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• ByWater Solutions develops a new generation of Koha Offline Circulation

"ByWater Solutions, an open source community contributor and America's forefront provider of open source library technology support, announced today that a new generation of Koha Offline Circulation is here. The new Koha community offline desktop app keeps library services running when the internet is not. After a decade without updates, this tool has been rebuilt from the ground up on modern foundations and has been given its biggest feature release ever, with versions now available for all Koha users on Windows, macOS, and Linux. ...

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• The Scholarly Kitchen Explores How Preservation Can Become More Diverse

• Attorneys In Anthropic Settlement File Appeal Over Fee-Sharing

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• Lucidea Looks at How the Move to Hybrid and Remote Affects Knowledge Work

CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, & WEBINARS

• ACRL 2027 Paper, Panel, Workshop Proposal Notifications Issued

Notifications for ACRL 2027 contributed paper, panel session, and workshop proposals were issued on Thursday, August 20, 2026. Thanks to all who submitted a proposal for the conference! Please check your spam filter if you don’t see your notification in your email inbox and contact Margot Conahan at mconahan@ala.org with questions.

Community chat, lightning talks, poster session, roundtable discussion, and virtual presentation proposals are due Friday, October 16, 2026. 

Complete details about ACRL 2027 are available on the conference website.