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Minnesota's new voting laws, and a webinar with the Secretary of State

by Melanie Hazelip
Minnesota's recently concluded legislative session resulted in several new voting laws. In her article for Minitex, Minnesota Voter Outreach Director Melanie Hazelip summarizes the new laws and invites library staff from across the state to join her and Secretary of State Steve Simon for a webinar on August 9.
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Kanopy Town Hall Fall 2023: New content and tools

by Anne Hatinen
Register for Kanopy's Fall 2023 Town Hall to learn about the latest on their products and expansion of titles and hear stories from their most popular streaming access models.
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The Library & Generative AI: Student uses and library-related initiatives

by Ann Kaste
Join Minnesota State University Mankato librarians Nat Gustafson-Sundell and Mark McCullough as they showcase several AI tools, including ChatGPT, ChatPDF, Consensus, and more. The focus of the session will be on potential student uses of the tools and related library initiatives.
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University of Minnesota seeks Training & Organizational Development Specialist

by Jesus Maldonado Sanchez
The University of Minnesota is hiring a full-time Training & Organizational Development Specialist with a base salary of $70,000. This position requires a BA/BS in human resources, organization development, human resource development, applied behavioral sciences, business administration, liberal arts or related field along with two (2) years of related professional work experience.
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Minnesota Summit on Learning and Technology coming in less than two weeks

by Jesus Maldonado Sanchez, Zach Miller
The Minnesota Summit on Learning and Technology is less than two weeks away! The Summit will take place on August 3 in Saint Cloud, and the theme will be "The Whole Learner." Don't miss out on feature tracks on emerging technologies, instructional and learning practices, and digital inclusion, among others.

University of South Dakota seeks Business and Data Services Librarian

by Jesus Maldonado Sanchez
The University of South Dakota seeks a Business and Data Services Librarian with a base salary of $65,000. This position requires a master’s degree in Library & Information Science from an ALA-accredited program and one or more years of experience as a professional librarian in an academic, government, and/or corporate library.
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Call for proposals: Minitex Technical Services Symposium

by Elissah Becknell, Sara Ring
Minitex and the planning committee are seeking proposals for the 2023 Minitex Technical Services Symposium, taking place on October 30th, 2023. The theme is Creating a Sustainable Future in Technical Services. We welcome proposals about invisible labor, storytelling, cooperation, communicating value, responding to emerging technologies and standards, and more! Submit by the September 1st deadline.

Learn to code with Ebooks Minnesota

by Jesus Maldonado Sanchez
Ebooks Minnesota's collection includes numerous titles that can help readers build new skills. "Coding," by Rane Anderson, and "Web Design with HTML 5," by Collen Van Lent offer step-by-step instructions and examples. They're ideal books for anyone interested in getting started with coding and web design.
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Sentry Custom Security price reductions

by Dana Kocienda, Tim Peters
Sentry Custom Security is offering price reductions on its EM Bookcheck Electronic De/Reactivation and Stand-Alone Wireless USB Patron Counter (with detailed patron-count information) until August 30, 2023.