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📜 October blog roundup! 🖥️

A new interactive garden map, a 28-foot scroll, the steps to get rare pieces of American history online, and more! All on the Clements Chronicles: myumi.ch/A1EPx

#AmericanHistory #LibraryWork #Manuscript #Garden #Digitization #Blog
"Turning Over a New Leaf: The Clements Library's Native Plant Garden." Black and white photo of two people in a garden. Header reads "Clements Library Chronicles. News and Information from the William L. Clements Library." "Digitizing Clements Materials." Photo album open on a DT Atom scanner. Header reads "Clements Library Chronicles. News and Information from the William L. Clements Library." "Cataloging the Edward Surovell Collection of Native American American Languages: A Love Story." Evelyn Best smiling in front of a bookshelf of the Edward Surovell collection. Header reads "Clements Library Chronicles. News and Information from the William L. Clements Library." "New Manuscripts Finding Aids, October 2026." Ava Wilcox posing with a partially unfurled 28-foot scroll. Header reads "Clements Library Chronicles. News and Information from the William L. Clements Library."
November 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM
clementslibrary.bsky.social
#DidYouKnow portions of the Clements collections have been digitized and made freely available online? 💻

Come spend a day with the newest member of the Clements team, Carly Jensen, to learn about her vital work digitizing these archival collections.

#DayInTheLife #Digitization #LibraryWork
October 30, 2026 at 3:17 PM
clementslibrary.bsky.social
Color Hunting at the Clements Library for #NationalColorDay! 💚💙💜💛

#Archives #RareBooks #LibraryWork
October 22, 2026 at 2:53 PM
clementslibrary.bsky.social
We asked four members of the Clements staff to take a picture each hour of the work day, which division would you want to work in?

#LibraryWork #Archives #DayInTheLife #HourByHour
September 21, 2026 at 2:52 PM
clementslibrary.bsky.social
Brynne Smith, an undergraduate student here at the University of Michigan, has joined us today for a Q&A to share what her day is like as the Student Library Assistant at the Clements! myumi.ch/111Qy

#Archives #Library #LibraryWork #StudentWorker #StudentInternship
August 31, 2026 at 8:25 PM
lyndelleg.bsky.social
"...soft skills are critical to library work in multiple ways and to positioning the library effectively in the community it serves. However 'Soft' is potentially misleading or unhelpful in several ways."

I prefer to think of these skills as 'professional' or 'core'.

#LibraryWork #LISCareers
lorcand.bsky.social Lorcan Dempsey @lorcand.bsky.social · Mar 16
I wrote this as I was finishing up the first outing of my course on Library Collaboration and Partnership last year. Now that I am finishing the course for the second time, it seems more relevant than ever >> So-called soft skills are hard
So-called soft skills are hard
So-called soft skills are important across a range of library activities. Existing trends will further amplify this importance. Describing these skills as soft may be misleading, or even damaging.…
www.lorcandempsey.net
March 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
howtosilverfox.bsky.social
15.16: System Crash 

Navigated today's Toronto power outage by relocating to the library and advancing a client visit. Productivity remained high despite the disruption. #TorontoOutage #LibraryWork #ClientMeeting #Productivity #PowerOutage #TorontoLife #Adaptability #Resilience #SelfCare
May 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
digitaldante.bsky.social
We have extended the deadline for applications: theclaremontcolleges.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/TCCS_C... #Libraries #Librarians #LIS #LISCareers #GLAM #LibraryWork
#LibraryHiring #SkyBrarians📚 📜 #LISJobs #LibraryJobs
#LibraryCareers Consider joining us!!
Scholarly Communications Librarian
ABOUT THE POSITION: The Claremont Colleges Library seeks a service-oriented, collaborative, knowledgeable, and creative individual to further develop and advance our scholarly communication initiative...
theclaremontcolleges.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
June 6, 2024 at 10:02 PM
amandaworking.bsky.social
Trump's Exec Order is gutting the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which provides priceless support to local public libraries.

Speak up NOW to protect your library (via @americanlibrary.bsky.social) app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...

#LibraryWork #SkyBrarians #Libraries #BookSky 📚💙
White and blue text on a red background reads: Trump is Trying to Kill Your Library Speak up before it’s too late to protect the federal agency (IMLS) that provides $200 million to local libraries
March 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
fairlibraryjobs.bsky.social
It's been a couple of years since we published our post on trade unions for UK library workers: anyone got any updates? New trade unions springing up? Recent successes? Let us know!

