2024 Minitex Connect

Tuesday, May 14, 2024
8:45am – 3:30pm
Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn Park
9000 Brooklyn Boulevard
Brooklyn Park, MN 55445
United States

$40 General Admission
MinitexConnect

The Minitex Connect 2024 conference will be held on Tuesday, May 14, in person at the Brooklyn Park branch of Hennepin Technical College.

While previous year’s conferences have included a wide array of programming, this year’s conference will be focused on resource sharing and adjacent services. Sessions will focus on the new MNLINK software, launching on April 30. A separate track will be offered for library staff not directly involved with MNLINK, including administrators, public services staff, and ILS technology staff. If you provide interlibrary loan services at your library, or are interested in any aspect of resource sharing, please join us to learn more about what’s happening in interlibrary loan and beyond.

Continental breakfast, lunch and snacks will be included in the registration fee.

Conference Schedule:

8:45 - 9:15 AM Check In and Refreshments 9:15 - 9:30 AM Welcome
	Room 1: MNLINK	Room 2: Resource Sharing
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM	Keynote: Reflections on the conversation between technology and libraries: Sebastian Hammer
10:30 - 10:45 BREAK
10:45 AM - 11:45 AM Session 1	Interlibrary Loan with ReShare: Debra Denault	The Future is Here: Navigating the tech landscape
11:45 - 12:45 LUNCH (Taco bar) 11:45 - 12:45 MNLINK Operations Committee Working Lunch
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Session 2	Using VuFind for patrons and public services staff: Debra Denault	Resource Sharing & Delivery in Minnesota: The big picture
1:45 - 2:00 BREAK
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Session 3	Accessibility in eLibraryMN Databases and Ebooks Minnesota	ILLuminating Conversation: Hot topics in Interlibrary Loan
3:00 - 3:15 Wrap-up and MNLINK cookies!

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