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In recent months, many customers and colleagues have encouraged us to join the Bluesky social media network and its rapidly growing library community. Well...you asked, and we listened. 🦋
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There are direct costs, risks, and missed opportunities in allowing the status quo to persist.
⤵️ In this #HangingTogether blog post, Brian Lavoie introduces a simple framework for thinking about status quo costs in library decision-making. #OCLCresearch oc.lc/3TIrQpD
#EngagedLibraries are building and helping build. Millvale Community Library recently broke ground on two dedicated sheds on its property to provide more visibility and easier access to its extensive tool library.
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ALT A two-panel collage shows people using tools: A woman is helping a boy use hand tools in an outdoor space, and a man is wearing a face shield while operating a lathe inside. The OCLC and #EngagedLibraries logos are at the top.
📲 Does your library offer a tool library for the community to complete their projects? Share your story on social media by including #EngagedLibraries and tagging OCLC in your post.
⤵️ Learn more about sharing your community engagement success stories. oc.lc/engaged-libraries
Community engagement is an ongoing practice to help the library better serve everyone.
⤵️ OCLC's @WebJunction offers new self-paced courses to help public library staff and leaders make community engagement part of their everyday work. #EngagedLibraries oc.lc/4hPSru8
Choosing a new library services platform is a substantial decision. 🔎 Join us on 21 October to hear from peers at @StJohnsU Libraries' who have been through the process in moving to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services.
⤵️ Register here. #OCLCwms oc.lc/4jkD6CN
#EngagedLibraries share ideas for success. 💡 Has your library built an incredible community partnership? Did you recently host an event that brought people together? Have you or a colleague had a breakthrough worthy of celebration?
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📲 We want to shine a spotlight on your story by sharing it with the global library community. Help us grow the conversation by using #EngagedLibraries in your posts.
⤵️ Learn how to share your community engagement success stories.
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ICYMI: We've introduced a new version of the #OCLCcontentdm, empowering libraries, archives, and museums to make their unique digital collections more visible, accessible, and connected than ever.
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The new, modern #OCLCcontentdm has been completely redesigned to meet digital collection management needs today and into the future. It is now available in the US and will be available in other regions in the coming months.
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Want to host a successful job fair at your library? Don't miss our #WJwebinar next Tuesday, Oct. 13, with Champaign Public Library's Cat Purcell, who will share practical strategies for planning, promoting, and executing.
⬇️ Learn more and register here. oc.lc/4zclOfG
ICYMI: We've introduced a new version of the #OCLCcontentdm, empowering libraries, archives, and museums to make their unique digital collections more visible, accessible, and connected than ever.
⤵️ Read more. 🧵 1/2 #OCLCnews oc.lc/4jLY11K
The new, modern #OCLCcontentdm has been completely redesigned to meet digital collection management needs today and into the future. It is now available in the US and will be available in other regions in the coming months.
⤵️ Read more. 🧵 2/2 #OCLCnews oc.lc/4jLY11K
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Public libraries are uniquely positioned to support workforce development. 💼 Join OCLC's @WebJunction on 13 October to learn practical strategies for executing a successful job fair at your library.
⤵️ Register here. #WJwebinar oc.lc/4yGHp04
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"How to host a job fair at your library" is presented by:
🔵 Cat Purcell, Champaign Public Library
📅 13 October | 12-1 p.m. EDT #WJwebinar oc.lc/4yGHp04
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"Hoa hoa" season is here, so hold on tight, spider monkey!
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Let’s connect at an event near you! 👋 Conferences and events provide us the opportunity to learn about your library, explore how we can work together, and share the latest from OCLC.
🔖⤵️ Bookmark our webpage to see where we’ll be in the coming months. oc.lc/3UbgJpd
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These are the books that can FALL into your TBR. 🍂
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#EngagedLibraries are newsmakers. 📰 The Library Newsroom Project looks to bridge the digital news gap by "transforming libraries into collaborative hubs where residents, library staff, and journalists work together to share stories."
➡️ Read more: oc.lc/4zcpuhP
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📲 How does your library stay connected and share what’s happening in your community? Share your story on social media by including #EngagedLibraries and tagging OCLC in your post.
⤵️ Learn more about sharing your community engagement success stories. oc.lc/engaged-libraries
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Created 25 years ago, @JeugdbiebNieuws has become one of the Netherlands most trusted info sources for children. 🇳🇱
⤵️ Vincent Jordaan shares how it showcases what's possible when librarians, communities, and organizations work together. #OCLCnext #OCLCnl oc.lc/4iYaM97