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A warm welcome from the WebJunction team to our new LinkedIn Page! We invite you to follow us here to keep up with news about WebJunction, including upcoming webinars, new articles, and learning opportunities. We look forward to engaging with you on this new Page! Check out the latest on our free courses, projects, resources, and programming: https://lnkd.in/g4XURUcU #WebJunction #OCLC #OCLCResearch #EngagedLibraries #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #LibraryStaff #LibraryLearning #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove

Get ready for a new month and nearly 50 new free learning opportunities! Thank you to the Maine State Library for compiling this valuable resource.

Join us for the next #WJwebinar on June 6 to learn how to recognize signs of domestic/sexual violence and the ways your library can support survivors through referrals and resources.

Check out this 10-episode podcast, On the Block, hosted by the Help Desk team at the Dallas Public Library featuring the stories, opinions, and talents of community members experiencing homelessness. This podcast is the latest project of the library’s ongoing homeless engagement initiative which launched in 2013. https://lnkd.in/eCRvZHpZ

Join us for Wednesday's #WJwebinar to learn about Brooklyn Public Library's national research on current practices across the multiple dimensions of library card signup and consider procedure or policy changes that can improve access.

Please join us for Thursday's #WJwebinar to learn about the new “Opioid Crisis Support Kit for Public Libraries” with information and strategies for library staff to support individuals and families affected by substance misuse. #Libs4Health

Join us for next week's #WJwebinar and learn about the new “Opioid Crisis Support Kit for Public Libraries” with information and strategies for library staff to support individuals and families affected by substance misuse. #Libs4Health

Library gardens offer a great way for community members to come together to learn, grow, and contribute toward a healthy, balanced environment. And creating a vibrant community green space or gardening program doesn’t have to be complicated. Across the country—and beyond—libraries are growing gardening programs in their own unique ways. Read on for more partnership ideas, plus resources and tips that can help inform your library’s approach to gardening with your community. #EngagedLibraries #LibraryGarden

Here comes a new month and over 60 new free learning opportunities! Thank you to the Maine State Library for compiling this valuable resource.

When we connect with library professionals at conferences and events, we are reminded of our important mission to connect people to libraries. In this #OCLCnext blog, Skip Prichard, President and CEO of OCLC, discusses the impact libraries make in everyday lives and how we help make that possible through technology innovations and learning opportunities. "It ... gives all of us at OCLC a great sense of personal pride to be able to focus on libraries every day of the year," Skip writes. "When the conferences are over and everyone moves on, we still get to spend our days finding new ways to connect people to libraries." ⤵️ Click below to read more. --- #OCLC #PublicLibrary #PublicLibraries #AcademicLibrary #AcademicLibraries #Library #Libraries #Librarian #Librarians #LibraryLife #LibraryLove