Week Six of our Media Literacy Series shares resources that may help as you talk to students and patrons about Conspiracy Theories and Extremism.
Latest News
Week Five of our Media Literacy Series shares resources that may help as you talk to students and patrons about parsing misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation
We are continuing with our vendor spotlights, and this week Symbology is in the spotlight! Watch Messenger, as we will be sharing information from other vendors offering discounted prices through Minitex Cooperative Purchasing. Also check our Library Products: Cooperative Purchasing News area on Minitex News for past spotlights.
Time to put “never judge a book by its cover” to the test. Seven hopefuls, all want you! Which will win your heart?
University of Minnesota seeks a Government Publications Library Assistant, with a base pay of $22.79/hour. This position will support processing and moving collections with the Government Publications Library unit. This work is done under the direction and supervision of GPL staff, and reports to the Government Publications Librarian.
University of Minnesota seeks a CLRC Curatorial Assistant, with a base pay of $18.00/hour. This position will be assisting with collections processing and special projects within the Children’s Literature Research Collections, in the Archives and Special Collections department.
University of Minnesota seeks a 'One Health' Liaison Librarian, with a base salary of $63,000/year. Focus areas include the integration of evidence-based practice and health information literacy into both curricula, and support for research and scholarship, including systematic reviews and other information-related research processes.
Hybrid library services, which took off as a pandemic response, are now a permanent model, with libraries balancing in-person, digital, and remote services while focusing on sustainable implementation.
Every year, the Minnesota Author Project awards three authors for their work in the following categories: Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Communities Create. In the eighth iteration of these awards, The Wildwood Writers Group’s ”We All Had Something to Say” was recognized as the winner of the Community Creates category.
The Star Tribune has launched a statewide News Literacy Initiative to help Minnesota students and educators navigate today’s fast-moving, misinformation-filled media landscape.