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Minitex News articles tagged with "Digital Inclusion" (3):

Call for proposals to present at Minitex Connect

Minitex was conceived as a library information network, and that's what it still is today. We *are* our connections with libraries across Minnesota and beyond. The Minitex Connect conference, held May 3-4, 2022, celebrates this interconnectivity and builds upon it by inviting each and every part of the library community to come together to learn and to share successes, create new ideas, and plan our best possible future together.

MDL Staff at the 2017 Oral History Association Annual Meeting

The Oral History Association 2017 Annual Meeting brought together over 460 oral historians and those interested in oral history for three full days of informative sessions, plus workshops and site visits. I facilitated a panel entitled Seeing Immigrants: Using Video to Capture Community Narratives, featuring recent projects undertaken by Saengmany Ratsabout, Acting Director of the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) and Scott Pollock, Director of Exhibitions, Collections, and Programs at the American Swedish Institute (ASI), engaging with immigrants in our community.

Minnesota's tribal libraries: Fostering digital inclusion

Access to affordable high-speed broadband, devices, and digital literacy training are essential to Native nation rebuilding. Tribal libraries—with public computers, free Internet access, and patient staff—are well positioned to foster digital inclusion.