Communication is a key component to cultivating stakeholder relationships, but may vary depending on the stakeholder. What we share with a director will be different information from what we share with patrons or city officials. We will talk about who your stakeholders are and how to build a relationship with them.
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Thanks to the many dedicated staff at Minitex and in the library community who worked on the project, MNLINK's transition to a new software platform is complete. The pursuit of continuous improvement, for MNLINK and all Minitex services, goes on.
Just in time for the new school year, Britannica School has released interface improvements to its Elementary and Middle School portals.
Prairielands Library Exchange is coordinating a webinar with Catherine Durivage, Director of the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library (MNBTBL) to educate participants about how MNBTBL can support patrons and enhance library services. This September 20 webinar is free and requires registration.
The winners of the 2023 Minnesota Author Project have created book club kits for their winning titles. The kits include a description for each book, access instructions, and discussion questions.
An afternoon of virtual presentations and panels from Minnesota librarians working on open or no-cost resource issues.
Project MUSE confirms that five titles are joining their curated Journal Collections beginning in 2025.
Are teachers in your school or district engaging in professional learning before the year begins? Encourage them to spend some time exploring eLibrary Minnesota and Ebooks Minnesota with our self-paced modules, curriculum resource guides, and curriculum resource packs, reviewed and updated for Fall 2024.
The Sentry EM Bookwand is a portable tool for reactivating books, either individually or in groups, and the Sentry EM Desktop Deactivator is a non-electric device used to safely desensitize materials for manual checkout. Minitex, a leading distributor of Sentry's library security products, offers these devices at discounted prices until October 31, 2024.
Minnesota recently passed legislation called Access to Library Materials and Rights Protected. It affects all publicly funded libraries. See what this legislation means for your library and check out all the resources available for library workers.