Dive into Minitex Connect for only $40! Join keynote speaker Sebastian Hammer for insights on collaborative software. Plus, MNLINK training, panels, and a celebration of 20 years! If you provide interlibrary loan services at your library, or are interested in any aspect of resource sharing, please join us to learn more about what’s happening in interlibrary loan and beyond.
Professional Development News
The MnLC Summit on Learning and Technology will take place at St. Cloud State University of August 8. Proposals for 25- or 45-minute proposals are due by April 25.
Registration for the Minitex Conversation: Metadata Practices for Diversity in Collection Management, will be closing soon.
The Minnesota Theological Library Association is hosting a workshop to be led on May 10 by Dr. Rajeev Bukralia. Dr. Bukralia serves on the faculty of the Department of Computer Information Science at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The RSVP deadline is March 22.
Minitex Connect 2024 will be held May 14 at Hennepin Technical College in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The theme is "Resource Sharing and the New MNLINK." This year's keynote address will be given by Index Data President and Co-Founder Sebastian Hammer. The cost to attend is $40, and registration closes May 6.
The organizers of the Lake Superior Libraries Symposium request presentation proposals for 60-minute breakout sessions. Panel presentations are particularly encouraged. Presenters will receive discounted registration. Proposals are due Friday, March 22.
Mark your calendars for the upcoming 28th EQS Symposium scheduled for May 30, 2024, hosted at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Stay tuned as we unveil further information, such as registration details and the conference agenda. Additionally, the EQS Committee invites proposals for 45-minute conference presentations for this year's symposium.
Registration ends very soon for the Minitex/Minnesota Digital Library-sponsored virtual class Basics of AV Preservation. The class will be presented by Alyssa Magnone from the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) on March 5th, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. If you have audiovisual materials in your collection such as cassettes, VHS, or reel-to-reel film this is for you!
Sometimes projects fail or take an unexpected turn. It happens, and more often than we want to admit. What were some of your lessons learned from projects that didn’t go as planned? Come ready to share successful strategies to help bring the project to close.
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