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• "Defining the Genre; What's the Form?": LC Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials – Webinar
  This webinar, presented by Janis Young, will introduce participants to Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms for Library and Archival Materials (LCGFT). It will emphasize the correct application of ge...
• 2.0 Tools: Greasemonkey – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Greasemonkey, which allows you to change how certain websites look or work, and can help personalize and optimize web research. It is part of the "2.0 Tools in 2.0 Minutes...
• 2.0 Tools: iCyte – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces iCyte, an online tool to save all or parts of any web page for later use. It is part of the "2.0 Tools in 2.0 Minutes" series that highlights online tools that can help li...
• 2.0 Tools: RSS Feeds – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces RSS Feeds, which pull content from numerous online sources into one place for your consumption: an RSS feed reader. You can use an RSS feed reader to read new blog posts from ...
• 2.0 Tools: Yahoo! Pipes – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Yahoo!Pipes, which combines, filters, sorts, and otherwise modifies incoming information via RSS feeds. This tutorial is part of the "2.0 Tools in 2.0 Minutes" series that...
• 2.0 Tools: Zoho Online Office – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Zoho, a free suite of online office software, including word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation products. Because the software is online, there's nothing to download an...
• 2010 ALA Annual Conference Highlights – Webinar
  The 2010 ALA Annual Conference was hot – in topics, trends, and temperature! Get the wisdom from Washington without the weather by joining Minitex staff for a brief webinar on the trends and topics co...
• 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting Highlights: Or Boston Briefly – Webinar
  Pour yourself a cup of tea and join us for a quick and informative summary of 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting highlights--from passion and promotion at the OCLC Symposium to technology trends and local lib...
• 2010 Charleston Conference Recap – Webinar
  The 30th annual Charleston Conference theme was “Anything Goes!” Join this webinar for a brief recap of this year’s conference on issues in book and serial acquisition.
• 2010 Library Technology Conference Highlights: Trends, Tips, and Tools – Webinar
  The Library Technology Conference provides a mix of sessions highlighting many of the technologies affecting how users interact with libraries and how libraries are using technology to create new and ...
• 2011 ALA Annual Conference – Webinar
  The 2011 ALA Annual Conference was hot – in topics, trends, and temperature! Get the latest from Louisiana without the weather by joining Minitex staff for a brief webinar on some of the topics covere...
• 2011 ALA Midwinter Conference Recap – Webinar
  Join Minitex staff for a fast–paced recap of ideas and issues gleaned from the 2011 ALA Midwinter Conference.
• 2011 Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference Highlights – Webinar
  The goal of the ER&L Conference is to bring together information professionals from libraries and related industries to improve the way we collect, manage, maintain, and make accessible electronic res...
• 2011 Library Technology Conference Highlights: Trends, Tips, and Tools – Webinar
  Description: The Library Technology Conference provides a mix of sessions highlighting many of the technologies affecting how users interact with libraries and how libraries are using technology to cr...
• 50 in 75: Reader's Advisory Round Table’s Second Annual Blast of Booktalk – Webinar
  Guest Presenters: Jennifer Brannen, St. Paul Public Library; Karla Businaro, Carver County Library; Sarah Nagle, Carver County Library; Angie Noyes, Washington County Library; Barbara Pierce, St. Paul...
• Accessing Your ELM Usage Statistics – Webinar
  Do you know the power of statistics? Are you currently using the statistics from the ELM databases? There have been a few changes to some of the statistics gathering tools in ELM. Join Minitex for a...
• All About PubMed – Webinar
  Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Anne Beschnett, Liaison and Outreach Librarian of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Bio-Medical Library, as she addresses how to get the most out...
• Art Resources in ELM – Webinar
  Did you know that you can access art images, artist biographies, art history and movements, and more art-related content in the ELM databases? This webinar will highlight the CAMIO (Catalog of Art Mu...
• AskMN and the K12 Student – Webinar
  In its first year, AskMN: The Librarian Is In, Minnesota’s statewide cooperative digital reference service, accepted over 6,000 questions from Minnesota residents, many from K12 students. Students are...
• Authority Control – In-Person
  This workshop was developed by MOTSE (Minnesota Opportunities for Technical Services Excellence). It offers a full day of intermediate level presentation, discussion, and practice in authority contro...
• Best Practices in Online Reference Services – Webinar
  The field of reference services has been rapidly evolving over the past 10 years and growing even faster in the arena of online reference services. Be it email, chat, instant messaging, text messaging...
• Best Practices in Virtual Reference: Finding Your Virtual Reference Users Online – In-Person
  The OCLC Research report Seeking Synchronicity found that one of the biggest obstacles to a successful virtual reference service was getting users to simply know the service existed. Virtual customer...
• Best Practices in Virtual Reference: Keeping the Virtual Lights on 24/7 – Webinar
  Best Practices in Virtual Reference webinar helps you keep your lights on longer Public, academic and special libraries alike are struggling with cuts to their hours and staff, making it more diffi...
• Best Practices in Virtual Reference: Seeking Synchronicity – Webinar
  Lynn Silipigni Connaway & Marie Radford will discuss the key findings of their multi-year study that were recently published in the report, Seeking Synchronicity: Revelations and Recommendations for V...
