The 2023 winners of the Minnesota Author Project will be announced on October 4 at the MLA Annual Conference in Saint Paul. Winners are chosen in three categories, Adult Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, and Communities Create.
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The first things that come to mind when you think of Northfield are probably its colleges, St. Olaf and Carleton. But Northfield also boasts one of Minnesota's fastest-growing Latino/x communities.
The registration fee for the 2023 Minitex Technical Services Symposium will be covered by Library Services and Technology Act funds. We're also pleased to announce the full program is now available. There will be 8 breakout sessions along with a keynote presentation that delves into the Symposium theme: Creating a Sustainable Future in Technical Services.
MDL staff traveled to Pipestone, MN to host the second of two regional meetings. They also visited a number of county historical societies in the region.
The Minitex Policy Advisory Council advises the Minnesota Office of Higher Education and Minitex in the planning, development, and evaluation of Minitex programs and services. The council has four new members in 2023, including Rachel Milani, who represents central and northern state colleges.
The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL), Minitex's professional development partner, is offering several webinars of interest this fall. There is no cost for these sessions, and they are open to all. Click on the link for the session information to register.
Minitex Outreach and Instruction librarians have conducted a DEIA review of ELM and Ebooks Minnesota resources. The process that was used and results of the work are described in the slides, data visualizations, and title lists on a new DEIA Audit page in the 'Educators and Librarians' area of eLibraryMN.org.
The Understand Native Minnesota campaign is organizing a One-Read program for schools across Minnesota this November in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society Press!
Minitex staff will be exhibiting and presenting several sessions at the Minnesota Library Association's Annual Conference at RiverCentre, in St. Paul, on October 4th and 5th.