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Prepare for guitar greatness with Ebooks Minnesota

by Jesus Maldonado Sanchez
Who doesn’t love playing the guitar at someone for hours at a time? (Even if their name’s not Ken.) That is one of the reasons why I began learning the guitar back in high school, but I’ve fallen out of practice a bit since then. I turned to Ebooks Minnesota for a refresher.
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University of Minnesota seeks Human Resources Generalist

by Jesus Maldonado Sanchez
The University of Minnesota seeks Human Resources Generalist with a base salary of $67,500. This position requires BA/BS degree in Human Resources or a related field plus two years of professional HR-related work experience or a combination of related education and professional HR work experience to equal six years.
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Data allegedly taken from University of Minnesota systems

by Zach Miller
The University of Minnesota has acknowledged that an unauthorized party claimed, earlier this summer, to be in possession of sensitive University data. There is no indication that any data related to Minitex services was affected. University officials issued an update, including plans to contact affected individuals, on September 21.
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Visit Minitex at SDLA in Rapid City, South Dakota

by Sara Ring
Minitex staff are looking forward to the 2023 South Dakota Library Association Annual Conference. You will see a couple of new and returning faces at our booth and presentation including Greg Argo (Open Education & Affordable Content Librarian) Elissah Becknell (Cataloging & Metadata Education Librarian), Sara Ring (Continuing Education Librarian), and Minitex Director Maggie Snow.
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Arrowhead Library System seeks Executive Director

by Dana Kocienda, Jesus Maldonado Sanchez
Arrowhead Library System seeks an Executive Director with a base salary of $110,469. This position requires a four-year degree plus an ALA accredited master's degree in Library Science and extensive experience in all phases of professional library work.
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Celebrating Hispanic/Latino/Latinx Heritage Month

by Jesus Maldonado Sanchez
Is it Hispanic, Latino, or Latinx Heritage Month? The answer is yes. All of these are interchangeable, though they are all different. We will get into this a little later on, but I will use Latino/x Heritage Month for this article. Why? Keep reading!
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Sentry Price reduction: Stand-Alone Wireless USB Patron Counter

by Dana Kocienda, Tim Peters
Sentry Custom Security is offering price reductions on its Stand-Alone Wireless USB Patron Counter With Detailed Patron Count Information. Wireless counters provide a low cost, easy to install, easy to use, easy to maintain method of gathering traffic counts, manually or at your PC, with no yearly fees. Sentry Custom Security is now offering a price reduction for their Stand-Alone Wireless USB Patron Counter with Detailed Patron Count Information.
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23 Linked Data Things project update: Things 20-22 now available

by Sara Ring
The 23 Linked Data Things project organizers are pleased to announce that Things 20-22 are now available on the website. With help from a new guest author and returning authors, explore what you can do now with linked data in existing MARC records, learn more about data visualization options using Flourish, and practice crafting an elevator pitch to help you more easily share the value of linked data with others.
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Minitex's FY23 Annual Report: Community Collaboration

by Zach Miller, Jesus Maldonado Sanchez
Our report includes highlights from the past year, top-line statistics from each of our major services, and offers a look to the future. We also added, for the first time, a section on our collaboration with the library community.