• Best Practices in Virtual Reference: Virtual Reference in Tough Times – In-Person
  It’s no secret that libraries everywhere are making difficult choices due to the current economy. Newer programs, like virtual reference, are often the first to face the chopping block. Making the c...
• Best Practices in Virtual Reference: What the @#$? Dealing with Rude Patrons Online – In-Person
  You’re probably already aware, but not all virtual reference exchanges are friendly chats, despite our best efforts. An uncomfortable online exchange can happen in virtual reference with any type of l...
• Brief Introduction to Authorities – Webinar
  What are authorities and authority records? What is authority control? Why should I care? This 90 minute Webinar offers a quick and simple introduction to the concept of authorities and authority c...
• Brief Introduction to Authorities: Authorities Series #1 – Webinar
  What are authorities and authority records? What is authority control? Why should I care? This 75 minute Webinar offers a quick and simple introduction to the concept of authorities and authority c...
• Britannica for Academic Libraries – Webinar
  This session will cover navigation of the Britannica Online Academic Edition. This includes features such as the World Data Analyst, Research Tools, Multimedia, and Variety of Sources.
• Britannica for Public Libraries – Webinar
  This session will cover navigating the Reference Center Home Page and the Kids Home Page of the Britannica Public Library Edition.
• Britannica for Schools – Webinar
  This session will cover the Britannica Online School Edition including the Elementary School / Learning Zone, Middle School, and High School levels. It will also touch on the Curriculum Standards Res...
• Britannica Online Academic Edition – In-Person
  Join us to learn new ways to get students started on their projects using Britannica Online Academic Edition. During this 2-hour, hands-on training session, participants will have their questions ans...
• Britannica Online Public Library Edition – In-Person
  Join us to learn ways to help both children and adults find answers to their questions and get started on projects, using the new Britannica Online Public Library Edition. Bring your questions and ou...
• Britannica Online Public Library Edition: Week 3 ELM Spotlight Series – Webinar
  This webinar takes you through the many features of the Britannica Public Library Edition, which includes the Reference Center and Britannica for Kids. Find out about tools like the World Data Analys...
• Britannica Online School Edition – In-Person
  Join us to learn new ways to do research projects with students using Britannica Online School Edition and to get ideas for integrating technology into your classroom! Bring your questions and we wil...
• Britannica's Interactive Learning Materials – Webinar
  This session will explore the many student activities available in Britannica that assist in reviewing concepts taught in the classroom and aid in learning new skills. You can select from study guides...
• Business Resources in ELM – Webinar
  Join Minitex Reference Outreach & Instruction staff as they highlight ELM's Business Source Premier and ProQuest Newsstand Complete databases to locate business and company information. These resourc...
• Cataloging Basics: Access – In-Person
  The Access workshop covers choosing access points for a catalog record and formulating headings according to Chapters 21-26 of AACR2 and using MARC tagging. The session covers name headings for perso...
• Cataloging Basics: Description – In-Person
  The workshop covers describing the physical aspects of a book in a MARC format bibliographic record so that a library user can identify it. AACR2 rules for description and basic MARC tagging will be p...
• Cataloging Basics: Subject Analysis – In-Person
  The Subject Analysis workshop covers subject headings and classification. Both Sears and LC subject headings (Sears only peripherally), and Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal classification are int...
• Cataloging Options: When Full-Level Records Are Too Much – Webinar
  Sometimes new items in your collection require original cataloging, but you don’t have the time or the training to create full-level records for all of them. This webinar describes two less than full...
• CatExpress – Webinar
  CatExpress is OCLC's copy cataloging service. It gives you direct access to OCLC's WorldCat bibliographic database records that you can add to your local catalog. This class will show you how to use ...
• CatExpress Tutorial – Webinar
  CatExpress gives you direct access to the WorldCat records you need for copy cataloging. This tutorial shows you how to use CatExpress to search for, edit, and export records and how to set or delete ...
• Census 2010: Power, Money, Data – Webinar
  Guest Presenters: Amy West and Kirsten Clark of the University of Minnesota Libraries Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Amy West, Data Services Librarian at the University of Minneso...
• Charleston Conference Highlights: A High-Velocity, High-Spirited Recap – Webinar
  The Charleston Conference is an informal annual gathering of librarians, publishers, electronic resource managers, consultants, and vendors in Charleston, SC, in November. It is designed to be a colle...
• Connexion Browser Module 02: Basic Searching – Webinar
  This online module provides instruction on performing basic bibliographic searches using OCLC’s Connexion Browser cataloging software. After completing this web-based training, learners will be able t...
• Connexion Browser Module 3: Basic Editing and Record Processing – Webinar
  Connexion Browser is a web-based interface for OCLC cataloging, often preferred by those who do lower volume or occasional cataloging, or for parts of a segmented workflow that focuses on searching. ...
• Connexion Browser Module 6: Advanced Bibliographic Searching in Connexion Browser – Webinar
  Connexion Browser is a web-based interface for OCLC cataloging, often preferred by those who do lower volume or occasional cataloging, or for parts of a segmented workflow that focuses on searching. ...
• Connexion Client Macros for the Absolute Beginner – Webinar
  Why should you attend this webinar? Macros can help you increase your workflow by automating tasks you do every day when cataloging materials. This course is specifically tailored for catalogers who...