#TradeUnions #JoinAUnion #Libraries #LibraryWork

sites.google.com/view/fairlib...
Fair Library Jobs - Trade Unions
Trade unions for UK library workers
sites.google.com
September 8, 2024 at 4:31 PM
rudydoesbooks.bsky.social
Friends in the LISverse: I'd like to talk to someone about building me a small searchable database. At this point, a quick conversation to set me up to plan and budget for hiring someone to do the project. Any recommendations welcome! #LIS #Librarywork #GLAM #LibrarySky
July 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
mirandapitcher.bsky.social
OK, this thread is going to be a mishmash of lifting up some examples from my TBR pile and highlighting a few things I have picked up as gifts.

Follow along if you like books, like gifts, or just plain like celebrating creativity! 📚💙 #SkyBrarians #AmWriting #LibraryWork
mirandapitcher.bsky.social MirandaPitcher @mirandapitcher.bsky.social · Dec 8
Now mulling the idea of doing a year-end thread of my TBR pile. I feel like those authors should get some shine and sparkle even if I haven’t read their books yet.
jacobwren.bsky.social Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · Dec 8
There were many books I wanted to read this year that I did not in fact manage to read.
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
randomkelsey.bsky.social
Recent library happenings:

--A woman driving the wrong way down our adjacent one-way street and the wrong way into our drive through.
--A fully decorated Christmas tree suddenly showing up in a meeting room. No one knows who put it up.

#library #librarywork #circulation
November 13, 2024 at 4:20 AM
nowbreezing.ntw.app
Here's the Top 10 Trending Words over the Past 10 Minutes:
1st - gaza
2nd - leftists
3rd - soep
4th - lions
5th - pelosi
6th - demos
7th - ruiniere
8th - kunst
9th - housing
10th - buchstaben
(tap/click to see all posts with that word!)

#FreePalestine 🇵🇸
Word Cloud; its top words (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): gaza, leftists, soep, lions, pelosi, demos, ruiniere, kunst, housing, buchstaben, @supermalouin.gay.bzh, @jojopetitpoulet.bsky.social, @gloriapatapouf.bsky.social, ده, senin, liberals, liberal, domingo, seiten, rechtsextremismus, pee, nancy, küfür, fence, fairy, extremism, accused, だし, threats, morbs, mona, louvre, jouer, engaging, efficiency, edited, drone, bulbasaur, buch, boom, benim, ラクス, كنت, دي, לי, אז, світу, youtu.be/midc-dcjgs0, victim, vegan, vaalit, tänään, troops, trader, swing, sunday, strom, snl, scenarios, satisfying, rund, riktigt, richmond, republicans, reagan, raccoons, protest, plain, passes, paintings, oscar, opposed, newport, neoliberal, nahrung, morbin, macro, livro, lisa, lexus, leftist, lede, layers, laws, knapp, kannste, kamen, jersey, impeachment, immigration, immigrants, ilk, https.//card.syui.ai/m-ns, homeless, holocaust, highlander, hago, givemeadog, gentle, geldi, gegangen, funds, freude, flew, encounter, encanta, elektrik, donut, detroit, democratic, demo, critic, coïncidence, cough, champion, capitalist, bunker, booba, biraz, bile, believes, attorney, apocalypse, antony, antisemitism, amk, allowing, alguna, alexander, accusing, @youtube, 5000, 食い, 睡眠, 清書, 寝る, へん, ひと, せい, کردم, محتاج, كده, كتير, فاكر, خالی, بيبقى, תודה, שלי, רוצה, כל, יום, הם, את, אחד, אותו, із, хочеться, україна, місце, де, всё, будуть, überschrift, última, zaten, yok, yksi, yerine, y8, xx, würfel, ww, wunderschöne, worries, wolverine, wollten, wollt, witchblade, wire, wildly, weirdo, watches, warehouse, voters, virtual, vinyl, views, vielä, veux, various, už, utter, useful, unten, unrwa, units, unexpected, unable, u.v.m, trucs Hashtag Cloud; its hashtagged words/phrases (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): art, nowplaying, konassattitude, vtuber, noafd, bvbboc, radio3, photography, twitch, oc, music, dnd, catsofbluesky, biden, youtube, wip, wank, vegannews, ukraine, ttrpg, tools, suck, straatfotografie, spunk, skybrarians, romance, putin, preorder, pokemon, piss, orv, ocart, nsfw, nikon, niewiederistjetzt, niewieder, neussgegenrechts, librarywork, libraryjobs, libraryinterview, libraries, lequipe, kdj, januarifotoflow, hivis, gwt, glamjobs, gaming, fulllength, fuck, football, filthfilms, filmphotography, fckafd, fbvag, edxw, dirtyworkie, digitalart, covidisnotover, comics, comic, bvb, birdwatching, birds, birdphotography, adsb, ad, 35mm Emoji Cloud; its emojis (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): 💘, 🎼, 🕺, 💧, 💤, 👏, ⭐, ⚠, 🫵, 🤮, 🙏🏽, 😮, 💓, ⬛, ▶️, 🤬, 🤐, 🚩, 🚝, 😓, 🖖, 🔊, 📡, 📜, 👸, 👏🏾, 🐿️, 🐆, 🎧, 🌡, ✍🏻, 🧊, 🦖, 🦋, 🦇, 🥣, 🥚, 🤼, 🤷🏽, 🤦🏻‍♂️, 🤡, 🤜, 🤛, 🤎, 🛫, 🙌🏽, 🙋‍♂️, 😻, 😶‍🌫️, 😶, 😵‍💫, 😣, 😝, 😕, 😋, 🗒, 🔪, 📺, 📦, 💯, 💪🏼, 💪, 💝, 💅, 👏🏼, 👍, 👌🏻, 👌, 👊🏻, 👇🏻, 👅, 👁, 🐶, 🐯, 🐕, 🎹, 🎩, 🎨, 🍺, 🍣, 🍞, 🌠, 🌕, 🌐, 🌌, 🇺🇸, 🇮🇹, 🇮🇳, 🇫🇷, 🇩🇪, 🇨🇭, 🇧🇷, ❤️‍🔥, ✍, ✌🏻, ✊, ⚪, ⚓, ☹️, ☝🏼, ⏳ @bsky.app and the bsky.team have finally taken the first step. We must take the time to see how @safety.bsky.app fares and if the team will do the rest. #ListenToBlackVoices
January 28, 2024 at 6:00 PM
nowbreezing.ntw.app
Here's the Top 10 Trending Words over the Past 10 Minutes:
1st - bauern
2nd - burrito
3rd - r$
4th - taxes
5th - portion
6th - johns
7th - epstein
8th - stipend
9th - reimburse
10th - plagiarism
(tap or click a word to see all posts with that word!)

