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#EngagedLibraries go beyond books. ⚙️ The Library of Things at Curtis Memorial Library in Maine includes 1,500+ donated or purchased items to make pricey items accessible for those living in the greater Brunswick community.
➡️ Learn more: oc.lc/3X06VfA
➡️ Learn more: oc.lc/3X06VfA
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#EngagedLibraries go beyond books. ⚙️ The Library of Things at Curtis Memorial Library in Maine includes 1,500+ donated or purchased items to make pricey items accessible for those living in the greater Brunswick community.
➡️ Learn more: oc.lc/3X06VfA
➡️ Learn more: oc.lc/3X06VfA
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📢Last chance! Join our FREE Manchester #SupplierShowcase at the stunning Midland Hotel. Explore leading platforms, live demos & 1:1 meetings from suppliers inc. #OCLC, Soutron Global Global & #AccessitLib.
🗓️21 November
https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/SupplierShowcaseManchester25_Home
🗓️21 November
https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/SupplierShowcaseManchester25_Home
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📢Last chance! Join our FREE Manchester #SupplierShowcase at the stunning Midland Hotel. Explore leading platforms, live demos & 1:1 meetings from suppliers inc. #OCLC, Soutron Global Global & #AccessitLib.
🗓️21 November
https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/SupplierShowcaseManchester25_Home
🗓️21 November
https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/SupplierShowcaseManchester25_Home
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AI tools present new possibilities for providing access to archives and special collections.
⤵️ In this second in a series of four #HangingTogether blogs, OCLC's Kate James shares insights from an #OCLCrlp working group. #OCLCresearch
⤵️ In this second in a series of four #HangingTogether blogs, OCLC's Kate James shares insights from an #OCLCrlp working group. #OCLCresearch
Exploring AI uses in archives and special collections: Integration, entities, and addressing need - Hanging Together
Learn how archives and special collections are exploring using AI responsibly to meet accessibility requirements and improve access to unique resources.
hangingtogether.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
AI tools present new possibilities for providing access to archives and special collections.
⤵️ In this second in a series of four #HangingTogether blogs, OCLC's Kate James shares insights from an #OCLCrlp working group. #OCLCresearch
⤵️ In this second in a series of four #HangingTogether blogs, OCLC's Kate James shares insights from an #OCLCrlp working group. #OCLCresearch
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What do you need for a game jam? “Two tables. Done.”
Game jams—accelerated game creation events—started as a way to develop video games, but they’re also useful for creating tabletop role-playing games, which have grown in popularity in recent years.
Read more: https://bit.ly/43qkkRQ
Game jams—accelerated game creation events—started as a way to develop video games, but they’re also useful for creating tabletop role-playing games, which have grown in popularity in recent years.
Read more: https://bit.ly/43qkkRQ
Jam Forever | American Libraries Magazine
Panelists shared ways for libraries to host game jams to help students and patrons of all ages create games.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What do you need for a game jam? “Two tables. Done.”
Game jams—accelerated game creation events—started as a way to develop video games, but they’re also useful for creating tabletop role-playing games, which have grown in popularity in recent years.
Read more: https://bit.ly/43qkkRQ
Game jams—accelerated game creation events—started as a way to develop video games, but they’re also useful for creating tabletop role-playing games, which have grown in popularity in recent years.
Read more: https://bit.ly/43qkkRQ
AI tools present new possibilities for providing access to archives and special collections.
⤵️ In this second in a series of four #HangingTogether blogs, OCLC's Kate James shares insights from an #OCLCrlp working group. #OCLCresearch
⤵️ In this second in a series of four #HangingTogether blogs, OCLC's Kate James shares insights from an #OCLCrlp working group. #OCLCresearch
Exploring AI uses in archives and special collections: Integration, entities, and addressing need - Hanging Together
Learn how archives and special collections are exploring using AI responsibly to meet accessibility requirements and improve access to unique resources.
hangingtogether.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
AI tools present new possibilities for providing access to archives and special collections.
⤵️ In this second in a series of four #HangingTogether blogs, OCLC's Kate James shares insights from an #OCLCrlp working group. #OCLCresearch
⤵️ In this second in a series of four #HangingTogether blogs, OCLC's Kate James shares insights from an #OCLCrlp working group. #OCLCresearch
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Read, Learn, Evolve has begun!! OCLC is full of librarians learning and leading today and tomorrow. Check here for photos this weekend.
