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Registration ends on Monday, April 26th for the Minitex introduction to digital preservation virtual course. Carol Kussmann (University of Minnesota Libraries) and Sara Ring (Minitex) will introduce fundamental concepts for managing and preserving your digital content over time. The course will take place in two parts, on April 27th and May 4, with optional office hours on May 11th.

In the 1970's, student workers coded holdings data onto paper forms, and Earleen Warner (née Petersen) entered them onto tapes which eventually became the printed Minitex Union List of Serials (MULS). Over the course of the project, the students found creative ways to motivate themselves and lighten their work.

The second of the Minnesota Digital Library's monthly rights statements implementation open office hours will be taking place Tuesday, April 20th at 2:00 pm.

In the second Media Landscapes webinar, John Mack Freeman discussed deepfakes: how they are made, what issues they present, and why libraries should care.

Academic library workers are invited to participate in a research study on individual motivations for choosing work in academic libraries as well as expectations of emotional regulation and expression in the workplace in the United States.