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by Sara Ring
The last day to register is Monday, November 2, 2020. The joint Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference and the Minnesota Digital Library Annual Meeting will be held November 5-6, 2020. The conference will be held virtually via Zoom, and is free and open to all. So far we've had attendees register from 38 states and several countries. Help us reach all 50 states!
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by Sara Ring
We're pleased to share the plenary session speakers for the November 5-6th conference. The plenary will feature two projects: The Urban Art Mapping Research Project and The Journal of the Plague Year. Both projects address the emerging practice of building new digital collections that reflect current events. 
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by Sara Ring
We're excited to announce that DeEtta Jones will deliver the keynote address at the November 5-6 Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference + Minnesota Digital Library Annual Meeting. The keynote will focus on how to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into our work and within our organizations. 
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by Sara Ring

Preservation Week (April 26 - May 2) is an opportunity to bring awareness and connect your community to preservation resources. Visit the ALA website to find resources that can help with saving and caring for items, disaster recovery, and how to get started with preservation. The following free webinar will be offered live, or view recordings of any of the past Preservation Week webinars.

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by Lizzy Baus

Last chance to register for the Minitex webinar all about Wikidata, taking place on Monday, April 13. Presenters Lizzy Baus and Sara Ring will demonstrate how libraries are using Wikidata, an editable knowledge base for structured data. This is a reworking of a presentation originally planned for the cancelled 2020 Library Technology Conference.

Digital Initiatives & Metadata.

Education and support for staff who build, manage, and preserve digital and physical collections