• Connexion Client Module 02: Basic Bibliographic Searching – Webinar
  This online module provides instruction on performing basic bibliographic searches using OCLC’s Connexion Client cataloging software. After completing this web-based training, learners will be able to...
• Connexion Client Module 7: Advanced Bibliographic Searching in Connexion Client – Webinar
  Connexion Client is a Windows desktop interface for OCLC cataloging. It has tools helpful for frequent or higher-volume catalogers. This online module provides instruction on how to use Connexion C...
• Consumer Health Complete: Week 2 ELM Spotlight Series – Webinar
  Week 2: This session will cover Consumer Health Complete, a database that supports the information needs of patients and health consumers, including locating health-related videos and animations, drug...
• Consumer Health Information on the Internet: Where to Look and What to Look Out For – Webinar
  Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Anne Beschnett, Liaison and Outreach Librarian of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Bio-Medical Library as she discusses consumer health informat...
• Consumer Health Resources in ELM – Webinar
  This 45 minute webinar will highlight the consumer health-related databases available through ELM. It will focus on content and searching of Consumer Health Complete, AltHealth Watch, and Health Sour...
• CONTENTdm Basic Skills 1: Getting Started with CONTENTdm – Webinar
  The fundamentals of using CONTENTdm to manage your digital collections are covered in three webinars: (1) Getting Started with CONTENTdm, (2) Working with Text in CONTENTdm, and (3) Maintaining Collec...
• CONTENTdm Basic Skills 2: Working with Text in CONTENTdm – Webinar
  The fundamentals of using CONTENTdm to manage your digital collections are covered in three webinars: (1) Getting Started with CONTENTdm, (2) Working with Text in CONTENTdm, and (3) Maintaining Collec...
• CONTENTdm Basic Skills 3: Maintaining Collections in CONTENTdm – Webinar
  The fundamentals of using CONTENTdm to manage your digital collections are covered in three webinars: (1) Getting Started with CONTENTdm, (2) Working with Text in CONTENTdm, and (3) Maintaining Collec...
• Controlling Headings in Connexion Client – Webinar
  This ninety minute online training session covers both the strengths and foibles of the control headings function in OCLC Connexion. Topics include why and when you might control headings in a biblio...
• Copyright for Digital Materials: Digitization Series #2 – Webinar
  NOTE: For this course, it is $40.00 for each individual who registers (not $40.00 per institution). This webinar is intended to introduce participants to issues surrounding copyright for digital m...
• Creating Custom Holdings in OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing – Webinar
  If your library is not using the Custom Holdings option within WorldCat Resource Sharing, you could be missing out on a feature that can significantly simplify the borrowing process for interlibrary l...
• Creating Timelines in Britannica – Webinar
  With the Britannica Timeline Maker you can build a unique timeline of events in any topic. The timeline will be your own creation. You can use the database to help research a topic, but then you will ...
• Dark Archives: LOCKSS – Webinar
  How are you preserving your library’s electronic resources? When a vendor or publisher decides to stop providing access or a subscription is cancelled, how will you maintain access to the electronic c...
• Dark Archives: Preserving Electronic Resources – Webinar
  How are you preserving your library’s electronic resources? When a vendor or publisher decides to stop providing access or a subscription is cancelled, how will you maintain access to the electronic c...
• Delivering Curriculum Content through Shareable Online Lesson Plans – Webinar
  There are a number of challenges in today’s teaching and learning environment. One of them is providing seamless, point of need access to rich, credible curriculum content for your students while at ...
• Designing an Online Reference Service: One Size Does Not Fit All – Webinar
  Are you thinking about setting up an online reference service for your library, perhaps reviewing the current system you have in place, or even adding to or supplementing a current service? There are ...
• Developing, Funding and Managing Digital Projects: Digitization Series #1 – Webinar
  NOTE: For this course, it is $40.00 for each individual who registers (not $40.00 per institution). This webinar covers basic level project planning, materials selection, and workflow for digital ...
• Digital Imaging Guidelines in Practice: Modeling a Scanning Workflow – In-Person
  This workshop will be a combination of lecture, demonstration and guided hands-on activities. The lecture portion will include when to outsource scanning and when to do in-house scanning; scanning tec...
• Doing It With Drupal – Webinar
  Guest presenters: Wayne Loftus, Web Services Coordinator, Health Science Libraries, University of Minnesota Libraries, and Cody Hanson, Technology Librarian, University of Minnesota Libraries. Wayn...
• Doing School 2.0 – Webinar
  Wendy Wolfe, Social Studies Educator for Totino-Grace High School will present her widely popular presentation Doing School 2.0 from the Minnesota E-learning Summit, this past summer. How can fre...
• Dublin Core for Beginners – Webinar
  Are you involved in a digital project at your institution? How will you describe your digital objects in order to provide online access to them? One option is to use the Dublin Core, an internationa...
• EBSCOhost and MasterFILE Premier: Week 1 ELM Spotlight Series – Webinar
  Week 1: This session will take you through the EBSCOhost interface, which is used with many other EBSCO resources, and searching in MasterFILE Premier. MasterFILE Premier contains full-text of popula...
• ELM After School: 6-8 – Webinar
  At the end of your day consider joining your colleagues for a 30 minute wind down as we briefly touch upon key resources for the 6-8 grade curriculum. Essential search features, content, and applicat...
