Common ground for academic librarians to share openly and build on each other’s work.

BLOOM

Openly licensed work and communities of practice for academic librarians and educators.

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What is in BLOOM

Five kinds of openly licensed resources, free to use and adapt.

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Badges

Credentialed course packages you can import into any LMS.

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Lessons

Teaching plans and activities for librarians and instructors.

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Objects

Interactive, embeddable digital pieces.

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Toolkits

Outreach

Programming kits, displays, and event toolkits.

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Materials

Standalone worksheets, handouts, and slides.

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The Commons

Where the people are: share and discuss instruction, find and adapt what others made, and organize around the work.

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Communities of Practice

Ongoing groups working the same problem, like AI literacy or teaching the one-shot. Join in and share what you are trying.

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Groups

Conferences, committees, and project teams. Organizers gather their people and the resources presented in one place.

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BLOOM grows when we build it together. Set up a free account to contribute resources, try out what others have made, join a community of practice, and share your own work.

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BLOOM's site code is open on GitHub. Everything here is openly licensed, so your contributions stay yours to keep, reuse, and host anywhere.

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