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Helen Burke wins 2023 Borger Lifetime Achievement Award

by Zach Miller
The Minnesota Coalition on Government Information (MNCOGI) has announced that librarian Helen Burke is the winner of the 2023 John Borger Lifetime Achievement Award, and Elder Voice Family Advocates is the winner of the 2023 Finnegan Freedom of Information Award. An award ceremony was held in the Minnesota State Capitol’s Cass Gilbert Library, on March 16, Freedom of Information Day.
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Minitex Connect call for proposals extended to March 22

by Zach Miller
Submit your session proposal today to make your voice heard at Minitex Connect this May. We want our conference to reflect the library community's diversity of talent and expertise, and we can't do it without you.
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Ebooks MN Highlight: Good Time for the Truth

by Beth Staats, Zach Miller
A Good Time for the Truth, the second book in the One Book | One Minnesota statewide book club, is now available, permanently, in Ebooks Minnesota.
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Who Makes Minnesota? Free book alert!

by Beth Staats
Free book alert! Full of information and activities for kids of all ages, Making Minnesota highlights the people we live with, the parks and waterways we play in, the animals we observe, the places we love to visit—and the history that made it all possible.
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Minitex Connect call for proposals closing soon

by Zach Miller
CHECK IT OFF YOUR LIST: Take five minutes to submit a session proposal today, before time runs out. You have expertise to share, and Minitex Connect may just be the perfect platform from which to share it. Your colleagues will thank you (and their patrons will, too)!
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Promote Minnesota's statewide book club at your library

by Zach Miller
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library have created a set of promotional materials for Minnesota libraries to use as they promote the tenth edition of One Book | One Minnesota, which gets underway April 3. In honor of National Poetry Month, the program will feature "Follow the Blackbirds" by Minnesota Poet Laureate Glen Nell Westermann.
2023 EQS May 18, 2023 at Coffman on the UMN East Bank

EQS is seeking presenters

by Dana Kocienda, Zach Miller
The EQS (Enhancing Quality Staff) committee is seeking presenters for 45 minute conference presentations at the 28th EQS Symposium on May 18, 2023.
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New graphic novels in Ebooks Minnesota

by Beth Staats
Along with books around race and book award nominees (coming soon), Ebooks Minnesota just grew with additional graphic novels. Several series have been added including titles from the Capstone series, Graphic Science.