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Tips to help presenters with greater virtual engagement

by Beth Staats
In this environment of virtual webinars, workshops, and presentations, are you struggling to engage your attendees? Are you interested in some easy tips to help your participants retain more of the information you want to share? I recently attended a great online training presented by Elaina Norlin titled, Simple Ideas for Stronger Engagement, and thought I would share some takeaways.
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Details for this year's Tri-College University Library Workshop

by Zach Miller
The Tri-College University 2021 Library Workshop will be held virtually on Tuesday, February 9, and Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. each day. The registration form and previous save-the-dates listed these dates incorrectly. The above dates are correct.
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Minnesota Digital Library staff contribute to new OCLC Research Report

by Sara Ring
Greta Bahnemann (Minitex) and Jason Roy (University of Minnesota Libraries) are two of the authors of the new OCLC Research report on the CONTENTdm Linked Data Pilot project’s findings. The report outlines “the benefits of working in a linked data environment, the potential to develop a shared data model, and the challenges facing efforts to transform metadata into linked data.”
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ELM Tips & Tricks: Explora's Associated Press Videos

by Beth Staats
Explora Teens, an ELM database, offers access to 60,000 videos from the Associated Press, the world's leading news agency. The videos include primary source footage and editorially produced videos.
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Multicultural Children's Book Day is January 29th

by Beth Staats
January 29, 2021, is celebrated as Multicultural Children's Book Day, a day to "not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity but to get more of these books into classrooms and libraries."
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Changes for the Minnesota Digital Library

by Molly Huber
As of January 26th, the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) is retiring the name "Minnesota Reflections" to describe the digital collection. All things MDL, including the collection, will be available through mndigital.org.