I joined Twitter 13 years ago and it was a fantastic window to global librarianship and over the years I connected with so many great people and ideas. Anyway you all know the sad story about how Twitter / X has turned into Hell’s inner circle with trolls, bots and toxic content and many has moved on to Bluesky or Mastodon.

A few days ago I decided myself to move on to Bluesky and I’m thrilled to experience that open, happy, friendly vibe and willingness to reach out and connect like a remembered from the old Twitter days.

I also find myself on a road were I have to re-connect with a community and on Bluesky the socalled Starter Packs are just great for that. A Starter Pack is exactly what it sounds like: Curated packs of accounts to follow based on specific interest. Below I have made a list of great library related Starter Packs – let me know in the comment or on Bluesky if there is a pack that should be added to the list (WordPress don’t embed well with Bluesky yet so it’s all pure links to the Starter Packs)

If you are new to Bluesky I also recommend this YouTube explainer video for Bluesky Beginners:

List of library starter packs

Heaps of thanks to everybody who took the time to start up the Starter Packs in order to make a strong Bluesky community around libraries.

Library Worker Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/8Kn5nsp
People who work in and skeet about Libraries

We here – BIPOC in libraries and archives: https://go.bsky.app/MpwbvRa
Folks who identify as black, indigenous, or people of color who work in libraries and archives. Learn more http://www.wehere.space

Open research – library teams & librarians: https://go.bsky.app/T17BEF9
Librarians and library teams interested in open research (including open access, FAIR research data management, open licensing, open educational resources and more)

School Librarians: https://go.bsky.app/JPeAYQG
School Librarians to Follow on BlueSky

School Librarians #TLSky: https://go.bsky.app/DDkL6MS
Another Starter Pack of School Librarians on BlueSky you may want to follow

Youth Service Librarians #YSLSky: https://go.bsky.app/DgV6Evy
Starter Pack of Children, Teen, and Youth Services Librarians and staff in public libraries

Library Pals: https://go.bsky.app/1fQ7r9
A “general” libraries, librarians, library staff and library adjacent starter pack

Just Libraries: https://go.bsky.app/S71Vfdc
A starter pack just for library institutional accounts

UK library / information people: https://go.bsky.app/SMjKsVR
People who work in library and information jobs in the United Kingdom, or have links with UK librarianship. All people who have asked to be part of this starter pack.

UK Public libraries starter kit: https://go.bsky.app/FBd1DrV
Contains all UK public library people I know of here – librarians and those in sector support – ACE / CILIP / British Library / Libraries Connected

The Essay Library Members: https://go.bsky.app/QH9LFtw
Members of The Essay Library Discord server on Bluesky

UK School Librarians: https://go.bsky.app/5zhmETr
UK School Librarians including school library consultants and retired school librarians

Archives and Library Special Collections: https://go.bsky.app/4EpKvv2
Institutional accounts of archive repositories and library special collections.

Academic Library Deans and Directors: https://go.bsky.app/7DgUMvf
Senior leaders (head, university librarian, director, dean) in the academic library sector

Librarians Who Are Authors: https://go.bsky.app/9ZCeiFw
If you’re a librarian or library worker who has written a book (or has a book coming out soon) and you’re missing from this group, let me know. Co-authoring also counts

K-12 School Librarians & Teacher Librarians: https://go.bsky.app/E3rxHny

Information Literacy: https://go.bsky.app/BEhKS7R
A curated list of librarians, educators, researchers, students and community members interested in information literacy and information skills for students and citizens

Australian Libraries: https://go.bsky.app/8cVTZfh
A list of Australian library workers to follow

Open Scholarly Communications Starter Pack: https://go.bsky.app/SKC4wrS
A collection of organisations and publishers working in the open scholarship ecosystem

Comics Librarians: https://go.bsky.app/JJCmekU
Librarians who buy, catalog, archive, curate and celebrate cartoons, comics and graphic novels.

TikTok Librarians: https://go.bsky.app/UX11cFT
Librarians who know how to TikTok

Media Literacy Educators and Reserachers: https://go.bsky.app/SBxQWE7
A list of educators, teachers, librarians, professors, researchers, and other educators who focus or report on media literacy issues.

Library Journal Movers & Shakers: https://go.bsky.app/AAqDp6V
A collection of people chosen as Library Journal Movers & Shakers over the years. These are people moving the library profession forward.

K-12 School Library Professionals in Canada: https://go.bsky.app/NzyNjwn
This starter pack is for any K-12 school library professionals working at schools across Canada.

Library Associations: https://go.bsky.app/64VCS26
National and State Associations

Libraries: https://go.bsky.app/JAZPPH4
Librarians, libraries, and library advocates

Law Librarians: https://go.bsky.app/dqUi7C
Law librarians, sources of legal information, and maybe also some library-adjacent legal tech people

Copyright Librarians: https://go.bsky.app/HNE6FKF
A starter pack for all the copyright and library people we know and follow

Irish Libraries, Archives and related areas: https://go.bsky.app/PtBKueJ
Starter Pack for anyone working in or interested in Irish Libraries, Archives and related areas

CritLIS: https://go.bsky.app/EucLD6
Librarians and LIS faculty engaged in critical approaches

Libraries of BlueSky: https://go.bsky.app/4aD8u1L
Library accounts

Workplace Well-Being for Libraries: https://go.bsky.app/AmRDHu1
People and organizations that are thinking about creating healthy library workplaces for library staff

History of Libraries: https://go.bsky.app/ThXvW7V
A space to discuss the history of libraries, exploring both traditional topics like the development of collections and the preservation of knowledge, as well as new perspectives on transnational influences, global studies, and the cultural significance of libraries in different societies.

Enjoy

Christian