We attended some great sessions at the Minnesota Library Association's Annual Conference this year. Here are a few highlights from Stephanie Hess, Molly Huber, and Sara Ring.
Congratulations to the Minitex IT Team, recipients of Minnesota Library Association’s Above and Beyond Award! The award is given in recognition of a recent group or individual contribution significant to the Minnesota library community.
For our 50th anniversary, we invite you to celebrate connected libraries, empowered communities, and enriched lives! And we’ll throw in some fun and games, too. Of note will be Barbara Fister’s keynote address, "Fifty/Fifty: Drawing on the Past to Envision the Future of Minitex."
The Minnesota Digital Library is offering a free webinar on standardized rights statements implementation for digital collections on Monday, October 18th at 1:30 pm.
Enter contest to win a free upgrade to make old 3M and Sentry Library System new again!
The Minnesota Learning Commons (MNLC) is a joint powers partnership between the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE), University of Minnesota, and Minnesota State. The mission of the MNLC is to support educators teaching in online, blended, and digital learning environments.
The University of St. Thomas Libraries seeks a Course Materials Specialist/Evening Supervisor to join our Access Services team. The person in this position collaborates with instructors to build and deliver course materials in our Learning Management System and contributes to the supervision of our Access Services Desk and OSF Library building.
Michele Leininger, Director, and Paula Nemes, Public Services Manager, with Marshall-Lyon County Library talked about their Library of Amusements program at MLA 2021.
The Minnesota Libraries Lead Planning Team, composed of library leaders from across the state, spanning all library types, formed in Summer 2021. We believe that, collectively, Minnesota libraries’ missions to provide access to information make us core partners in addressing societal challenges such as the lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion; the rise of disinformation, and the need for digital equity. Join us for a webinar on Thursday, October 28 to explore and plan next steps for people working in Minnesota libraries.
Welcome to our newest Resource Sharing team member, Olivia Moore!
Registration is now open for the November 9th Minitex Technical Services Symposium! This year’s theme is Good Trouble: Activism and Ethics in Technical Services. Keynote speaker Beth Shoemaker will speak about her work as the co-chair of the Cataloging Ethics Steering Committee, which published the Cataloging Code of Ethics in January 2021. We will also hear from special guest Kenda Zellner-Smith about her project Save the Boards, which seeks to preserve the art that sprang up following the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests. We will also feature several breakout sessions led by colleagues from around the country.