• ELM After School: 9-12 – Webinar
  At the end of your day consider joining your colleagues for a 30 minute wind down as we briefly touch upon key resources for the 9-12 grade curriculum. Essential search features, content, and applica...
• ELM After School: K-5 – Webinar
  At the end of your day, consider joining your colleagues for a 30 minute wind down as we briefly touch upon key resources for the K-5 grade curriculum. Essential search features, content, and applica...
• ELM After School: Teaching Resources – Webinar
  At the end of your day consider joining your colleagues for a 30 minute wind down as we briefly touch upon teaching resources embedded in many of the K-12 specific ELM databases. We’ll highlight how ...
• ELM and Local Government – Webinar
  Many librarians work closely with local government officials in their communities. This webinar will highlight resources within ELM helpful to those officials for tasks such as gathering information o...
• ELM and Wikipedia – Webinar
  Wikipedia is one of the first tools a student researcher may turn to when embarking on the research process. This webinar will discuss how to guide students through that experience and teach them how ...
• ELM Databases for Grades 6-12 – Webinar
  Do you work with middle and/or high school students? If so, you won't want to miss this one-hour webinar to find out what ELM databases will work for you and your students in grades 6-12. This sessi...
• ELM Databases for Grades 6-8 – Webinar
  Do you work with middle school students? If so, you won't want to miss this brief 60 minute webinar to find out what ELM databases will work for you and your students in grades 6-8. This session wil...
• ELM Databases for Grades 9-12 – Webinar
  Do you work with high school students? If so, you won't want to miss this brief one hour webinar to find out what ELM databases will work for you and your students in grades 9-12. This session will ...
• ELM Databases for Grades K-5 – Webinar
  Do you work with elementary students? If so, you won't want to miss this one hour webinar to find out what ELM databases will work for you and your students in grades K-5. This session will cover K-5...
• ELM Databases for K12 Research – In-Person
  Do you work with preschool, elementary, middle, and/or high school students? If so, you won't want to miss this hands-on workshop to learn more about the ELM databases that apply to various grade leve...
• ELM for Everyday Research – Webinar
  Ever wonder where you can turn for fast, accurate, current responses to practical questions? There’s a good chance the ELM databases have the answer. Join Minitex Reference Outreach & Instruction s...
• ELM for K-12 Academic Standards: An Introduction – Self-Paced Learning
  This video introduces ELM for K-12 Academic Standards, a tool for Minnesota classroom teachers that matches reliable, authoritative content from library databases to MN academic benchmarks. Teachers a...
• ELM Refresher – Webinar
  Have the relaxing summer months caused you to forget about all the resources offered via the Electronic Library for Minnesota? If so, join Minitex Reference Services staff as they highlight the datab...
• ELM Spotlight Series – Webinar
  The ELM Spotlight Series will occur for 6 consecutive Wednesdays and will cover 6 specific ELM databases. Each session will last 1-hour and will cover basic and advanced searching, content, working w...
• ELM Tutorial: Business Research – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces the Business Source Premier database which business researchers can use to research companies, make informed personal financial decisions, and stay abreast of business news an...
• ELM Tutorial: Consumer Health Complete – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Consumer Health Complete, which contains reliable health information written in accessible language.
• ELM Tutorial: Consumer Research – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces two databases that contain consumer information: MasterFILE Premier and ProQuest Newsstand Complete. Learn strategies to quickly find reviews of products, services, companies,...
• ELM Tutorial: Encyclopedia Britannica – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces the Encyclopedia Britannica databases. Britannica offers authoritative encyclopedia and multimedia content for elementary, secondary, college, and lifelong learners.
• ELM Tutorial: Kids InfoBits – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Kids InfoBits, which contains reliable information for elementary students.
• ELM Tutorial: Points of View Reference Center – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Points of View Reference Center, which contains "pro vs. con" articles on current or controversial topics.
• ELM Tutorial: Student Research Center – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces Student Research Center, which contains encyclopedia and magazine articles as well as primary source materials and multimedia content. It is intended for middle and high schoo...
• ELM: More Than Just Articles – Webinar
  The ELM Databases are so much more than just searches and articles. Not only can you find more content types such as book chapters, images, speeches, interviews, letters, videos, transcripts, and audi...
• ELM: The Big Picture (4-part series) – Webinar
  Have you ever longed for a big picture understanding of the Electronic Library for Minnesota? Have you ever wished to have a confident and complete knowledge of the ELM databases including a proficie...
• ELM: The Big Picture (Part 1 Only) – Webinar
  ELM: The Big Picture four-part series PART 1: All About EBSCO (2 hours) This two-hour webinar will take a close look at several of the EBSCO databases in the ELM collection. This will be done in ...
• ELM: The Big Picture (Part 2 Only) – Webinar
  ELM: The Big Picture four-part series PART 2: All About Gale/Cengage Learning (2 hours) This two-hour webinar will take a close look at several of the Gale/Cengage Learning databases in the ELM co...
• ELM: The Big Picture (Part 3 Only) – Webinar
  ELM: The Big Picture four-part series PART 3: All About Britannica & OCLC (2 hours) This two-hour webinar will take a close look at all of the Britannica databases and a selection of OCLC resource...
• ELM: The Big Picture (Part 4 Only) – Webinar
  ELM: The Big Picture four-part series PART 4: All About ProQuest (2 hours) This two-hour webinar will take a close look at the ProQuest resources in the ELM collection. This will be done in two p...
