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University of Minnesota seeks a Access Services Assistant with a base pay of $25.57/hour. This position requires library experience with access services.

"Evidence of V: A Novel in Fragments, Facts and Fictions" was chosen for the news iteration of Minnesota’s state-wide book club, One Book | One Minnesota. This title is a genre-blending piece combining archival research, poetic fragments, and imagined narratives to explore themes of memory, justice, and the erasure of women’s voices, and offering a powerful critique of social systems that punished rather than protected young women. Sheila O’Connor is an award-winning author, having been honored with the Michigan Prize for Literary Fiction, Minnesota Book Award, International Reading Award, and Midwest Booksellers Award, among numerous other recognitions.

The Boston Library Consortium is hosting the Digital Lending Summit at Boston College on October 29, 2025. Open to anyone in the Minitex community, this free, hybrid event will bring together library workers from across the country to explore the evolving landscape of digital lending.

University of Minnesota seeks a Director of Finance & Facilities with a base salary of $160,000. This position requires a BA/BS in finance or a related field and 12 or more years of related experience; additional work experience in related areas is required with a non-related bachelor's degree.

There is still time to submit a proposal for the 2025 Minitex Technical Services Symposium. We welcome proposals about advocacy, responding to emerging standards and technologies, AI, collaborative cataloging projects, critical cataloging, digital accessibility, and more! Submit by the September 10th deadline.