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Some Quick Notes
By Bill DeJohn
December 18, 2008
There are several items I wanted to bring to the attention of library staff in the region.
Cathy De Rosa, "From Awareness to Funding"
Cathy De Rosa's presentation "From Awareness to Funding:..." suggested for public library staff
and boards of trustees in the three-state region. From Minitex News, December 8, 2008:
Video Now Available for Cathy De Rosa Presentation
Video is now available for Cathy De Rosa's presentation "From Awareness to Funding: A Study of Library
Support in America," originally held on October 30, 2008 at the Bullard Rainforest Auditorium in St.
Paul's Como Park. If you weren't able to attend or would like to revisit De Rosa's look at how to use
marketing techniques to improve the state of public library funding,
check out the event's highlights page. There you can
watch the two-hour presentation in a Flash-based streaming video player, or download the video in Windows
Media Player and iTunes/iPod formats. We also welcome your feedback about the video and/or event, which
you can submit via the form at the bottom of the page.
Policy Advisory Council Member Reports on WebJunction Minnesota
Minitex Policy Advisory Council member reports are now on WebJunction Minnesota. Members are from various
types of libraries including private colleges, K12 school, state government, regional library systems,
multi-type library systems, public libraries, Twin Cities Metropolitan libraries, county libraries,
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus, University of Minnesota coordinate campuses, MnSCU state
universities, community colleges, and technical colleges. For each meeting, members poll their
constituents and share a report with the rest of the Council members.
Available on the Minitex Web site for years, these reports
are now being placed on WebJunction Minnesota as another place to access information about various types of
libraries. You do not need to be registered to access these reports, but it helps if you are in Minnesota
and register in case you want recommend courses, sign up for social networking activities in "my account,"
etc., and registration allows you to take courses. Read the
reports at WebJunction Minnesota.
While I have your attention, the WebJunction Minnesota Team has made a number of additions and stylistic
adaptations that you may want to check out.
Stories from Users of Library Services
We have posted some stories from end users of the MnLINK Gateway and Minitex interlibrary loan services. They
are on the "From the Director" page on the Minitex Web site. See
"Share Your MnLINK Stories." These are worthwhile reviewing for
an understanding of why people are using resource sharing services. All interlibrary loan staff and other
library staff supporting resource sharing should take a bow after reading these stories.
Rural Minnesota Journal—"Women in Rural Minnesota"
The Rural Minnesota Journal, Fall 2008, was distributed to academic and public libraries throughout
Minnesota recently. The theme of this issue is "Women in Rural Minneota." I thought that some women's studies
classes might be interested in this issue. The journal is published by the Center for Rural Policy and
Development. You can download a copy of the journal from the Rural
Minnesota Journal Web site. You may be interested in past journals which are available online. If
anyone wants a hard copy of the journal, I have about 30 copies left—send
me an email with your address...
Since I have access to the Table of Contents, I reproduced them below—some very interesting articles that
many of you may be interested in reading:
Rural Minnesota Journal, Fall 2008—Table of Contents
(Click the links to download individual articles)
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Editor's Note
(Includes Table of Contents and Acknowledgements)
Marnie Werner, RMJ Editor and Research Manager
Center for Rural Policy & Development
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The Demographics
of Rural Women: Now and the Future
Martha McMurry & Dr. R. Thomas Gillaspy
Minnesota State Demographic Center
An analysis of data shows that rural women are still behind in several social and economic areas, such as
education and earnings, but are catching up.
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"I Always Put Myself
Last": Rural Women and the Challenge of Work-Life Integration
Madeleine Alberts
Children, Youth and Family Consortium, University of Minnesota
Rural women face particular difficulties in three areas of their day-to-day lives: finding adequate child
care, the distances necessary to travel just live their daily lives, and the lack of options in finding a
satisfying job.
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Walking in Two Worlds:
Helping Immigrant Women Adjust in Rural Minnesota
Cecil Gassis & Anne Ganey
YWCA of Mankato
Women coming to America face special challenges, but they are choosing rural America—and rural
Minnesota—for particular reasons. This program is helping them adjust to their new lives.
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Strengthening Social
Capital to Tackle Poverty
Donna Rae Scheffert
Center for Community Vitality, University of Minnesota
Women have a higher chance of winding up in poverty, especially if they are single mothers. But can moving
to a rural area help? And are there simple ways communities can assist families in poverty to give them a
hand up?
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The Changing Role of Women
in Minnesota Agriculture
Doris Mold
Sunrise Agricultural Associates
Women have been involved in agriculture since agriculture began, but often behind the scenes. Today women
are receiving formal recognition as leaders on the farm and in the farming community.
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Women's Work: Productive
Aging in Rural Minnesota
Jan Hively
University of Minnesota Senior Fellow (Retired)
It is well known that rural Minnesota's population is old and getting older faster than the urban areas of
the state. There are many ways that the senior population can and are contributing to the welfare of their
communities and themselves.
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Women's Health:
Reproductive Health Services in Rural Minnesota
Kristen Tharaldson & Angie Sechler
Office of Rural Health & Primary Care, Minnesota Department of Health
Among the many issues facing health care in rural Minnesota is the access to reproductive health care
services for women. Ready access to these services involves everything from cancer screenings to prenatal
check-ups to teen health.
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Choosing Place First:
Remembrances and Observations About Entrepreneurship
Mary Mathews
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund
Starting one's own business is growing increasingly popular in rural Minnesota. Mathews discusses her
experiences as president of the Northeast Entrepreneur Fund and her experiences as an entrepreneur
herself.