Minnesota Digital Library staff participated in the 2021 Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums Conference and gained some key takeaways to share.
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The third of the Minnesota Digital Library's monthly rights statements implementation open office hours will be taking place Wednesday, May 12th at 10:00 am.
The second of the Minnesota Digital Library's monthly rights statements implementation open office hours will be taking place Tuesday, April 20th at 2:00 pm.
The Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) is accepting Phase 17 applications for inclusion in the digital collection through Friday, May 21, 2021, or when the money is fully allocated. Content related to underrepresented Minnesota history is our highest priority, but we accept other content as well, including 3D items.
Register by March 14th for the Minnesota Digital Library Standardized Rights Statements Implementation Training, taking place on Tuesday, March 16th from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
For our 50th Anniversary, in addition to celebrating together, one of our goals is to make sure we also document our organizational history. To that end, we have enhanced our existing Minitex digital collection in the Minnesota Digital Library with photographs to help illustrate the programs, services, and stories mentioned in the oral history project recordings.
The Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) has published four new Primary Source Sets on our website. These sets focus on the lumber industry in Minnesota, Minnesota's three major railroads, Sinclair Lewis's experiences living and working in Duluth, and the rise and fall of Twin Cities streetcars.
The Minnesota Digital Library is offering a webinar version of our rights statements implementation training on Tuesday, March 16th from 10:00 am-12:00 pm.
The Minnesota Digital Library will be offering monthly open office hours starting Wednesday, February 17th for organizations that have questions about implementing standardized rights statements.
Greta Bahnemann (Minitex) and Jason Roy (University of Minnesota Libraries) are two of the authors of the new OCLC Research report on the CONTENTdm Linked Data Pilot project’s findings. The report outlines “the benefits of working in a linked data environment, the potential to develop a shared data model, and the challenges facing efforts to transform metadata into linked data.”
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