The Minnesota Learning Commons will be present a webinar, "Pathways for Student Success in an Online Setting," on Wednesday, November 20, at 3:00 p.m.
Professional Development News
The Call For Proposals is now open for the North American Virtual Reference Online Conference, February 25 - 27, 2025.
The AI Knowledge Bytes series team is promoting an upcoming November 7 session on AI and Copyright from Professional Development Alliance partner, Florida Virtual Campus.
There are two sessions remaining in our Consumer Health Information Series for Library Staff. Build your Health reference skills, or earn credit towards your Consumer Health Information Specialization.
Melissa Rousu, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Minnesota State IT Center of Excellence, will offer a free webinar on October 16 to provide attendees with an overview of the Center's work. Registration is required.
Save the date for the Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference and the Minnesota Digital Library Annual Meeting, to be held jointly on May 6–7, 2025. Consider submitting a proposal for the conference!
The North American Virtual Reference Online Conference is gearing up for another conference. It will be three half days of online sessions, February 25-27, 2025. The theme for this conference is, "Applying the Trends of Tomorrow, Today," featuring a keynote presentation by Dr. Sandra Hirsh. A call for proposals to follow in November.
Prairielands Library Exchange, with the help of the Plum Creek Library System's Elizabeth Hoffman and the Arrowhead Library System's Mollie Stanford, is offering a statewide virtual vendor webinar to introduce library staff to vendors of languages other than English. All of the vendors were chosen because they offer materials in the languages spoken in Minnesota.
Data Analysis with Pinpoint and Considerations for your Audience is the fourth of six installments in Minitex's AI in Libraries Lunch and Learn series. Registration for this October 8 session is due October 7.
Join the MLA Instruction Round Table on October 8 for an hour-long opportunity to connect around instruction related to the research process and source evaluation. Registration is free.

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