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Ebooks Minnesota News
Duchess Harris, an award-winning Macalester professor, has authored over 100 titles available in Ebooks Minnesota. These include titles in ABDO's Freedom's Promise, Perspectives on American Progress, Class in America, Protest Movements, and other relevant series.
Minitex is happy to announce that Ebooks Minnesota just gained 350+ titles around equity, diversity, and inclusion. Last fall, students in St. Catherine University's Master of Library and Information Science Program, Library Materials for Children class, performed a diversity audit of Ebooks Minnesota. As a result of this audit, the Ebooks Minnesota Collection Task Force recently selected diverse titles for inclusion into the collection from publishers including ABDO, Capstone, Rosarium, Dreamspinner, and Flux.
Looking for award-winning and/or nominated books or authors? Look no further than the curated collection of titles for all ages in Ebooks Minnesota.
The Ebooks MN team is in the process of reviewing platform options for where our statewide collection of ebooks will be hosted.
Jill Eerdmans of Preston, Minnesota, shares how Minitex services benefit her rural school district.
Trials and a survey are now open for the Ebooks Minnesota RFP. Please complete the survey to share your feedback about the current and potential new platform for Ebooks Minnesota.
One Book|One Minnesota, Minnesota's statewide book club, will read "Slider," by National Book Award-winner Pete Hautman. The book is available via Ebooks Minnesota through May 9: z.umn.edu/slider
This year we have the first female U.S. Vice President and the first woman coach in Super Bowl history. Women are beginning to get some of the recognition they deserve and that is why celebrating Women's History Month is more important now than ever. By recognizing the contributions of women throughout time, and in the present day, Women's History Month helps to open up that world of possibilities to young girls.
On February 28th of this year Ebooks Minnesota will be celebrating its 5th year as a Minitex program, thanks in part to MDE and State Library Services. What began as a pilot program in 2016 with just over 3,500 titles, has grown in scope and content to a whopping 11,000+ books. The best part is that it continues to grow.
Minnesota's statewide ebook collection for readers of all ages