• Elsevier ScienceDirect Discussion – Webinar
  Discussion of current Elsevier ScienceDirect UTL and future contract.
• Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About AskMN: The Librarian Is In! – Webinar
  AskMN is Minnesota’s 24/7 statewide digital reference service available to Minnesota residents anytime, anywhere. Are you curious about what AskMN is or how it works? Have you ever wondered what the d...
• File Not Found: An Introduction to Digital Preservation – Webinar
  Has your computer ever crashed and you lost all those important files you had saved? What if the loss was spread to the contents of your entire organization? Or, have you ever gone back to a file th...
• FRBR and FRAD: Keys to RDA (2-part series) – Webinar
  The studies titled Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) and Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD) give a big picture view of the structure and content of library catalo...
• From Pixels to Projects: An Introduction to Digitization Concepts – In-Person
  This workshop will present background terminology and concepts, as well as practical approaches to digitizing and describing visual collections. Attendees will learn about scanning, equipment, metadat...
• Geography Resources in ELM – Webinar
  This session will highlight geography and country information in the ELM databases. We'll take a look at specific databases and discuss how to quickly discover and gather that kind of information in ...
• Getting to Know the Presidential Candidates – Webinar
  As the presidential race continues, libraries will likely see an increase in public interest in learning about the candidates and media coverage will reach a fever pitch. Join this webinar to learn ho...
• Google for Research – Webinar
  Is Google a legitimate place to conduct credible research? Absolutely! One can use Google to find scholarly articles, books (including books housed in libraries), government documents, patents, and no...
• Google for Research: Tips & Tricks for Expert Searching – Webinar
  Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Martha Hardy, Reference and Instruction Librarian at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul as she discusses using Google for research. Are your ...
• Google Personalized Homepage – Webinar
  Tired of scrolling through bookmarks or typing in dictionary.com to look up a word? A customized Google homepage might be right for you! This tool can assist you in accomplishing repetitive personal...
• Health and Medical Resources in ELM – Webinar
  A thorough overview of the Consumer Health Complete medical resource including key features such as accessing Evidence-Based Reports, reference book content, medical images, animations and video as we...
• Helping Teachers Work Smarter, Not Harder: ELM for K-12 Academic Standards – Webinar
  This webinar introduces ELM for K-12 Academic Standards as one way that libraries make both teacher classroom preparation and student research easier. Attend this 30 minute session to learn about ELM ...
• History Day Resources in ELM – Webinar
  History Day focuses on teaching students how to select a topic and conduct thorough research using primary and secondary sources to give well-rounded understanding and competency about that topic. In...
• Imagine, Program, Share: Library Programming with Scratch – In-Person
  Guest Presenters: Jennifer Nelson / Senior Librarian / Hennepin County Library Keith Braafladt / Director, Learning Technologies Center / Science Museum of Minnesota Providing kids opportunities ...
• Imaging, Quality Control and Digital Infrastructure: Digitization Series #3 – Webinar
  NOTE: For this course, it is $40.00 for each individual who registers (not $40.00 per institution). This online workshop covers basic-level information on scanning, image capture, and quality contr...
• Information Management 2.0: Customized Content and Customized Delivery – Webinar
  As the amount of content available online continues to expand at a rapid pace, the way that we have traditionally kept up with personal and professional information will become less and less feasible....
• Introducing Minitex/OCLC Services and the Bibliographic and Technical Services Staff – Self-Paced Learning
  Are you a new library staff member in Minnesota, North Dakota, or South Dakota? Or perhaps you are a new library manager or director and need to learn more about support resources that are available ...
• Introduction to Using CONTENTdm for Digital Projects – In-Person
  CONTENTdm is software used to build digital collections of images, documents, video, and audio. It provides the tools to organize, publish, manage, and search digital collections on the Web. Desig...
• Introduction to Using OCLC Cataloging Statistics – Webinar
  Have you ever wondered how many original records your library added to WorldCat, or how many records your cataloging staff enriched in the past year? You can find out how to locate these types of sta...
• Introduction to Using OCLC Resource Sharing Statistics – Webinar
  Have you ever wondered where to find statistics about the number of OCLC interlibrary loan requests you received, your fill rate, or your average turnaround time? You can find out how to locate these...
• Just Search: EBSCOhost – Webinar
  Here’s your chance to get to know the EBSCOhost search interface like the back of your hand. It’s nothin’ but search! In this 45 min. webinar you’ll learn all about the search options, indexes, and ...
• Just Search: InfoTrac – Webinar
  Here’s your chance to get to know the InfoTrac search interface like the back of your hand. It’s nothin’ but search! In this 45 min. webinar you’ll learn all about the search options, indexes, and l...
• Just Search: ProQuest – Webinar
  Here’s your chance to get to know the ProQuest search interface like the back of your hand. It’s nothin’ but search! In this 45 min. webinar you’ll learn all about the search options, indexes, and l...
• Literary Criticism in ELM – Webinar
  Literary criticism is an important part of the curriculum for not only K12 but also colleges. Students are required to evaluate and critique selected readings from many perspectives. In this webinar M...
• Literature Resources in ELM – Webinar
  Looking for literary criticism, author biographies, literary classics, or any other literature-related information? Look no further. In this webinar Minitex Reference staff will highlight ELM databa...
• Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 1 – Self-Paced Learning
  This webinar will introduce library staff to the basics of editing Local Holdings Records (LHRs) through the OCLC Connexion Browser. We will discuss the implementation of MARC 21 format in OCLC, and ...
• Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 2 – Self-Paced Learning
  This session will expand trainees' knowledge of Local Holdings Record maintenance though the OCLC Connexion Browser. Through live demonstration and exercises, we will learn how to create new LHRs - e...
• Local Holdings Maintenance - Part 3 – Self-Paced Learning
  Third in our series on Local Holdings Record (LHR) maintenance through the OCLC Connexion Browser. In this session, we'll work with less common holdings requiring extra fields, including multiple lev...
• Locating Biographies in ELM – Webinar
  If you're looking for a biography, then look no further then the ELM databases. Whether it's a sports star, an author, a scientist, actor, astronomer, or former U.S. president, many ELM database offe...
• Locating Videos in ELM – Webinar
  Where can you find authoritative, accurate, and educational videos? In the ELM databases, of course. Join Minitex Reference staff as they show you where and how to locate videos in the ELM database ...
• Making ELM Access Easy – Webinar
  This 30 minute webinar will briefly introduce the available three ways that libraries can provide patron or student access to the ELM databases: the ELM portal, direct linking, and the all-new ELM Per...
• MARC Format for Non-Catalogers – Webinar
  The MARC21 (Machine Readable Cataloging) Bibliographic format is the nationally-accepted standard for computerized cataloging. Using MARC21 records helps ensure that data in your automated library cat...
• MARC21 Bibliographic Format for Beginners – In-Person
  The MARC21 (Machine Readable Cataloging) Bibliographic format is the nationally-accepted standard for computerized cataloging which helps ensure that data in your automated library catalog will be com...
• Metadata for Digital Projects: Digitization Series #4 – Webinar
  NOTE: For this course, it is $40.00 for each individual who registers (not $40.00 per institution). Metadata is a fundamental element of any digitization project. Designed for non-catalogers, thi...
• Metadata Practices for Digital Collections – In-Person
  Metadata is a fundamental element of any digitization project. Designed for noncatalogers, this full day workshop focuses on using metadata to facilitate both access to and preservation of digital res...
• Minitex Document Delivery – A Basic Primer For ILL Staff – Webinar
  In this Webinar we cover a history of Minitex Document Delivery and the basics of borrowing and lending within Minitex. Additional topics are: history of Minitex Document Delivery, verification of di...
• Minnesota Opportunities for Reference Excellence (4-part series) – Webinar
  Minitex is pleased to announce a four-part series relating to core competencies of Minnesota Opportunities for Reference Excellence (MORE). Sessions will occur over a four-week period from 10:00 a.m....
• Minnesota Opportunities for Reference Excellence (MORE) – In-Person
  Minitex is pleased to offer training on Minnesota Opportunities for Reference Excellence (MORE). This full-day workshop (9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) will include interactive discussion and offer the opport...
• MLA 2011 Annual Conference Roundup – Webinar
  Duluth hosted this year’s MLA conference, “Libraries: Superior Value for Life.” Join Minitex staff as they discuss highlights of this superior conference.
• MOTSE: Authority Control – In-Person
  This MOTSE session offers a full day of intermediate level presentation, discussion, and practice in authority control. Topics covered include: • Multiple goals of authority control • Rules gov...
• MOTSE: Cataloging Audio Materials – In-Person
  Come and learn how to catalog those sound recordings! This workshop will focus on on descriptive cataloging, formulating access points (including uniform titles), and a brief overview of subject anal...
• MOTSE: MARC21 Format for Holdings Data (for MN Librarians) – In-Person
  The MARC21 Format for Holdings Data (MFHD) is a format designed to provide bibliographic resource locations, notes, and detailed descriptions of holdings of multi-part resources such as serials, as we...
• Moving Forward: New Guidelines for Contributors to Minnesota Reflections – Webinar
  Join Greta Bahnemann, Metadata Coordinator for the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL), for a free online session that will introduce recent changes to the MDL’s Minnesota Reflections Metadata Guidelines....
• NCIP Gateway for Millennium libraries – Webinar
  NCIP, the functionality which allows VDX to update your library’s circulation system to eliminate duplicative actions, has now been implemented at the Kitchigami Regional Library System. Jenny Hill f...
• New ELM Portal Overview – Webinar
  ELM's got a brand new bag! Join Minitex Reference Outreach & Instruction for this 30 minute webinar as we detail the newly redesigned ELM Portal. The redesign includes improvements to increase acces...
• Nonfiction RA 101: The Real Story – Webinar
  Didn’t get a chance to catch this session at MLA? Or would you like a refresher on the topic? Join Minitex Reference Outreach & Instruction as we host Sarah Nagle of Carver County Library, Luann Phi...
• OCLC Demonstration: QuestionPoint – In-Person
  QuestionPoint is a unique virtual reference service for library users. While QuestionPoint takes advantage of the Internet, it goes beyond the limitations of the Web to incorporate libraries' best ref...
• OCLC Indexes in ELM – Webinar
  Join Minitex Reference staff as they delve into the OCLC indexes available through ELM. These resources include OCLC PapersFirst, ProceedingsFirst, WorldCat Disseratations and Theses, ArticleFirst, a...
