Check out this list of library professional development opportunities taking place in March that are available through Level Up!
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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.
Gustavus Adolphus College invites applications for a full-time, one-year position of Visiting Instructor (or Visiting Assistant Professor with appropriate qualifications) and Academic Librarian in the Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library.
The Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) has published four new Primary Source Sets on our website. These sets focus on the lumber industry in Minnesota, Minnesota's three major railroads, Sinclair Lewis's experiences living and working in Duluth, and the rise and fall of Twin Cities streetcars.
Minitex staff journeyed by foot and by bus to find the resources they needed to answer reference questions.
The new Minnesota STEM Librarians group will host its second online meetup on Tuesday, March 2, at 11:00 a.m. STEM librarians in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota are invited to attend. Registration is free.
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Are you planning a digital project/program at your organization, but unsure where to begin? Attend this virtual course to learn about digital imaging (scanning), metadata standards and best practices, and how to protect and preserve the content you've digitized. This 2-part virtual course will take place on March 30th and April 1st.
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.
On July 24, 1970, Alice Wilcox issued the MINITEX Pilot Project Report. In the report's recommendations, she wrote, "it is in the public interest to provide access to the major bibliographic collections for all citizens with information needs." Without the 15 libraries that participated, the pilot project could never have succeeded.