October brought another wave of meaningful updates to the Skilltype platform as we continue to grow our content and ensure it’s accurately tagged, up to date, and aligned with the evolving needs of library professionals. Here’s what changed over the past month:
Catalog Activity
- 1,143 new items added – This includes newly published training resources, documentation, and event content from across the library, archives, and information science communities.
- 169 items edited – These updates involved enhancing metadata, including applying new vocabulary tags, refining vague tag descriptions, and adding header banner images to improve visual navigation and discovery.
- 13 items deactivated – These were duplicates or links that are no longer active.
New Tags Added
Skills
- Industry Research – Resources and tools supporting research into library-adjacent sectors and broader industry trends.
Products
- Ollama – AI infrastructure for building and running models locally.
- Langchain – Framework for building applications powered by language models.
- Padlet – Collaborative digital bulletin board platform.
- MEDLINE – Premier bibliographic database for life sciences and biomedicine.
- Ovid – Research platform for clinical and academic content.
Conference & Series Materials
We added new materials from a variety of professional gatherings, ensuring Skilltype continues to serve as a centralized hub for continuing education and field-wide discourse:
- BlenderCon 2025
- CNI Summer Project Briefings 2025
- EveryLibrary Banned Books Week 2025
- IFLA FAIFE 2025 (Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression)
- LibraryLinkNJ Fall 2025 Virtual Conference & Winter Meeting
- LILi Conference 2025 (Lifelong Information Literacy)
- LD4 2025: Linked Data in the Real World
- Middle Eastern Librarians Association
- Open Research Conference, University of Manchester 2025
- RDAP 2025 Summit (Research Data Access and Preservation)
- SGA/SEAA Virtual Symposium 2025
- VALA 2022 Conference
- WOLFcon 2025 (Open Library Foundation and affiliated projects including FOLIO, VUFind, GoKB, and more)
Events Calendar Updates
- NJLA event calendar additions
- Library Juice webinars and courses
- Started listing 2026 conferences as available
Help Shape Future Updates
If there’s a conference, organization, or publication you’d like us to monitor, we’d love to hear from you. Email kelly@skilltype.com with your suggestions.