The Tri-College University 2021 Library Workshop will be held virtually on Tuesday, February 9, and Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. each day. The registration form and previous save-the-dates listed these dates incorrectly. The above dates are correct.
Greta Bahnemann (Minitex) and Jason Roy (University of Minnesota Libraries) are two of the authors of the new OCLC Research report on the CONTENTdm Linked Data Pilot project’s findings. The report outlines “the benefits of working in a linked data environment, the potential to develop a shared data model, and the challenges facing efforts to transform metadata into linked data.”
This year's Computers in Libraries Conference is going virtual. The cost to attend is $299, but you can save $100 by participating in the Group Discount Plan through Minitex.
Check out this list of library professional development opportunities taking place in February that are available through Level Up!
January 29, 2021, is celebrated as Multicultural Children's Book Day, a day to "not only raise awareness for the kid’s books that celebrate diversity but to get more of these books into classrooms and libraries."
As of January 26th, the Minnesota Digital Library (MDL) is retiring the name "Minnesota Reflections" to describe the digital collection. All things MDL, including the collection, will be available through mndigital.org.
From the Civil Rights Movement to Michelle Obama, from Rosa Parks to Langston Hughes, from the Buffalo Soldiers to Stokely Carmichael, African Americans have contributed to the United States in countless ways and we celebrate them in February, as we should every month of the year, with Black History Month.
Minnesota History Day needs judges for regional and state competitions! Be a judge and learn about the amazing work by students across Minnesota.
The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus Libraries seeks a dynamic, collaborative individual for the position of Institutional Archivist to be part of a team to provide collection management, reference, instruction, and outreach services for the University of Minnesota Archives.
ProQuest will be taking up to an eight-hour maintenance window beginning Saturday, January 30 at 9:00 PM CST to upgrade infrastructure, enhance security, and maintain reliability on many ProQuest products. During this maintenance window, the following products will be temporarily unavailable.
Minitex staff are organizing virtual site visits with the libraries we serve. If you are interested in scheduling a visit, please fill out this survey to let us know: z.umn.edu/mtx-site-v
Minitex announces a new webinar series designed around the project-based work the happens in all libraries. This series will introduce library staff to the concept of what a project is and the basics of project management in a library environment.