Level Up! is the Minnesota library community's source for professional development information, now featuring 9 opportunities through July, 2024.
Something special is happening at Southwest Minnesota State University, where library staff teach classes, hang out with athletes, and form connections with students that extend well beyond the walls of the library.
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) formed a task force to explore new ways to curate digital content shared by organizations like the Minnesota Digital Library. The task force recently released guideline documentation and best practices for others engaging in this work.
This full-time position offers a minimum annual salary of $60,000 and requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or its equivalent via a combination of education and experience. The successful applicant may work remotely or from Fargo or Grand Forks. Applications are due November 7.
A cold, the flu, or COVID-19? If you're not sure, don't worry. Just check out eLibrary Minnesota, your one-stop shop for respiratory infection information.
This year's mid-winter event will be held at the Superior Public Library on the afternoon of January 12. Registration is free.
"Going to the Root: Libraries, Adult Literacy, and the Interruption of Generational Poverty," a panel presentation at the 2023 ALA Annual Conference, aimed to “explore how libraries can respond to the intersections between low literacy in adults and structural issues including poverty and housing insecurity...as well as public health inequities and over-incarceration.”
The Annual Frontlist Collections from Project MUSE offer libraries the earliest access to newly-published books from the more than 200 university press and related scholarly publishers who participate in MUSE book collections. The 2024 collections are now available for purchase.
Looking for something a little scary to read other than Frankenstein or Dracula? Check out these spooky titles from the Wilson Library collection at the University of Minnesota.
As of October 1, 2023, Kanopy has expanded and refreshed their BASE subscription catalog with 583 new titles for a total of more than 13,000 videos in the collection.
Project MUSE is offering a large bundle of titles that are not included in any of the curated MUSE Journal Collections in a PLUS+ Package.
In late November, as part of EBSCO's organization-wide focus on user privacy, they will release a redesigned consent experience in their products. This will be available when users create a MyEBSCO personal account.