Professional Development News

Registration is now open for the Minitex Technical Services Symposium, taking place on October 30 at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. The program will feature keynotes Tricia MacKenzie and Kim Edwards, co-editors of the book "Telling the Technical Services Story," along with a full slate of breakout sessions in line with our theme: Creating a Sustainable Future in Technical Services. We hope you can join us this year!

We are extending the call for proposals for the 2023 Minitex Technical Services Symposium! The new deadline is Friday, September 1st, and we welcome your ideas. The Symposium will take place in person on Monday, October 30th at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Library Carpentry Workshop Series: Software and data skills for people working in library- and information-related roles. Our aim is to help libraries become data and software savvy.

The 23 Linked Data Things project organizers are pleased to announce that Things 16-19 are now published and available on the website. With help from new guest authors and returning authors, you can explore linked data from the public services side, pitfalls to be aware of to adoption, a linked data in archives project, and even set up your own Wikibase (the same platform that runs Wikidata)!

The 23 Linked Data Things project organizers are pleased to announce that Things 13-15 are now published and available on the website. Thing 13 explores linked data cataloging workflows from OCLC Research's Project Passage. Thing 14 looks at the Wikimedia Commons project, and Thing 15 delves into the ethics of linked data.