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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. 🦋 ➡️ Follow us on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/OCLC.org 🧵 1/2
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The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway's first novel, turns 100 today. ⤵️ Revisit our #OCLCresearch study to see how books held in library collections worldwide offer a unique look at the literary popularity of Hemingway and other writers. #OCLCworldcat oc.lc/4dRh5bl

The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway: Measuring Literary Popularity and Impact with WorldCat...

Ernest Hemingway is the most famous 20th-century American novelist, according to a recent article in The Economist. What is the evidence? Among other things, the article cites Wikipedia traffic data,...

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These books require you read with the light on. 🔦 🔗: spr.ly/6017BHR7OD
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It's #GreenLibraries Week, led by @CILIPinfo! 🇬🇧🌱 This year's theme focuses on helping patrons build strong information literacy skills to navigate climate and sustainability information confidently. ➡️ View the assets and promote your efforts: oc.lc/4k7U5Zn #OCLCuk
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Powerful discovery is just the beginning. 🗺️ CONTENTdm helps libraries, archives, museums, and institutions make unique digital collections easier to discover, manage, and connect. ⤵️ Explore our completely redesigned, modern platform. #OCLCcontentdm oclc.org/en/contentdm.html?u…

CONTENTdm: Increase the visibility, efficiency, and impact of your digital collections | OCLC

CONTENTdm helps libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions make unique digital collections easier to discover, manage, and connect.

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La @unicomplutense acoge hoy el Primer Encuentro del Grupo de Usuarios de #WMS en España, una jornada para compartir experiencias y conocer los futuros avances de esta Plataforma de Servicios Bibliotecarios.
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En el encuentro participarán entre otros: Ana Fernández, responsable de @Oclservices en 🇪🇸; representantes de las bibliotecas que han implementado WMS en España; Jay Holloway Director Ejecutivo; Robert TorreMarín, Senior Project Manager, @OCLC_ES. #CooperaciónBibliotecaria
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Unlock free resources during Open Access Week!🔒 spr.ly/6012BHRAYj has free articles, ebooks, resource guides, and more available for your reading pleasure. Select the "Open Access" filter on spr.ly/6012BHRAYj. 🔗: spr.ly/6017BHRAY9
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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
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#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. ➡️ Read more: oc.lc/3WuAqJi
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📲 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

Share your library’s #EngagedLibaries success stories | OCLC

#EngagedLibraries invites library workers to share stories of community engagement success across their social media channels. Consider posting ideas that your peers might find helpful, highlights of...

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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

Build community engagement skills for everyday library work with LiFT courses | OCLC's WebJunction

Community engagement is not a single program, event, or department. It is an ongoing practice of listening, learning, building relationships, and working alongside community members to help the...

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These are the books that get just a little spooky—find these and more at your local library. 🔗: spr.ly/6018BGAWwy
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What a lovely sunny day in Melbourne to kick off the HLA & HLi Joint Conference 2026 at the William Angliss Institute!
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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

Behind the decision: Inside St. John's University Libraries' journey to OCLC's WorldShare Managem...

A 30-minute webinar to hear the story behind St. John's University Libraries' move to OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS)—an advanced library services platform

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#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? 🧵 1/2 oc.lc/4jxn2xR

Share your library’s #EngagedLibaries success stories | OCLC

#EngagedLibraries invites library workers to share stories of community engagement success across their social media channels. Consider posting ideas that your peers might find helpful, highlights of...

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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. 🧵2/2 oc.lc/4jxn2xR

Share your library’s #EngagedLibaries success stories | OCLC

#EngagedLibraries invites library workers to share stories of community engagement success across their social media channels. Consider posting ideas that your peers might find helpful, highlights of...

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Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Watch the origin stories of your favorite horror characters! 🔗: oc.lc/4769LEX
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The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway's first novel, turns 100 today. ⤵️ Revisit our #OCLCresearch study to see how books held in library collections worldwide offer a unique look at the literary popularity of Hemingway and other writers. #OCLCworldcat oc.lc/4dRh5bl

The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway: Measuring Literary Popularity and Impact with WorldCat...

Ernest Hemingway is the most famous 20th-century American novelist, according to a recent article in The Economist. What is the evidence? Among other things, the article cites Wikipedia traffic data,...

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It's #GreenLibraries Week, led by @CILIPinfo! 🇬🇧🌱 This year's theme focuses on helping patrons build strong information literacy skills to navigate climate and sustainability information confidently. ➡️ View the assets and promote your efforts: oc.lc/4k7U5Zn #OCLCuk
A young woman wearing glasses and yellow gardening gloves fills a small pot with soil in a greenhouse. Overlaid text reads, \"Climate Facts for a greener future: Navigating mis- and disinformation in libraries.\" The dates of 21-28 October 2026 are listed. At the bottom are the logos for Green Libraries Week, CILIP, the Green Libraries Campaign, and #GreenLibraries.

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Powerful discovery is just the beginning. 🗺️ CONTENTdm helps libraries, archives, museums, and institutions make unique digital collections easier to discover, manage, and connect. ⤵️ Explore our completely redesigned, modern platform. #OCLCcontentdm oclc.org/en/contentdm.html?u…

CONTENTdm: Increase the visibility, efficiency, and impact of your digital collections | OCLC

CONTENTdm helps libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions make unique digital collections easier to discover, manage, and connect.

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