Minitex staff and librarians who work with eLibrary Minnesota, Ebooks Minnesota, Minnesota Digital Library, and Resource Sharing create monthly Resource Packs for Minnesota schools to highlight content that can be used in the classroom. This month's pack features fiction, nonfiction, and primary sources about Agriculture.
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Scite, a potential new e-resource vendor for Minitex, is an AI tool that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through their Smart Citations, that display the contact of the citation.
The report includes a narrative of highlights from the past year, topline statistics for each Minitex service, a financial overview, and links to additional information.
OpenRefine software can help you clean up messy data. Register for this free online workshop through the University of Minnesota's Software Carpentry workshop series.
eLibrary MN (ELM) can help students and patrons navigate the abundance of information they are inundated with daily.
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.
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.