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It's not too late to join us for the Minitex Technical Services Symposium, taking place on November 9th. Registration closes on Monday, November 8th. This year’s theme is Good Trouble: Activism and Ethics in Technical Services. The program will feature keynote speaker Beth Shoemaker, Rare Book Librarian at Emory University and co-chair of the Cataloging Ethics Steering Committee, which released the Cataloging Code of Ethics in January 2021. The second keynote will be Kenda Zellner-Smith, founder of Save the Boards Minneapolis, which seeks to preserve the art created after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. There will be six additional breakout sessions to choose from on wide-ranging technical services topics, from the impact of empathy to specific how-tos and plenty in between.

Dakota County Library is hosting a live virtual program with Dr. Debbie Reese as part of their upcoming Native American and Indigenous series. Dr. Reese’s live virtual presentation will be entitled American Indians in Books for Children and Teens and is scheduled for Monday, November 8 at 7 pm.

Tami Lee has been appointed director for the Libraries and Expanded Learning division at the Minnesota Department of Education. She will begin her new role at MDE on Monday, October 25, 2021.

The South Dakota Department of Education is seeking a State Librarian to provide vision and leadership to the staff at the South Dakota State Library and libraries across the state.

What: Amplifying Black Narratives: Black Publishers and Bookstores When: Thursday, Oct. 28, 7-8:15 p.m. CDT Where: Online event, please register to receive the Zoom link