• Outreach: Homeschooling Communities – Webinar
  Are you looking to expand or improve upon your library’s outreach to local home educators and their students? Wishing to learn more about homeschoolers as they relate to local public and school libra...
• Outsourcing Authority Work – Webinar
  How many times have you asked yourself: What can I stop doing without sacrificing the quality of our OPAC? Or, maybe you have recently learned about the importance of authority control but you don't...
• Plunkett Research Online Demo – Webinar
  Plunkett Research Online offers web-based access to all of the data used in their widely-known business and industry reference books. The online system offers many advantages over print, including sea...
• Points of View Reference Center – Webinar
  A detailed overview of an online tool to assist researchers in understanding the full scope of a wide range of controversial subjects and evaluate the issues of today and tomorrow. This session will ...
• ProQuest Administrator Module – In-Person
  The ProQuest Administrator Module (PAM) is a tool that enables local ProQuest resource administrators to obtain usage statistics, customize display settings, set up remote authentication and create li...
• ProQuest Newsstand Complete: Week 6 ELM Spotlight Series – Webinar
  Week 6: This session will cover ProQuest Newsstand Complete and searching the *new* ProQuest platform. This database offers full-text newspapers and allows for specific searching that includes locati...
• ProQuest: Introduction to the New Platform and Administrator Module – In-Person
  First hour includes: The new ProQuest platform has arrived! ProQuest, CSA Illumina, and selected Chadwyck-Healey products will be available on the new platform at launch, and all ProQuest products wil...
• R U Ready? Setting Up and Running an Instant Message Reference Service – Webinar
  Have you considered starting a Digital Reference service for your library but not sure where to begin? Instant Messaging is a great way to get introduced into the world of Digital Reference. You can...
• RDA for Copy Catalogers: A How-To for Audiovisual Materials – In-Person
  With the publication of Resource Description and Access (RDA) and a decision on its national implementation coming this spring, many catalogers are eager to experiment with the new cataloging rules an...
• RDA for Copy Catalogers: A How-To for Music Materials – In-Person
  With the publication of Resource Description and Access (RDA) and a decision on its national implementation coming this spring, many catalogers are eager to experiment with the new cataloging rules an...
• RDA for Copy Catalogers: A How-To for Print Monographs – In-Person
  With the publication of Resource Description and Access (RDA) and a decision on its national implementation coming this spring, many catalogers are eager to experiment with the new cataloging rules an...
• RDA for Non-Catalogers: A Gentle Introduction – Webinar
  Implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA), the new manual of cataloging rules designed to succeed AACR2, has the potential to affect many library activities outside of the cataloging dep...
• RDA for Original Catalogers – In-Person
  The possible implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) by the U.S. national libraries will affect the entire scope of cataloging, including changes that have consequences for original ca...
• RDA for the Original Cataloger (3-part series) – Webinar
  The implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) by the Library of Congress on March 31, 2013, will affect the entire scope of cataloging, including various changes that have consequences f...
• RDA for the Seasoned Copy Cataloger: Audiovisual Materials (4-part series) – Webinar
  With the decision on the national libraries' implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) now made--and LC's adoption date of March 31, 2013, in the cards--catalogers are beginning to dig i...
• RDA for the Seasoned Copy Cataloger: Continuing Resources (4-part series) – Webinar
  With the decision on the national libraries' implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) now made--and LC's adoption date of March 31, 2013, in the cards--catalogers are beginning to dig i...
• RDA for the Seasoned Copy Cataloger: Music Materials (4-part series) – Webinar
  With the decision on the national libraries' implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) now made--and LC's adoption date of March 31, 2013 in the cards--catalogers are beginning to dig in...
• RDA for the Seasoned Copy Cataloger: Print Monographs (4-part series) – Webinar
  With the decision on the national libraries' implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) now made--and LC's adoption date of March 31, 2013, in the cards--catalogers are beginning to dig i...
• RDA for the Solo/Copy Cataloger – Webinar
  With the decision on the national libraries' implementation of Resource Description and Access (RDA) now made--and LC's adoption date of March 31, 2013, in the cards--catalogers are beginning to learn...
• RDA: What It Is, and What It Means to You – Webinar
  This information session will introduce participants to Resource Description and Access (RDA), the new manual of cataloging rules designed to succeed AACR2. The instructor will present a thumbnail sk...
• Schoology and ELM: Adding Pages – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces specific ways in which a school curriculum and web-based classroom environment in Schoology can be supported by online research content found in the Electronic Library for Min...
• Schoology and ELM: Creating Updates – Self-Paced Learning
  This tutorial introduces specific ways in which a school curriculum and web-based classroom environment in Schoology can be supported by online research content found in the Electronic Library for Mi...
• Science Resources in ELM – Webinar
  This session will take a look Gale's General Science Collection and Student Resources In Context as well as EBSCO's Science Reference Center. We'll closely examine the science-related content within ...
• Search Strategies: Part One – Self-Paced Learning
  This self-paced tutorial is designed to help students get a better understanding of how to create a search strategy for finding reliable information based on a topic. Part One will identify three step...
• Search Strategies: Part Two – Self-Paced Learning
  This self-paced tutorial is designed to help students get a better understanding of how to create a search strategy for finding reliable information based on a topic. Part One will identify three step...