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Read, Learn, Evolve has begun!! OCLC is full of librarians learning and leading today and tomorrow. Check here for photos this weekend.
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This Thanksgiving: The Turkey is Not the Only Thing Getting Roasted & other ways to prep for the feast. Check out CloudLibrary's take on cooking & Thanksgiving including this book by Robert Okine, the #dish your #Thanksgiving needs. ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/kans... @OCLC
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This Thanksgiving: The Turkey is Not the Only Thing Getting Roasted & other ways to prep for the feast. Check out CloudLibrary's take on cooking & Thanksgiving including this book by Robert Okine, the #dish your #Thanksgiving needs. ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/kans... @OCLC
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Ready to confidently plan your next system move? Join us on 18 November to discover how implementation with OCLC WorldShare Management Services can be your smoothest system transition yet.
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 1/2 #OCLCwms
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 1/2 #OCLCwms
Experience the WMS difference: An easier migration for academic libraries | OCLC
A 30-minute webinar to discover how implementation with OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS) can be your smoothest system transition yet.
www.oclc.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Ready to confidently plan your next system move? Join us on 18 November to discover how implementation with OCLC WorldShare Management Services can be your smoothest system transition yet.
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 1/2 #OCLCwms
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 1/2 #OCLCwms
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Whether you’re in the early planning stages or ready to make a decision, this session provides the realistic insights you need to approach your system transition with confidence.
📅 18 November | 2:00-2:30 p.m. EST
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 2/2 #OCLCwms
📅 18 November | 2:00-2:30 p.m. EST
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 2/2 #OCLCwms
Experience the WMS difference: An easier migration for academic libraries | OCLC
A 30-minute webinar to discover how implementation with OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS) can be your smoothest system transition yet.
www.oclc.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Whether you’re in the early planning stages or ready to make a decision, this session provides the realistic insights you need to approach your system transition with confidence.
📅 18 November | 2:00-2:30 p.m. EST
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 2/2 #OCLCwms
📅 18 November | 2:00-2:30 p.m. EST
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 2/2 #OCLCwms
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Looking for games to use in library programs? The ALA Games and Gaming Round Table's 2025 Platinum Play Classics Hall of Fame honorees are proven hits. https://bit.ly/4qGt2oS
November 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Looking for games to use in library programs? The ALA Games and Gaming Round Table's 2025 Platinum Play Classics Hall of Fame honorees are proven hits. https://bit.ly/4qGt2oS
Ready to confidently plan your next system move? Join us on 18 November to discover how implementation with OCLC WorldShare Management Services can be your smoothest system transition yet.
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 1/2 #OCLCwms
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 1/2 #OCLCwms
Experience the WMS difference: An easier migration for academic libraries | OCLC
A 30-minute webinar to discover how implementation with OCLC WorldShare Management Services (WMS) can be your smoothest system transition yet.
www.oclc.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Ready to confidently plan your next system move? Join us on 18 November to discover how implementation with OCLC WorldShare Management Services can be your smoothest system transition yet.
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 1/2 #OCLCwms
⤵️ Register here. 🧵 1/2 #OCLCwms
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Last chance! Considering your next procurement cycle? Join our FREE Manchester #SupplierShowcase at the stunning Midland Hotel. Explore leading platforms, live demos & 1:1 meetings from suppliers inc. @oclc.org @soutron.bsky.social Global & #AccessitLib.🗓️21 November
www.cilip.org.uk/page/Supplie...
www.cilip.org.uk/page/Supplie...
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Last chance! Considering your next procurement cycle? Join our FREE Manchester #SupplierShowcase at the stunning Midland Hotel. Explore leading platforms, live demos & 1:1 meetings from suppliers inc. @oclc.org @soutron.bsky.social Global & #AccessitLib.🗓️21 November
www.cilip.org.uk/page/Supplie...
www.cilip.org.uk/page/Supplie...
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Librarians from across the Benelux gathered on 30 October for OCLC Contactdag, an annual conference that highlights developments within the library industry and at OCLC. This year's "Leading by Learning" theme featured 12 sessions led by 15 speakers.
