Laura Barry

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Registration for #NISOPlus24 in Baltimore (February 13–14) is now open! Join us and celebrate the fifth anniversary of the NISO Plus conference as we tackle #metadata, #OpenAccess, #AI, and more! Discounts available for NISO members: https://niso.plus/home/baltimore/
NISO Plus Baltimore 2024

NISO Plus Baltimore 2024 The NISO Plus conference was first held in Baltimore, Maryland, in February 2020, just prior to the shift to virtual meetings that occurred throughout the community in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, the conference has been held virtually and has grown in popularity, drawing over 600 attendees from over 28 countries in 2023. In recent months, however, the demand for a different modality has grown. In response, our fifth-anniversary conference, NISO Plus Baltimore, will take place in person on February 13–14, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor in Baltimore. Organized by a committee …

(Via The National Library of Finland - https://www.kansalliskirjasto.fi/en)

PerlKohaCon 2023 was held in Helsinki in August. A big thank you for all the participants! ✨

👉 All streamed presentations are now available on YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/nyja6bcd

👉 The presentation slides are available in Doria: https://doria.fi/handle/10024/187615

#KohaILS #KohaCon23 #PerlKohaCon

Etusivu | Kansalliskirjasto

You know that one time you’re conducting a reference interview while also cooking at the same time. This is what librarianship looks like on summer break. #librarians #momlife #summerbreak

If you missed last week's Annual Members Meeting, not to worry! Check out the recording for info on what we’ve been up to: https://www.niso.org/niso-io/2023/07/did-you-miss-our-2023-annual-members-meeting

Slides are also available: https://www.niso.org/events/niso-2023-annual-members-meeting

Librarians/GLAM: Will you stay on Mastodon now that there’s Threads? #Threads #SocialMedia #BirdSite #librarians #libraries #archives #museums #GLAM
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What's happening in the Koha Community this week?

From the community calendar (https://koha-community.org/calendar/):

- koha-US: Board Meeting

- Development Meeting: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Development_IRC_meeting_5_July_2023

- General IRC Meeting: https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_meeting_6_July_2023

- koha-US: Cataloging Special Interest Group

#KohaILS #KohaUS

Calendar – Official Website of Koha Library Software

The Swedish Koha User Group held its 10th user group meeting over the 28-30th March, with a total of 120 participants.

Meeting notes, presentations, and photos are now available (in Swedish) https://koha.se/moten/svenska-kohanatverkets-tionde-anvandarmote-i-vasteras-28-30-mars-2023/

(For an English translation, use your preferred translation tool. Google Translate link: https://koha-se.translate.goog/moten/svenska-kohanatverkets-tionde-anvandarmote-i-vasteras-28-30-mars-2023/?_x_tr_sl=sv&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp)

#swekohails #KohaILS

A fantastic read (and listen) about public libraries: A library's not just a home for books, it's the heart of a community https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/300852309/a-librarys-not-just-a-home-for-books-its-the-heart-of-a-community

Also, lovely to hear Joann Ransom!

A library's not just a home for books, it's the heart of a community

A code-cracking genius, a political activist, a kid who just walked out with 99 books – the stories aren't just in the pages; they’re in the people.

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Learn about what we can do to address misuse (or deliberate misinterpretation) of scholarly research in our next webinar (Wed. May 10, 11:00 am–12:30 pm EDT), “Combating the Misuse of #Information.” Speakers Mystery Beck (University of Portsmouth), Esther Dell (Penn State College of Medicine), and Anna Nemzer (Russian Independent Media Archive) will be joining us. FREE for NISO members: https://www.niso.org/events/combating-misuse-information
Save the date for our June 20 #Humanities Roundtable, which will cover the shift to #openacess in the context of funding, equity, & ethics (as well as consider the role of new technology in this transition). Discounts available for NISO members: https://niso.org/events/2023-niso-humanities-roundtable