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OSL Spanish Language Collection Development Discussion

Join other interested staff to share ideas and best practices on building and maintaining a thriving Spanish Language collection. OSL staff will be on hand to talk cataloging support.
Date:
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Time:
9:30am - 10:30am
Location:
Virtual Meeting - OSL
Categories:
Ocean State Libraries
Register! - 94 seats left

OSL Z39.50 Training

This training is for all library staff who add items and/or bibliographic records to Koha. Staff will learn how to search for records in Koha and how to bring one in using Z39.50 when one is not found...
Date:
Friday, December 19, 2025
Time:
10:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Categories:
Ocean State Libraries > Cataloging Ocean State Libraries > Koha ILS
Register! - 35 seats left

New Years

Date:
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Time:
All Day Event
Location:
Holiday
Categories:

Winter Reading Challenge

OSL's Public Services and Outreach Working Group is working on a Winter Reading Challenge. Participating library staff should sign up for the morning or afternoon session to learn how to implement...
Date:
Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Time:
11:00am - 12:00pm
Location:
Virtual Meeting - OSL
Categories:
Ocean State Libraries > Meeting
Register! - 92 seats left

Census Bureau Data: A Deeper Dive into Your Community by the Numbers

Calling all data geeks! In this workshop with Data Dissemination Specialist Nicole McKenzie, you will learn how to find population and demographic data for various geographies, using data.census.gov,...
Date:
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Webinar, OLIS Continuing Education
Categories:
Data, Evaluation & Research
Register! - 81 seats left

Telling Your Library's Story [NICHE ACADEMY]

From NICHE ACADEMY: OCLC's From Awareness to Funding studies exposed a disturbing truth: use has nothing to do with library support. Moreover, public support for libraries is falling. Yet those of us...
Date:
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Time:
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location:
Webinar
Categories:
Management Professional Skills Trends & Special Topics

OSL Standing Committees 2025-2026

Members of the standing committees -- Budget and Finance, Bylaws, Nominations, Personnel -- are encouraged to hold these events (typically the first Thursday morning of each month) open for potential...
Date:
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Time:
9:30am - 11:30am
Location:
Virtual Meeting - OSL
Categories:
Ocean State Libraries > Meeting
Register! - 98 seats left

Winter Reading Challenge

OSL's Public Services and Outreach Working Group is working on a Winter Reading Challenge. Participating library staff should sign up for the morning or afternoon session to learn how to implement...
Date:
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Time:
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Location:
Virtual Meeting - OSL
Categories:
Ocean State Libraries > Meeting
Register! - 91 seats left

Generative AI and Collection Development Policies: A Proactive Approach [WEBJUNCTION]

From Webjunction: Learn how to craft a collection development policy and create selection guidelines that address the rapidly growing amount of AI generated materials. As materials created by AI...
Date:
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Time:
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
Webinar
Categories:
Management Professional Skills Trends & Special Topics

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