#ListenToBlackVoices #йобанарусня 🇺🇦
Word Cloud; its top words (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): bauern, burrito, r$, taxes, portion, johns, epstein, stipend, reimburse, plagiarism, jbox.com.br/links, employers, salty, marvel's, mangá, esel, editora, desconto , amazon , afiliado, habeck, glynis, vulcan, tacos, subway, perry, landwirte, iowa, income, immigrants, disability, costs, 2024-01-04, shooter, responses, refried, pv, newest, hypocrisy, hire, claim, beans, associated, $2, youre, wwx, wound, unfassbar, shooting, shocker, required, publication, provided, practice, pencil, panini , outfits, mossad, mob, missiles, minor, manhattan, laughed, infinite, iirc, ian, guardians, gewalt, gaza, fähre, diversity, district, deadline, covers, consistent, considered, concerns, chronic, cells, bbc, baking, approved, accused, aaaaaaaa, wütend, wwx's, www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/o, www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo, www.businessinsider.com/bill-ackman, willen, wealth, wand, waldorfschulen, wald, vice, uso, unpredictable, unhinged, tänään, trends, trek, treating, topics, thursday, theories, tehdä, taco, subventionen, studios, steamboat, state's, starring, starke, squad, spicy, soleil, soldaten, snake, slots, slander, sixth-grader, siitä, selfish, sarcasm, sandy, routes, risks, ripped, rescue, reread, representation, qualidade, provide, pronto, pretentious, preparing, positions, piss, pfp, parties, pardon, paprika, ouais, organization, nok, nhs, nervt, neck, nacht, mrs, mom's, mickey, mexican, livestock, liberal, laying, knees, klare, ketchup, juuri, jfc, injury, injuries, incident, illustrator, ilk, hydroxychloroquine, he'll, gube, gray, gop's, god's, goblin, gaslighting, garbage, furniture, fourth, fio, femmes, explore, explicitly, experts, exception, energie, emotions, edge, echo, documents, directed, digging, dicks, desantis, derailment, crops, cosmos, cosmic, contain, conservatives, consent, concepts Hashtag Cloud; its hashtags (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): #art, #news, #furryart, #kidlitartpostcard, #furry, #breakingnews, #breaking, #birds, #thetraitors, #oc, #vtuber, #ukraine, #skybrarians, #raireart, #nowplaying, #liscareers, #lis, #librarywork, #libraryhiring, #libraries, #librarians, #kidlitart, #illustration, #habeck, #glam, #earthquake, #digitalart, #writers, #vtuberswithdisabilities, #vsky, #vancouver, #us, #unagented, #typography, #sf6, #politics, #pokemon, #pngtuber, #photography, #ocs, #nsfw, #nature, #lösungsorientierung, #illustrating, #illustrate, #history, #gelassenheit, #femboy, #familien, #erziehungstipps, #envtuber, #entlastung, #elterncoaching, #cybersecurity, #covidisnotover, #covid19, #commsopen, #commission, #childrensbooks, #characterdesign, #authors, #assa, #ams, #aew, #adsb, #6music Emoji Cloud; its emojis (sorted by weighted frequency, descending): 📈, 💰, 🖋️, 📖, 🏢, 🤼, 🚀, 🌛, ⬛, 🟩, 💫, ✍️, 😴, 🔗, 📜, 👁️, 👁, 🍔, ❌, 🫠, 🦊, 🤼‍♂️, 🤮, 😪, 📱, 🐶, 🌠, ⬇️, ✈️, ☀, 🫦, 🫢, 🫡, 🫐, 🪡, 🪙, 🧶, 🧠, 🧎‍♂️, 🧊, 🦈, 🥔, 🤫, 🤪, 🤨, 🤦🏻, 🤦‍♀️, 🤣, 🤌, 🛌, 🙏🏽, 🙀, 😻, 😷, 😰, 😯, 😮‍💨, 😭, 😝, 😓, 😐, 🗃️, 🖥, 🖕, 🔮, 🔥, 🔞, 🔔, 📺, 📣, 💥, 💛, 💔, 💋, 👼, 👏, 👎, 👍🏻, 👊, 👇🏻, 🐷, 🐛, 🏰, 🎮, 🎬, 🌧️, 🌟, 🌐, ⭐, ❤️‍🔥, ✊🏻, ♥️, ♥, ™️ @bsky.app and the bsky.team have finally taken the first step. We must take the time to see how @safety.bsky.app fares and if the team will do the rest. #ListenToBlackVoices
January 4, 2024 at 9:40 PM
clementslibrary.bsky.social
POV: You’re a map being paged at the Clements Library by our Curator of Maps and Graphics, Sierra Laddusaw!

