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Adult literacy meets digital literacy

"Going to the Root: Libraries, Adult Literacy, and the Interruption of Generational Poverty," a panel presentation at the 2023 ALA Annual Conference, aimed to “explore how libraries can respond to the intersections between low literacy in adults and structural issues including poverty and housing insecurity...as well as public health inequities and over-incarceration.”

Project MUSE 2024 books frontlist collections now available

by Anne Hatinen
The Annual Frontlist Collections from Project MUSE offer libraries the earliest access to newly-published books from the more than 200 university press and related scholarly publishers who participate in MUSE book collections. The 2024 collections are now available for purchase.
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Scary BOOOOks from the collection

by Katie Huynh
Looking for something a little scary to read other than Frankenstein or Dracula? Check out these spooky titles from the Wilson Library collection at the University of Minnesota.
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Kanopy's BASE subscription catalog updated

by Anne Hatinen
As of October 1, 2023, Kanopy has expanded and refreshed their BASE subscription catalog with 583 new titles for a total of more than 13,000 videos in the collection.

Project MUSE PLUS+ Package

by Anne Hatinen
Project MUSE is offering a large bundle of titles that are not included in any of the curated MUSE Journal Collections in a PLUS+ Package.
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EBSCO: changes coming to personal user account consent

by Anne Hatinen
In late November, as part of EBSCO's organization-wide focus on user privacy, they will release a redesigned consent experience in their products. This will be available when users create a MyEBSCO personal account.
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Last chance to register for the Minitex Technical Services Symposium

by Sara Ring
Registration closes Monday, October 23, for the Minitex Technical Services Symposium, hosted at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, MN, October 30. Join over 130 of your colleagues to connect and reflect on this year's theme: Creating a Sustainable Future in Technical Services. 
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New! Minitex Services to K-12 Schools and Libraries

by Ann Kaste
Minitex has many services that benefit K-12 schools and libraries. We have gathered all of these services under one new page on our website to provide easy access to all that Minitex provides.