The Minitex Policy Advisory Council advises the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and Minitex in the planning, development, and evaluation of Minitex programs and services. The council has six new members in 2024, including Chris Anning, who represents State Government Libraries.
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Data Analysis with Pinpoint and Considerations for your Audience is the fourth of six installments in Minitex's AI in Libraries Lunch and Learn series. Registration for this October 8 session is due October 7.
Ebooks Minnesota now offers a "Suggest a title" form.
The Perpich Center's Native Authors & Artists Series continues into its second season as a way of introducing K-12 educators and librarians to books by Dakota and Ojibwe authors and illustrators.
The Points of View Reference Center has been updated to EBSCO’s Explora interface and has a new link.
The early history of Beltrami County is now accessible in the Minnesota Digital Library through a set of fully transcribed oral histories.
Sherry Anderson Wichitchu will start her tenure as Director at MELSA on October 7, 2024. She comes to MELSA from Ashland, Wisconsin, where she served as Library System Director for the Northern Waters Library Service.
The Minitex Network for Open & Affordable Practices (MNOP) is a new Minitex program supporting librarians and other academic support staff in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota working to increase adoption of open educational resources and library affordable content strategies. Its website has soft launched in advance of the program's official kickoff in November.
Several returning and new staff will be attending SDLA 2024 in Aberdeen, staffing the Minitex booth, and presenting sessions. Stop by and chat with us!
In coordination with staff as well as key partners at the Minnesota Office of Higher Education, Minnesota Department of Education, and Policy Advisory Council, Minitex has issued a new strategic plan.