#LibraryWork #MapsandGraphics #Curator #POV
August 6, 2026 at 3:36 PM
clementslibrary.bsky.social
When did the staff of the Clements Library get their Masters degrees in Library and Information Science? 🤔📚🎓

#MLIS #LibraryScience #LibraryWork #ArchiveWork
July 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
clementslibrary.bsky.social
When work gets us down, we just remember who we’re doing it all for… Mr. Clements! ♥️

#NationalWorkaholicsDay #WorkaholicsDay #LibraryWork #Archivist
July 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
clementslibrary.bsky.social
Meet the staff of the Clements Library!

#LibraryWork #GoBlue
"This is who welcomes visitors to the Clements Library!" Sepia photo of a young girl. "This is who plans classes for U-M students and runs the fellowship program! She has always loved cats!" Photo of young girl with drawn on whiskers and a black nose. "This is who creates bonds between the Clements and our generous donors!" Photo of children in a snow mobile, with an arrow pointing to the child seated in the back. "This is who spends hours on the Clements image bank searching for collections to highlight on social media!" Photo of a young girl.
March 31, 2026 at 5:06 PM
farfallevendetta.bsky.social
You guys I just spent 40 minutes with a woman who was in active crisis about losing her cosmetology license at 83, I didn’t end up doing much but I gave her hope that there are still patient helpful people out there #librarywork
July 30, 2026 at 4:29 PM
justme-emily.bsky.social
Just helped my coworker administer Narcan and watched him do CPR on an unresponsive man in the bathroom until EMS came while we have no manager and our Admin does nothing to help us, then went back to work the desk we don’t get paid enough for this shit I’ll tell you that. #librarywork
June 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
flemmily.bsky.social
#Libraries #Librarians #LIS #LISCareers #GLAM #LibraryWork #LibraryHiring #SkyBrarians #📚 #📜
October 1, 2024 at 4:06 PM
kfecclestone.bsky.social
Calling #InformationProfessionals #Librarians and anyone in #LibraryWork whatever your job title. Your chance to discuss the future on Zoom - CILIP’s Future Strategy with CILIP CEO: Louis Coiffait-Gunn. Free event this Friday lunchtime www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...
CILIP: the library and information association
Zoom discussion - CILIP’s Future Strategy with CILIP CEO: Louis Coiffait-Gunn.
www.cilip.org.uk
May 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
the-themiscyran.bsky.social
I find it pretty heartening that a large percentage of the books being requested right now are on political resistance, intersectionality and the like. People aren’t sitting back on this. #librarywork
January 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
brimwats.com
queer librarian friends! a person I know is researching queer librarians and qualitative experience of queerness in librarywork. They're still looking for ~5-10 more interviewees, so please get in touch if you're willing to spend ~30m with a lovely human! (please RT! :))
November 8, 2024 at 12:49 AM