November brought another round of valuable updates to the Skilltype platform as we continue expanding our content and refining how it’s organized, tagged, and presented to our users. Here’s what changed over the past month:
Catalog Activity
- 1,139 new items added – This month’s additions include professional development materials, conference recordings, organizational training content, and more.
- 49 items edited – These involved enhancing metadata: applying new tags, clarifying tag descriptions, and adding banner images to improve navigation.
- 3 items deactivated – These were duplicates or contained broken links. All skill and product tags have now been fully reviewed for the year.
New Tags Added
Skills
- Arabic – Content supporting Arabic language instruction, communication, and cultural context in libraries and archives.
Conference & Series Materials
We added new materials from the following events and recurring series:
- ASCLITE YouTube recordings (2023–present)
- Elsevier Impact Conference 2025
- ELUNA 2025
- FORM 2025: Forum for Open Research in MENA
- Future of Libraries Conference 2025
- Google Dialogues on Technology and Society
- IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2025
- Music Library Association Annual Meeting 2025
- National Distance Learning Week 2025 (with SUNY Online)
- NDSA Digital Preservation Conference 2025
- OCUL Accessibility Symposium 2025
- Samvera Connect Online 2025
- Southeast Data Librarians Symposium 2025
- SUNY OER Summit 2025
- TELadvisors Network webinars (2023–present)
- Wisconsin Literary Virtual Conference 2025
Events Calendar Updates
- NJLA event calendar additions
- Library Juice webinars and course updates
- 2026 conference listings now in progress
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.