🧵 1/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
🧵 1/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Librarians from across the Benelux gathered on 30 October for OCLC Contactdag, an annual conference that highlights developments within the library industry and at OCLC. This year's "Leading by Learning" theme featured 12 sessions led by 15 speakers.
🧵 1/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
🧵 1/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
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Congratulations to our OCLC Netherlands team on bringing together Dutch and Flemish libraries for another successful event!
🧵 2/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
🧵 2/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Congratulations to our OCLC Netherlands team on bringing together Dutch and Flemish libraries for another successful event!
🧵 2/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
🧵 2/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
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I was part of an OCLC RLP working group on 'artificial intelligence to support metadata workflows'.
Four posts summarise this work, looking at primary cataloguing, archives and special collections, institutional repositories, and overall pros and cons hangingtogether.org/tag/aiandmet...
Four posts summarise this work, looking at primary cataloguing, archives and special collections, institutional repositories, and overall pros and cons hangingtogether.org/tag/aiandmet...
AIandMetadataWorkflows Archives - Hanging Together
Hanging Together
hangingtogether.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I was part of an OCLC RLP working group on 'artificial intelligence to support metadata workflows'.
Four posts summarise this work, looking at primary cataloguing, archives and special collections, institutional repositories, and overall pros and cons hangingtogether.org/tag/aiandmet...
Four posts summarise this work, looking at primary cataloguing, archives and special collections, institutional repositories, and overall pros and cons hangingtogether.org/tag/aiandmet...
Librarians from across the Benelux gathered on 30 October for OCLC Contactdag, an annual conference that highlights developments within the library industry and at OCLC. This year's "Leading by Learning" theme featured 12 sessions led by 15 speakers.
🧵 1/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
🧵 1/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Librarians from across the Benelux gathered on 30 October for OCLC Contactdag, an annual conference that highlights developments within the library industry and at OCLC. This year's "Leading by Learning" theme featured 12 sessions led by 15 speakers.
🧵 1/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
🧵 1/2 🇳🇱 @nl.oclc.org #OCLCnl25
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Welcome to new ALA Executive Director Dan Montgomery, who starts his position today, November 10. Read his inaugural American Libraries column, "Ready to Go." https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/11/03/ready-to-go/
Ready to Go | American Libraries Magazine
Library workers and advocates who defend reading, books, and unfettered access to knowledge are critical to protecting American democracy.
americanlibrariesmagazine.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Welcome to new ALA Executive Director Dan Montgomery, who starts his position today, November 10. Read his inaugural American Libraries column, "Ready to Go." https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2025/11/03/ready-to-go/
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The #WebJunction course catalog is a free, online learning environment of library-related on-demand courses and webinar recordings.
⤵️ Explore timely and relevant content for library staff and volunteers to access anytime and from anywhere.
⤵️ Explore timely and relevant content for library staff and volunteers to access anytime and from anywhere.
Increase your community impact with WebJunction | OCLC
OCLC’s WebJunction offers free, on-demand professional development and continuing education resources that build the knowledge, skills, and confidence library staff need to deliver transformational se...
www.oclc.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The #WebJunction course catalog is a free, online learning environment of library-related on-demand courses and webinar recordings.
⤵️ Explore timely and relevant content for library staff and volunteers to access anytime and from anywhere.
⤵️ Explore timely and relevant content for library staff and volunteers to access anytime and from anywhere.
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Absolutely! Without libraries, where would I be? They helped me grow, shaped my education and kept me informed ever since I first entered our small public library with my mum who would check out books for herself and little me to our shared delight.
“What is the value of libraries? Through lifelong learning, libraries can and do change lives, a point that cannot be overstated.”—Michael E. Gorman #WednesdayWisdom #Libraries #ILA
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Absolutely! Without libraries, where would I be? They helped me grow, shaped my education and kept me informed ever since I first entered our small public library with my mum who would check out books for herself and little me to our shared delight.
The #WebJunction course catalog is a free, online learning environment of library-related on-demand courses and webinar recordings.
⤵️ Explore timely and relevant content for library staff and volunteers to access anytime and from anywhere.
⤵️ Explore timely and relevant content for library staff and volunteers to access anytime and from anywhere.
