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Nov 17, 2020
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by Stephanie Hess
The Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) is now on Instagram! Follow us @mndiglibrary for all things Minnesota history. We'll share some of the great photographs, maps, documents and more contributed to MDL by cultural heritage organizations across the state of Minnesota.
Jul 1, 2020
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by Molly Huber

Working on drafting a re-opening plan for your museum or cultural heritage organization? Have questions about what the plan should address? Please join us Monday, July 13th from 1:00-2:00 pm for a roundtable discussion on re-opening plans for museums and similar organizations.

Mar 23, 2020
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by Sara Ring

Join Minitex staff for two new Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) webinars to learn more about the MDL Primary Source Sets and how to get involved as a guest author. Please join us for one or both of these sessions on April 17 and April 24.

Mar 20, 2020
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by Molly Huber

On Friday, March 13th, we held a training event at Minitex for colleagues interested in learning about standardized rights statements and how to apply them. A small but engaged group joined us and together we reviewed the statements from rightsstatements.org and worked through examples from Minnesota Reflections and the University of Minnesota's collections. Our participants found that applying rights statements is often easier than you think!

Mar 18, 2020
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by Greta Bahnemann

The Minnesota Digital Library is excited to share a new contribution to our collection from Carleton College. Carleton has elected to share a collection of 61 weather diaries from their archives. Carleton students, faculty, and staff used the U.S. Army Signal Services Form #101 to record temperature, weather condition, and precipitation amounts for the station located at Carleton's first observatory in 1885. These diaries provide an intersting look at historic weather patterns in Northfield, Minnesota. 

Mar 18, 2020
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by Greta Bahnemann

The Minnesota Digital Library is pleased to introduce our 197th contributing partner: the Hibbing Historical Society! The Hibbing Historical Society has shared 203 images of life on Minnesota's Iron Range via their unique Aubin Photographic Studio collection. The Aubin Collection contains many panoramic photographs - including images of iron mines and mining, as well as town and city life in Hibbing, road and bridge construction projects, city bands and their concerts, fraternal organizations and clubs, Hibbing High School students, the Sturgeon Lake recreation area, and more. 

Mar 18, 2020
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by Greta Bahnemann

The Minnesota Digital Library is pleased to announce the addition of a new contributing partner - the Minnesota Veterinary Historical Museum. The Veterinary Historical Museum helps to fill a gap in the Minnesota Digital Library regarding animals, veterinarians, and animal care in Minnesota. The Historical Museum has shared 36 photographs of early veterinary practice in Minnesota. The addition of this partner's collections marks our 196th contributing organization! 

Mar 18, 2020
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by Greta Bahnemann

The Minnesota Digital Libray is pleased to share new images from the growing Kanabec County Historical Society's collection. Their new contribution focuses on the activities at the various Kanabec County schools, including sport teams such as the basketball teams and baseball teams. Many of these images document the changing look of athletic uniforms and equipment. There are also images of school clubs, including the Home Economics club. 

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