The Minnesota STEM Librarians group will host its third online meetup on Wednesday, June 9, at 11:00 a.m. Librarians in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota who work with STEM fields in any capacity are invited to attend. Registration is free.
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Check out this list of library professional development opportunities taking place in June that are available through Level Up!
I interviewed dozens of librarians over the last several years through the Minitex oral history project, all available in the Minitex collection for the Minnesota Digital Library. In honor of our 50th Anniversary, I would like to select and share a few of the stories from that collection. This is the first article in an occasional series published in the Minitex Messenger.
The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is hiring a Research Support & Liaison Librarian for a 12 month full-time position. The Research Support & Liaison Librarian will act as a departmental liaison and lead the collaborative development and implementation of research support initiatives at the UMD Kathryn A. Martin Library.
To regain the ground lost in the wake of COVID19, we must first determine how the information community has been affected? What is the long-term outlook? Only then can we determine our priorities for rebuilding.
The library offers more than just books. It's also a resource for anybody who would like to become a well-informed citizen. eLibrary Minnesota (elibrarymn.org) provides online access, for all Minnesotans, to a wide array of newspapers and magazines, some of which would normally sit behind a pay wall.
Statistics from the past few months show that the graphic novel, Avatar: The Last Airbender, is the most popular series in Ebooks Minnesota. It was an animated television series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios and has been described as one of the best-animated television series of all time. The extended Avatar franchise includes the ongoing comics series, available in Ebooks Minnesota.
I recently attended my first ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries) conference, which was held virtually in April. The conference theme was "Ascending into an Open Future," and packed with great content over four days. Many of the presentations I attended were excellent, thought-provoking, and aspirational. I will carry the information and ideas discussed with me for a long while. Here are just a few highlights from the presentations I attended.
The Indigenous Representations newsletter is a collaboration between Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College, St. Cloud State University, the St. Kate’s Master of Library and Information Science program, the University of Minnesota Kerlan Collection, Birchbark Books, Minnesota State Library Services and the MDE Office of American Indian Education. This edition includes book and resource recommendations for use in the classroom or library.
Join us for the last Media Landscapes event on May 25th before the summer hiatus.