"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.

Meet the staff of the Clements Library!

#LibraryWork #GoBlue

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

A range of “Punch” journals on a shelf with burgundy covers and good jester type character holding a Punch banner.

Loved the look of Punch while shifting periodicals this summer. #librarywork

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

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

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

CILIP: the library and information association Zoom discussion - CILIP’s Future Strategy with CILIP CEO: Louis Coiffait-Gunn.

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...

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

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 📚💙

"...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

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