Increase your community impact with WebJunction | OCLC
OCLC’s WebJunction offers free, on-demand professional development and continuing education resources that build the knowledge, skills, and confidence library staff need to deliver transformational se...
www.oclc.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The #WebJunction course catalog is a free, online learning environment of library-related on-demand courses and webinar recordings.
⤵️ Explore timely and relevant content for library staff and volunteers to access anytime and from anywhere.
⤵️ Explore timely and relevant content for library staff and volunteers to access anytime and from anywhere.
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The October newsletter includes the announcement of the 2025 I Partner with My Public Library Awards, A reminder about our new ConnectWell at the Library report, and How and why to join our monthly Birds of a Feather online conversation. Check it out!
letsmovelibraries.org/october-2025...
letsmovelibraries.org/october-2025...
October 2025 newsletter | Let's Move in Libraries
OCTOBER 2025 NEWSLETTER
The October 2025 newsletter of Let’s Move in Libraries includes:
The announcement of the 2025 I Partner with My Public Library Awards
A reminder about our new Connect...
letsmovelibraries.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The October newsletter includes the announcement of the 2025 I Partner with My Public Library Awards, A reminder about our new ConnectWell at the Library report, and How and why to join our monthly Birds of a Feather online conversation. Check it out!
letsmovelibraries.org/october-2025...
letsmovelibraries.org/october-2025...
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Think you need a big budget to build an engaging after-school program? Join #WebJunction on 18 November to discover how one librarian launched a thriving program from the ground up with less than $100 a year.
⤵️ Register here. #WJwebinar
⤵️ Register here. #WJwebinar
Big impact, small budget: After-school ideas that cost next to nothing | OCLC's WebJunction
Discover how one librarian launched a thriving after-school program from the ground up with less than $100 a year. Learn how to tap into community partnerships, think outside the box, and turn your li...
www.webjunction.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Think you need a big budget to build an engaging after-school program? Join #WebJunction on 18 November to discover how one librarian launched a thriving program from the ground up with less than $100 a year.
⤵️ Register here. #WJwebinar
⤵️ Register here. #WJwebinar
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"Big impact, small budget: After-school ideas that cost next to nothing" is presented by:
🟢 Chelsea Price, Meservey Public Library
📅 18 November | 3-4 p.m. EST #WJwebinar
🟢 Chelsea Price, Meservey Public Library
📅 18 November | 3-4 p.m. EST #WJwebinar
Big impact, small budget: After-school ideas that cost next to nothing | OCLC's WebJunction
Discover how one librarian launched a thriving after-school program from the ground up with less than $100 a year. Learn how to tap into community partnerships, think outside the box, and turn your li...
www.webjunction.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Big impact, small budget: After-school ideas that cost next to nothing" is presented by:
🟢 Chelsea Price, Meservey Public Library
📅 18 November | 3-4 p.m. EST #WJwebinar
🟢 Chelsea Price, Meservey Public Library
📅 18 November | 3-4 p.m. EST #WJwebinar
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ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social moderated a post-screening discussion of The Librarians at Chicago’s Landmark Theatre this week.
Screenings are happening in cities across the country. See where the film is headed next. ➡️ https://thelibrariansfilm.com/screenings/
Screenings are happening in cities across the country. See where the film is headed next. ➡️ https://thelibrariansfilm.com/screenings/
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social moderated a post-screening discussion of The Librarians at Chicago’s Landmark Theatre this week.
Screenings are happening in cities across the country. See where the film is headed next. ➡️ https://thelibrariansfilm.com/screenings/
Screenings are happening in cities across the country. See where the film is headed next. ➡️ https://thelibrariansfilm.com/screenings/
Think you need a big budget to build an engaging after-school program? Join #WebJunction on 18 November to discover how one librarian launched a thriving program from the ground up with less than $100 a year.
⤵️ Register here. #WJwebinar
⤵️ Register here. #WJwebinar
Big impact, small budget: After-school ideas that cost next to nothing | OCLC's WebJunction
Discover how one librarian launched a thriving after-school program from the ground up with less than $100 a year. Learn how to tap into community partnerships, think outside the box, and turn your li...
www.webjunction.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Think you need a big budget to build an engaging after-school program? Join #WebJunction on 18 November to discover how one librarian launched a thriving program from the ground up with less than $100 a year.
⤵️ Register here. #WJwebinar
⤵️ Register here. #WJwebinar