Level Up! is the Minnesota library community's source for professional development information, now featuring 15 opportunities through February 2023.
Dickinson, North Dakota, is hiring three new staff members for its library for roles in Administrative Support, Marketing and Outreach Services, and Teen and Youth Adult Services. Benefits include annual and sick leave, tuition reimbursement, and more. Dickinson is situated just a short drive from Teddy Roosevelt National Park.
For the first time since 2019, Minitex staff held its Mini-golf Food Drive event on November 30th - and it was a blast! Staff spent the afternoon playing mini-golf and donating shelf stable food. This year, we decided to donate all proceeds from the food drive to student workers at University of Minnesota Libraries on the Twin Cities campus. Many of our libraries have food pantries for our student workers, and with the holidays and winter break soon upon us, this felt like the perfect choice.
A planning effort to build a new library and community center that leaned heavily on public listening sessions and a mayor-appointed citizen task force bore fruit this November, as the citizens of Moorhead overwhelmingly approved the project at the ballot box.
Minitex is seeking a Cataloging & Metadata Education Librarian to join its Digital Initiatives and Metadata Education unit. The position is responsible for developing and delivering instruction and other professional development opportunities and for communicating the latest information on cataloging and metadata standards to library professionals in Minnesota and beyond. The position also manages the Minitex Contract Cataloging Program and supports the activities of the Minnesota Digital Library, a service of Minitex. THE DEADLINE TO APPLY IS NOW MARCH 17.