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Registration closes Monday, October 23, for the Minitex Technical Services Symposium, hosted at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, MN, October 30. Join over 130 of your colleagues to connect and reflect on this year's theme: Creating a Sustainable Future in Technical Services. 

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Registration closes Monday, October 23, for the Minitex Technical Services Symposium, taking place at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, MN, on October 30. Join over 130 of your colleagues to connect and reflect on this year's theme: Creating a Sustainable Future in Technical Services

There is no registration fee to attend, but registration is still necessary. Registrants gain full access to the schedule and lunch options for the day. Please only register if you are planning to attend the in-person event. For staff who cannot attend the in-person event and are interested in the recordings, there will be a separate process for accessing the recordings after the event. 

The program includes 8 breakout sessions, along with a keynote presentation "Telling our stories: technical services, collaboration, and coffee breaks" by Tricia MacKenzie and Kim Edwards.

Below is a brief list of breakout sessions. View more information about the program on the Event webpage.

  • Sharing Knowledge in Electronic Resources Work
  • Unseen Labor: Metadata Work Meets Textile Art
  • And What Do They Do Back There? Demystifying Technical Services Work
  • Effective Data Storytelling in Libraries
  • Improving the Online Library User Experience at St. Cloud State University
  • Creating a WOW Data Dashboard using Excel and Google Sheets
  • Every Document Everywhere All At Once: A Cataloging Documentation Hackathon
  • From TS To RADS: What's in a Name

This year, the Symposium is partially funded with a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education using federal funding, CFDA 84.027A, Special Education - Grants to States.

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Written by

Sara Ring
Continuing Education Librarian