Massachusetts Library System

Planning ahead for summer staffing? ☀️

BiblioTemps can help support your library with temporary staffing during busy summer months and vacation coverage.

To learn more, contact us at [email protected] or visit the BiblioTemps website: https://bibliotemps.com/

Job searching can be stressful, which is why taking care of yourself matters just as much as preparing for the next opportunity.

Our Self-Care Workbook includes exercises, reflection prompts, and organizational tools designed to help job seekers stay grounded and supported throughout their search.

Download the full workbook or explore the sections most helpful to you on the new Self-Care page of our Library Careers LibGuide: https://bit.ly/LibrarySelfCare

Check out our May newsletter to catch up with everything happening at MLS: https://bit.ly/MLSMayNewsletter2026

If you haven't already, subscribe to our emails to get our updates delivered straight to your inbox: https://bit.ly/MLSmail

Join us for June's Community Chats! Register for any session on our events calendar: https://bit.ly/chatsMLS

Happy Pride Month!

We’re excited to share that the 2026 MLS Member Annual Meeting is taking place on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.

Please note: This year, we’re hosting our event at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Leominster.

We look forward to sharing more information, including registration and programming details, in the coming weeks.

Until then, please save the date!

Congratulations to the Worcester Public Library and the Northborough Free Library for being named as winners of this year's Core PR Xchange Awards Competition!

Learn more: https://www.ala.org/news/2026/05/winners-announced-2026-pr-xchange-awards-competition

American Library Association

Winners Announced: 2026 PR Xchange Awards Competition For immediate release | May 21, 2026 Winners Announced: 2026 PR Xchange Awards Competition The Core PR Xchange Committee is delighted to announce the winners of this year's PR Xchange Awards Competition. This year, we have awarded 28 print winners and 26 electronic winners. Congratulations to thos...

We are pleased to welcome Patrick Bracken to MLS!

Patrick joined MLS this month as the new Learning Services Project Manager in the Learning Services Department. In this newly established role, he will lead and provide expertise to projects that will enhance the services we offer to our members.

Learn more about Patrick: https://bit.ly/MLSProjectManagerBlog

On May 14, MLS and Optima hosted a Delivery Open House at the Wilmington sort facility. MLS member library staff learned about the sorting process, found their library's bin location, and even sorted some items themselves!

Thank you to our friends at Optima for leading this tour and providing such great information for our member library staff!

In today's Member Webinar blog, learn about the positive impacts of neurodiverse friendly library spaces from Kim Money Priddy, the systems & electronic resources librarian at Middlesex Community College: https://masslibsystem.org/blog/2026/05/26/spring-2026-member-webinar-spotlight-kim-money-priddy/

Be sure to also register for Kim's webinar, Neurodiverse Friendly Libraries Benefit Everyone: https://bit.ly/NeurodiverseFriendlyLibrariesWebinar