by Sara Ring
Quick Summary
150 staff from libraries and cultural heritage organizations attended the Minnesota Digital Library’s 13th Annual Meeting on June 15, 2015.
150 staff from libraries and cultural heritage organizations attended the Minnesota Digital Library’s 13th Annual Meeting on June 15, 2015. Keynote speaker Natalie Milbrodt (Queens Library) kicked the day off with her presentation titled “Democratizing the Archives: Engaging the expertise of communities we serve to enrich our collections.” An MDL update followed, which included a concise recap of the activities of the MDL over the past year and future activities. Here’s a sample of the activity reported during the MDL Update session:
- 169 total Collections in Minnesota Reflections
- 11 new contributing organizations contributing to Minnesota Reflections this year
- 34 new projects accepted in Phase 11
- 229,572 total digitized items in Minnesota Reflections
- 468,518: total MDL digitized objects in DPLA
Video recordings of morning speakers
New Logos and New MDL Website
We unveiled two new logos at the Annual Meeting. The new Minnesota Reflections logo echoes the quilt theme from our previous logo, but has been updated with a prairie aesthetic.
The new MDL logo conveys movement, activity, and collaboration.
Also announced at the Annual Meeting, the MDL website has a new look! Here are a few of the enhancements:
- The homepage features an interactive map of all the organizations contributing to Minnesota Reflections.
- A new frequently asked questions (FAQ) webpage.
- The Project Page now includes four MDL projects: Minnesota Reflections, DPLA Collaboration, Public Library Partnership Project, and Minnesota Immigrants.
- The website is mobile responsive.
Minnesota Reflections will also receive a refresh in the coming months.
Many thanks to the MDL Website Redesign Task Force for all of their work on the new site: Greta Bahnemann (Minitex), Bailey Diers (Hennepin County Library), Kent Gerber (Bethel University), Scott Hreha (Minitex), Molly Huber (Minitex), Zach Miller (Minitex), and Kyle Triska (Minitex).
If you have any feedback on the new MDL website, you can send it via our feedback form (select "Website Feedback" for the subject).
