection	NNS
12137	9	11	development	development	NN
12137	9	12	areas	area	NNS
12137	9	13	;	;	:
12137	9	14	those	those	DT
12137	9	15	functions	function	NNS
12137	9	16	have	have	VBP
12137	9	17	been	be	VBN
12137	9	18	forever	forever	RB
12137	9	19	changed	change	VBN
12137	9	20	by	by	IN
12137	9	21	the	the	DT
12137	9	22	wave	wave	NN
12137	9	23	of	of	IN
12137	9	24	technologies	technology	NNS
12137	9	25	that	that	WDT
12137	9	26	we	-PRON-	PRP
12137	9	27	have	have	VBP
12137	9	28	implemented	implement	VBN
12137	9	29	over	over	IN
12137	9	30	the	the	DT
12137	9	31	past	past	JJ
12137	9	32	half	half	JJ
12137	9	33	century	century	NN
12137	9	34	.	.	.
12137	10	1	Core	core	NN
12137	10	2	brings	bring	VBZ
12137	10	3	together	together	RB
12137	10	4	the	the	DT
12137	10	5	practitioners	practitioner	NNS
12137	10	6	and	and	CC
12137	10	7	technologies	technology	NNS
12137	10	8	that	that	WDT
12137	10	9	make	make	VBP
12137	10	10	libraries	library	NNS
12137	10	11	run	run	VB
12137	10	12	,	,	,
12137	10	13	and	and	CC
12137	10	14	combines	combine	VBZ
12137	10	15	them	-PRON-	PRP
12137	10	16	with	with	IN
12137	10	17	the	the	DT
12137	10	18	library	library	JJ
12137	10	19	leadership	leadership	NN
12137	10	20	areas	area	NNS
12137	10	21	that	that	IN
12137	10	22	many	many	JJ
12137	10	23	of	of	IN
12137	10	24	us	-PRON-	PRP
12137	10	25	aspire	aspire	VBP
12137	10	26	to	to	TO
12137	10	27	,	,	,
12137	10	28	or	or	CC
12137	10	29	end	end	VB
12137	10	30	up	up	RP
12137	10	31	taking	take	VBG
12137	10	32	on	on	RP
12137	10	33	,	,	,
12137	10	34	as	as	IN
12137	10	35	our	-PRON-	PRP$
12137	10	36	careers	career	NNS
12137	10	37	develop	develop	VBP
12137	10	38	.	.	.
12137	11	1	When	when	WRB
12137	11	2	I	-PRON-	PRP
12137	11	3	joined	join	VBD
12137	11	4	LITA	LITA	NNP
12137	11	5	over	over	IN
12137	11	6	a	a	DT
12137	11	7	decade	decade	NN
12137	11	8	ago	ago	RB
12137	11	9	,	,	,
12137	11	10	I	-PRON-	PRP
12137	11	11	was	be	VBD
12137	11	12	myself	-PRON-	PRP
12137	11	13	moving	move	VBG
12137	11	14	from	from	IN
12137	11	15	“	"	``
12137	11	16	doer	doer	NNP
12137	11	17	”	"	''
12137	11	18	to	to	IN
12137	11	19	“	"	``
12137	11	20	manager	manager	NN
12137	11	21	.	.	.
12137	11	22	”	"	''
12137	11	23	Now	now	RB
12137	11	24	that	that	IN
12137	11	25	my	-PRON-	PRP$
12137	11	26	role	role	NN
12137	11	27	is	be	VBZ
12137	11	28	largely	largely	RB
12137	11	29	project	project	NN
12137	11	30	and	and	CC
12137	11	31	personnel	personnel	NNS
12137	11	32	management	management	NN
12137	11	33	,	,	,
12137	11	34	the	the	DT
12137	11	35	skills	skill	NNS
12137	11	36	and	and	CC
12137	11	37	conversations	conversation	NNS
12137	11	38	I	-PRON-	PRP
12137	11	39	seek	seek	VBP
12137	11	40	for	for	IN
12137	11	41	personal	personal	JJ
12137	11	42	growth	growth	NN
12137	11	43	are	be	VBP
12137	11	44	often	often	RB
12137	11	45	found	find	VBN
12137	11	46	in	in	IN
12137	11	47	other	other	JJ
12137	11	48	parts	part	NNS
12137	11	49	of	of	IN
12137	11	50	ALA	ALA	NNP
12137	11	51	,	,	,
12137	11	52	and	and	CC
12137	11	53	beyond	beyond	IN
12137	11	54	.	.	.
12137	12	1	Yet	yet	RB
12137	12	2	,	,	,
12137	12	3	the	the	DT
12137	12	4	focus	focus	NN
12137	12	5	—	—	:
12137	12	6	the	the	DT
12137	12	7	core	core	NN
12137	12	8	,	,	,
12137	12	9	if	if	IN
12137	12	10	I	-PRON-	PRP
12137	12	11	may	may	MD
12137	12	12	—	—	:
12137	12	13	of	of	IN
12137	12	14	what	what	WP
12137	12	15	I	-PRON-	PRP
12137	12	16	do	do	VBP
12137	12	17	is	be	VBZ
12137	12	18	still	still	RB
12137	12	19	in	in	IN
12137	12	20	the	the	DT
12137	12	21	center	center	NN
12137	12	22	of	of	IN
12137	12	23	the	the	DT
12137	12	24	Venn	Venn	NNP
12137	12	25	diagram	diagram	NN
12137	12	26	of	of	IN
12137	12	27	technology	technology	NN
12137	12	28	,	,	,
12137	12	29	people	people	NNS
12137	12	30	,	,	,
12137	12	31	and	and	CC
12137	12	32	data	datum	NNS
12137	12	33	.	.	.
12137	13	1	I	-PRON-	PRP
12137	13	2	voted	vote	VBD
12137	13	3	to	to	TO
12137	13	4	support	support	VB
12137	13	5	Core	core	NN
12137	13	6	and	and	CC
12137	13	7	hope	hope	VB
12137	13	8	that	that	IN
12137	13	9	all	all	DT
12137	13	10	of	of	IN
12137	13	11	you	-PRON-	PRP
12137	13	12	who	who	WP
12137	13	13	belong	belong	VBP
12137	13	14	to	to	IN
12137	13	15	LITA	LITA	NNP
12137	13	16	,	,	,
12137	13	17	ALCTS	ALCTS	NNP
12137	13	18	,	,	,
12137	13	19	and/or	and/or	CC
12137	13	20	LLAMA	LLAMA	NNP
12137	13	21	,	,	,
12137	13	22	will	will	MD
12137	13	23	do	do	VB
12137	13	24	the	the	DT
12137	13	25	same	same	JJ
12137	13	26	.	.	.
12137	14	1	Sincerely	sincerely	RB
12137	14	2	,	,	,
12137	14	3	Kenneth	Kenneth	NNP
12137	14	4	J.	J.	NNP
12137	14	5	Varnum	Varnum	NNP
12137	14	6	,	,	,
12137	14	7	Editor	Editor	NNP
12137	14	8	varnum@umich.edu	varnum@umich.edu	VBZ
12137	14	9	March	March	NNP
12137	14	10	2020	2020	CD
12137	14	11	https://core.ala.org/	https://core.ala.org/	NNP
12137	14	12	mailto:varnum@umich.edu	mailto:varnum@umich.edu	NNS