• Searching the Authority File in Connexion Client – Webinar
  This ninety minute online training session presents the fundamentals of searching the OCLC Authority File using Connexion Client. Topics covered include a brief review of the MARC format for authorit...
• Smart Resources for the SMART Board – Webinar
  Do you have a SMART Board in your classroom, library, or computer lab but are looking for ideas on how to use it for more than a projection screen? Are you looking for more ways to engage and interac...
• Student Resources In Context – Webinar
  Gale has just replaced select Gale Resource Centers, with the new In Context family of products. This learning environment provides a revolutionary user experience that’s supported by media-rich cont...
• Student Resources in Context: Week 5 ELM Spotlight Series – Webinar
  Week 5: This session will cover the resource Student Resources in Context. Designed for use by middle and high school students for both homework and in-depth research assignments it contains referenc...
• Taking the Fear Out of Business Reference – Webinar
  Business reference may be the most intimidating interaction librarians face on the reference desk. This one-hour session will take the fear out of business reference by breaking the broad concept of b...
• Teaching Old Services New Tricks: Integrating Web 2.0 trends into everyday services and tools – Webinar
  Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Michelle Jacobs, Emerging Technologies and Web Coordinator at UCLA, as she discusses and presents various Web 2.0 tools and how they can be used to enh...
• The All-New ProQuest – Webinar
  With the all-new ProQuest platform, users at all levels can quickly locate relevant, authoritative content within and across ProQuest databases spanning a full spectrum of subjects and topics. You can...
• The International Standard Book Number . . . And How It Grew – Webinar
  The International Standard Book Number is expanding from 10 to 13 digits and OCLC has enhanced Connexion Client to accommodate this change. You're probably wondering how this expansion will affect yo...
• The Minnesota Digital Library, Minnesota Reflections, and Digitizing your Collections – Webinar
  Join Marian Rengel, Outreach Coordinator for the Minnesota Digital Library, for a free online informational session on the hows and whys of contributing to Minnesota Reflections, an online collection ...
• The Portable Reference Library: Accessing Reference Resources and Services on Mobile Devices – Webinar
  Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host Alec Sonsteby, Reference and Instruction Librarian and Assistant Professor at Metropolitan State University. Has the day of the roving reference lib...
• Tools for Original Cataloging with Connexion Client – Webinar
  Do you do original bibliographic cataloging? Are you uncertain when original records are required and how to input them? This webinar will discuss criteria for creating new records and demonstrate C...
• Understanding Digital Images: Basic to Intermediate Concepts – In-Person
  Confused by the technical jargon of digital imaging? Frustrated by training seminars that assume too much prior knowledge on the part of the student? This day-long series of presentations guides th...
• Using Maps in Student Resources in Context – Webinar
  How many people in Minnesota do not have health insurance? How many Minnesotans were wounded in the Iraq war? Which state in the union has the highest rate of obesity? Gale recently added interactive ...
• Using New Technologies to Support Library Instruction – Webinar
  Join Minitex Reference Services staff as we host one of Minnesota’s very own, Heather Tompkins, discussing practical applications of a variety of "Web 2.0" technologies to library instructional and li...
• Using the New Minnesota Reflections – Webinar
  As of November 1, 2011, Minnesota Reflections has a new look! The software that runs Minnesota Reflections (CONTENTdm) was upgraded to the latest version. This upgrade contains many new features, mak...
• Using the OCLC Authority File: Authorities Series #2 – Webinar
  This online training session presents the fundamentals of using the OCLC Authority File. Topics covered include: * Searching the authority file, including a basic understanding of each index * Edit...
• What Every Job Seeker (AND Librarian) Should Know: Tools and Services from MN DEED – Webinar
  Guest Presenters: Dru Frykberg, DEED Librarian Karen Underhill, DEED Outreach and Training Specialist for MinnesotaWorks.net Rachel Vilsack, DEED Regional Labor Market Analyst The Minnesota Dep...
• What Is Copy Cataloging and How Do I Do It? – In-Person
  You need to find a MARC record for an item your library just purchased and load it into your catalog, but you’re not quite sure how to go about it… This full-day, in-person course will get you starte...
• What is Metadata?: A Very Basic Introduction – Webinar
  What, exactly, is metadata and what does it have to do with my digitization project? Is it important? How can I learn more about it? This 75 minute webinar will answer these questions, and more. Y...
• Wikipedia: The Educator’s Friend(!) – Webinar
  Guest Presenter: Nathan Rinne, Media Cataloging Technician, Osseo Area Schools Wikipedia can be an excellent springboard for learning some profound lessons. We’ll look at practical ways to use it w...
• WorldCat Registry Tutorial – Webinar
  WorldCat Registry is an OCLC web tool that provides a single online location where any library can manage and distribute data about itself and its services and also locate information about other libr...
• WorldCat Resource Sharing Tricks – In-Person
  Take this course to increase your efficiency using the OCLC WorldCat Resource Sharing system for ILL. Become familiar with advanced techniques, new features and upcoming enhancements, including but n...
• WorldCat: Week 4 ELM Spotlight Series – Webinar
  Week 4: This session will cover OCLC’s WorldCat. The world’s largest bibliographic database links each record to libraries that own that item. Please note: this session will focus on WorldCat as a p...