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READ Poster: Matt Niehoff, Minitex Resource Sharing.

READ Poster: Matt Niehoff, Minitex Resource Sharing.

Each issue covers a different topic or event that we hope will be of interest to you and to your users. You'll find recommended websites, new reference publications, and information about training opportunities.

Current Issue

  • July 2018
    University Libraries Creates New Platform for Newspaper Card Index Collection • Minnesota Students Take Home Top Awards at National History Day • Nancy Pearl's picks for summer reading • University of Minnesota Daily newspaper highlights Ebooks Minnesota • Ebooks Minnesota highlight: How to Ruin Series • Project MUSE releases newly-designed web presence • MLA International Bibliography available via EBSCO only as of 2019

Previous Issues

2018

  • June 2018
    ROI out and about at summer conferences and events • Metro Tech Camp in Moorhead, MN • Toronto Libraries Create Space for Co-Working • Where have all the librarians gone? • Library Programs for Teens with Disabilities workshop video available
  • May 2018
    Be a resource hero to your students! • Guide to Help Investigate Misleading Information • School and public library partnerships • LOEX 2018 • Learn about native plants, gardening, and landscaping in Ebooks Minnesota • World languages curation available in Ebooks Minnesota • LearningExpress Library's Career Preparation vs. Job and Career Accelerator • Information literacy content support coming to Explora • EBSCOhost® Microlearning Series
  • April 2018
    Libraries Serving Youth Meetup • Britannica and Google Classroom • Calling all teachers! • Ojibwe language books added to Ebooks Minnesota • Lib Tech 2018: People Power: Strengthening libraries through community partnerships • Changes coming to your EBSCO account • Information literacy content support coming to Explora • OpenAthens presentation on April 19 featuring Katy Gabrio at Macalester and Christopher Holly at EBSCO
  • March 2018
    Ebooks Minnesota turns two! • Celebrate Women's History • Esther Freier Lecture, April 4 • Teen Lit Con Authors Announced • The new LearningExpress Library is here • Gale Sweetens Its Promotional Deal • Historical Periodicals from the American Antiquarian Society • Library Programs for Teens with Disabilities: A Workshop Co-sponsored by Minitex and MELSA • Patrons with disabilities webinar series available for viewing
  • February 2018
    Celebrate Black History Month with titles in Ebooks Minnesota • Douglass Day Transcribe-a-thon • ELM Expo • ELM & Ebooks Minnesota Winter / Spring 2018 Webinars • Enhancements coming to Gale ELM resources • Announcing the 36 Finalists • World Read Aloud Day 2018 • ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom Call for Reporting Challenges • Upcoming Webinar: Developing Inclusive Library Services to Adults with Disabilities
  • January 2018
    Save the date! ELM Expo in Edina / February 24, 2018 • NoodleTools for History Day • Attend the Gopherbaloo for History Day research help • New interface and features coming for LearningExpress • Gale promotional offer featuring new & improved resources • Book club kits created around titles in Ebooks Minnesota • NISO: The Evolving Natures of Reference Work and Reference Product • NISO: The Preprint: Integrating the Form into the Scholarly Ecosystem

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